Food Chains and Food Webs in Aquatic Ecosystems

• Other Authors: Park, Young-Seuk (Editor), Kwak, Ihn-Sil (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Ecological science, the Biosphere; coastal ecosystem; eDNA; metabarcoding; microscopy; monitoring and assessment; spatial patterns; complemental monitoring tool; benthic macroinvertebrates; canonical correspondence analysis; land use; spatial distribution; water quality; gut content of Rotifera; eliminate the extracellular DNA; commercial bleach; pretreatment; food webs; Mediterranean coastal lakes; nitrogen pollution; stable isotopes; trophic relationships; Anguilla anguilla; Diplodus annularis; di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP); crustacean; heat shock proteins (HSPs); gene expression; environmental risk assessment; food web; food chain; aquatic ecosystems; monitoring; assessment; environmental DNA; isotope; NGS
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Food webs describe the structure of communities and their energy flows, and they represent interactions between species in ecosystems. Recently, we have witnessed rapid development of techniques for both experimental studies and theoretical/computational studies on food webs as well as species interactions. This reprint book is focused on food chains and food webs in aquatic ecosystems, with seven papers published in the corresponding Special Issue of Applied Sciences. The topics include empirical studies on food chains and food webs as well as effects of environmental factors on organisms in aquatic ecosystems.