Pond Conservation in Europe (eBook)

The ecology of European ponds: defining the characteristics of a neglected freshwater habitat.- A comparison of the catchment sizes of rivers, streams, ponds, ditches and lakes: implications for protecting aquatic biodiversity in an agricultural landscape.- A comparative analysis of cladoceran communities from different water body types: patterns in community composition and diversity.- Macroinvertebrate assemblages in 25 high alpine ponds of the Swiss National Park (Cirque of Macun) and relation to environmental variables.- Biodiversity and distribution patterns of freshwater invertebrates in farm ponds of a south-western French agricultural landscape.- Patterns of composition and species richness of crustaceans and aquatic insects along environmental gradients in Mediterranean water bodies.- Relation between macroinvertebrate life strategies and habitat traits in Mediterranean salt marsh ponds (Empordà wetlands, NE Iberian Peninsula).- Macrophyte diversity and physico-chemical characteristics of Tyrrhenian coast ponds in central Italy: implications for conservation.- Evaluation of sampling methods for macroinvertebrate biodiversity estimation in heavily vegetated ponds.- Developing a multimetric index of ecological integrity based on macroinvertebrates of mountain ponds in central Italy.- Eutrophication: are mayflies (Ephemeroptera) good bioindicators for ponds?.- How can we make new ponds biodiverse? A case study monitored over 7 years.- Management of an ornamental pond as a conservation site for a threatened native fish species, crucian carp Carassius carassius.- Pond conservation: from science to practice.- Plant communities as a tool in temporary ponds conservation in SW Portugal.- Freshwater diatom and macroinvertebrate diversity of coastal permanent ponds along a gradient of human impact in a Mediterranean eco-region.- The M-NIP: a macrophyte-based Nutrient Index for Ponds.- Vegetation recolonisation of a Mediterranean temporary pool in Morocco following small-scale experimental disturbance.- Experimental study of the effect of hydrology and mechanical soil disturbance on plant communities in Mediterranean temporary pools in Western Morocco.- Restoring ponds for amphibians: a success story.- High diversity of Ruppia meadows in saline ponds and lakes of the western Mediterranean.- Gravel pits support waterbird diversity in an urban landscape.- Competition in microcosm between a clonal plant species (Bolboschoenus maritimus) and a rare quillwort (Isoetes setacea) from Mediterranean temporary pools of southern France.- Restoration potential of biomanipulation for eutrophic peri-urban ponds: the role of zooplankton size and submerged macrophyte cover.- Spatial and temporal patterns of pioneer macrofauna in recently created ponds: taxonomic and functional approaches.- Comparison of macroinvertebrate community structure and driving environmental factors in natural and wastewater treatment ponds.- Inter- and intra-annual variations of macroinvertebrate assemblages are related to the hydroperiod in Mediterranean temporary ponds.- Ten-year dynamics of vegetation in a Mediterranean temporary pool in western Morocco.- Modelling hydrological characteristics of Mediterranean Temporary Ponds and potential impacts from climate change.- Monitoring the invasion of the aquatic bug Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in the wetlands of Doñana National Park (SW Spain).- Copepods and branchiopods of temporary ponds in the Doñana Natural Area (SW Spain): a four-decade record (1964–2007).