Their yearly return marks the beginning of the nesting season and provides cultivation benefits to the lake ecosystem, University of Wisconsin forest wildlife ecology professor Anna Pidgeon said. The ...

Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) that microbes make available to higher trophic ...

lakes and ponds are vital habitats, and provide essential resources for a wide range of species, including humans. What is the status of these rich ecosystems?

The lake's extreme ecosystem could therefore offer insights into conditions in places where microbial life might be found on ...

The NIE also reported that the lake's biodiversity was suffering — several invasive plant and fish species were recorded during a preliminary biological survey of the ecosystem. To solve this ...

An important topic in our research is the cycling of nutrients within lake ecosystems. This is because in a large number of lakes, the internal cycling of nutrients regulates the water quality and ...

Changes in ecosystems mean bad news for lake whitefish and those who love it. The species' population is rapidly declining in some areas of the Great Lakes.

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