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Karl M. Wantzen

Researcher at François Rabelais University

Publications -  97
Citations -  4454

Karl M. Wantzen is an academic researcher from François Rabelais University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Floodplain & Riparian zone. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 83 publications receiving 3688 citations. Previous affiliations of Karl M. Wantzen include Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso & Max Planck Society.

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Biodiversity and its conservation in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil

TL;DR: The Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil, is famous for its luxurious plant and animal life as discussed by the authors, however, very few endemic species have been described, however, there are large populations of species that are considered rare or endangered in South America.
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Ecological effects of water-level fluctuations in lakes: an urgent issue

TL;DR: Water-level fluctuations affect the ecological processes and patterns of lakes in several ways as discussed by the authors, such as losing or losing aquatic habitats and feeding or breeding grounds, as light, climate and wave impacts change to mention only a few phenomena.
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More than one million barriers fragment Europe's rivers.

TL;DR: There are at least 1.2 million instream barriers in 36 European countries, 68 per cent of which are structures less than two metres in height that are often overlooked, and the main predictors of barrier density are agricultural pressure, density of river-road crossings, extent of surface water and elevation.
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Detritus processing by invertebrate shredders: a neotropical–temperate comparison

TL;DR: The hypothesis that biogeographic distribution and the life-cycle strategies of the shredders are additional factors affecting the contribution of invertebrates to lotic decomposition processes is discussed and it is concluded that detritivorous neotropical insects may have 2 different species traits.