An examination of long-term ecological studies of rotifers: comparability of methods and results, insights into drivers of change and future research challenges.

摘要: Long-term research (LTR) can provide insights into rotifer ecology that are not possible from short-term studies or experiments. However, such have become rarer in recent years due to budgetary constraints. This review examined 5023 published articles about rotifers determine the number, location and types of LTR had been undertaken. Forty-four reported results spanned more than 10 years. Of these, most focused on impacts climate change, acidification/liming eutrophication/recovery waterbodies soils. some investigated ecosystem function, especially relation effects invasive species development cost effective comparable sampling techniques. The sites these included lakes reservoirs, rivers, lagoons, seas estuaries soils, with lengths records ranging 10 82 years. Although their geographical locations ranged North South America Asia, Middle East Europe, no were found Africa, Australia Antarctica. explores role quantifying environmental change highlights gaps existing knowledge.