Search Results - "Esteves, Francisco de A."
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Disturbances due to increased salinity and the resilience of zooplankton communities: the potential role of the resting egg bank
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-01-2014)“…When faced with disturbances such as increased salinity, aquatic communities inhabiting inland coastal systems change and may or may not be resilient after…”
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Synergy of Fresh and Accumulated Organic Matter to Bacterial Growth
Published in Microbial ecology (01-05-2009)“…The main goal of this research was to evaluate whether the mixture of fresh labile dissolved organic matter (DOM) and accumulated refractory DOM influences…”
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Whole Ecosystem Evidence of Eutrophication Enhancement by Wetland Dredging in a Shallow Tropical Lake
Published in Estuaries and coasts (01-07-2009)“…The purpose of this research was to assess the effects of dredging performed in a marginal wetland colonized by aquatic macrophytes on eutrophication of the…”
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Predation cues do not affect the induction and termination of diapause in small-bodied cladocerans
Published in Freshwater biology (01-07-2010)“…1. Prey usually benefit from the early recognition of potential predators by changing their behaviour, morphology and life history. Some cladocerans even shift…”
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Influence of Bauxite Tailings on the Growth and Development of Oryza glumaepatula in an Amazonian Lake
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-06-2006)“…The influence of bauxite tailings on the growth and development of Oryza glumaepatula was studied in Lake Batata, a clear water lake of the Amazon. Lake Batata…”
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Zooplankton responses to sandbar opening in a tropical eutrophic coastal lagoon
Published in Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (01-02-2007)“…The effects of a disturbance by sandbar opening on the zooplankton community were evaluated through a long-term study in an eutrophic and oligohaline system,…”
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Complementary pathways of dissolved organic carbon removal pathways in clear-water Amazonian ecosystems: photochemical degradation and bacterial uptake
Published in FEMS microbiology ecology (01-04-2006)“…Abstract Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) photochemical reactions establish important links between DOC and planktonic bacteria. We hypothesize that seasonal…”
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Abundance, composition and spatial variation in the egg bank of a tropical zooplankton community
Published in Studies on neotropical fauna and environment (01-12-2011)“…Resting eggs have important ecological roles in zooplankton communities, but characterizations of egg banks in tropical systems remain scarce. Here, we…”
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Life cycle, secondary production and nutrient stock in Heleobia australis (d'Orbigny 1835) (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) in a tropical coastal lagoon
Published in Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (01-08-2006)“…The aim of this research was to evaluate density, biomass, life cycle, secondary production and nutrient stock of Heleobia australis population (d'Orbigny…”
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Biological activities and phytochemical profile of Passiflora mucronata from the Brazilian restinga
Published in Revista brasileira de farmacognosia (01-11-2017)“…[Display omitted] In general, Passiflora species have been reported for their folk medicinal use as sedative and anti-inflammatory. However, P. caerulea has…”
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A small-bodied cladoceran (Moina micrura) reacts more strongly to vertebrate than invertebrate predators: a transgenerational life-table approach
Published in Journal of plankton research (01-11-2011)“…We exposed the small-bodied cladoceran Moina micrura either to fish (vertebrate) or to Chaoborus (invertebrate) kairomones for three consecutive generations…”
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Rehabilitation of a Bauxite Tailing Substrate in Central Amazonia: The Effect of Litter and Seed Addition on Flood-Prone Forest Restoration
Published in Restoration ecology (01-07-2012)“…Impacts of mining activity can be particularly difficult to remediate in wetland ecosystems subject to inundation pulses due to the reduced length of the plant…”
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Effects of resources and food web structure on bacterioplankton production in a tropical humic lagoon
Published in Journal of plankton research (01-10-2011)“…The majority of studies of mechanisms regulating bacterioplankton processes have focused on assessing the isolated effects of nutrients and predation. However,…”
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Environmental characterization of an Amazonian lake for Isoëtes cangae translocation
Published in Plant ecology (01-09-2023)“…The Amazon endemic quillwort Isoëtes cangae is a critically endangered submerged plant found exclusively at the Lake Amendoim, at iron rock fields in Serra dos…”
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Impact of bauxite tailings on the distribution of benthic macrofauna in a small river ('Igarape') in Central Amazonia, Brazil
Published in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society (01-10-1998)“…Environmental deterioration resulting from the impact of bauxite tailings on the distribution of benthic macrofauna was studied in the Igarapé Água Fria, a…”
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