New research highlights how warming, nutrient enrichment, and changing light conditions are altering carbon flow and species balance in aquatic ecosystems. Studies from rivers, lakes, and ocean plumes ...

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, authors Gabriel Gellner and Kevin McCann from the University of Guelph and SFI External Professor Alan Hastings (UC ...

Africa’s ecosystems may look different, but new research shows they are becoming more alike as food webs converge across ...

Rising stream temperatures may be weakening the foundation of river food webs by altering how carbon moves through these ...

Scientists find that ecosystems across Africa follow similar patterns, with vegetation and human impact shaping food webs in predictable ways.

Wildlife biologists used a novel technique to trace the movement of carbon through Arctic and boreal forest food webs and found that climate warming resulted in a shift from plant-based food webs to ...

Measure of a population size. The quantity of individuals in a population or in a specific area (e.g., fishing grounds) as expressed in number of fish or in biomass. Abundance can be measured in ...

As humans break up forests and fragment habitats, it’s not just species that are lost but also the way ecosystems work, a new ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...