Wendy J. Palen

TL;DR: One of the most spectacular phenomena in nature is the annual return of millions of salmon to spawn in their natal streams and lakes along the Pacific coast of North America The salmon die after spawning, and the nutrients and energy in their bodies, derived almost entirely from marine sources, are deposited in the freshwater ecosystems This represents a vital input to the ecosystems used as spawning grounds as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used an outdoor freshwater mesocosm experiment to investigate the interactive effects of warming, eutrophication, and changes in top predators on the flux of biomass between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

TL;DR: The data suggest that 85% of sites are naturally protected by dissolved organic matter in pond water, and that only a fraction of breeding sites are expected to experience UV-B intensities exceeding levels associated with elevated egg mortality, implying thatUV-B is unlikely to cause broad amphibian declines across the landscape of the American Northwest.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated whether altered flow regimes affected two native frogs in California and Oregon (U.S.A.) at 4 spatial and temporal extents, examining changes in species distribution over approximately 50 years, current population density in 11 regulated and 16 unregulated rivers, temporal trends in abundance among populations occupying rivers with different hydrologic histories, and within-year patterns of survival relative to seasonal hydrology.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed targeted fish removals, guided by models of how wetlands will change under future climate scenario, to eliminate many of these ephemeral habitats and shorten wetland hydroperiods.