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Mariana Meerhoff is affiliated with the University of the Republic in Uruguay. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Water Science and Technology.

Their work centers on a variety of topics including Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Fish Biology, Ecology, and Behavior, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Mariana Meerhoff has published extensively in journals such as Hydrobiologia, Inland Waters, The Science of The Total Environment, Oikos, and Freshwater Biology. Notable recent papers by or involving them include:

  • Feedback between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike back (2022, Inland Waters)
  • Habitat complexity in shallow lakes and ponds: importance, threats, and potential for restoration (2021, Hydrobiologia)

Some papers where they appear as an author or co-author alongside others include:

  • Challenges and opportunities in the use of ponds and pondscapes as Nature-based Solutions (2023, Hydrobiologia)
  • Current and future threats for ecological quality management of South American freshwater ecosystems (2021, Inland Waters)
  • Small-sized omnivorous fish induce stronger effects on food webs than warming and eutrophication in experimental shallow lakes (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mariana Meerhoff include:

  • Erik Jeppesen
  • Franco Teixeira de Mello
  • Meryem Beklioğlu
  • Pieter Lemmens
  • Guillermo Goyenola

Mariana Meerhoff's research contributions have appeared predominantly in these publication venues:

  • Hydrobiologia
  • Inland Waters
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Oikos
  • Freshwater Biology

Best Publications

  • Allied attack: climate change and eutrophication

    B. Moss;S. Kosten;M. Meerhoff;R.W. Battarbee

  • Climate Change Effects on Runoff, Catchment Phosphorus Loading and Lake Ecological State, and Potential Adaptations

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Kronvang;Mariana Meerhoff;Martin Søndergaard

  • Impacts of climate warming on lake fish community structure and potential effects on ecosystem function

    Erik Jeppesen;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Kerstin Holmgren;Ivan González-Bergonzoni

  • Restoration of shallow lakes by nutrient control and biomanipulation—the successful strategy varies with lake size and climate

    E. Jeppesen;M. Meerhoff;B. A. Jacobsen;R. S. Hansen

  • Shallow lake restoration by nutrient loading reduction—some recent findings and challenges ahead

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Torben L. Lauridsen

  • Mesocosm Experiments as a Tool for Ecological Climate-Change Research

    Rebecca I.A. Stewart;Matteo Dossena;David A. Bohan;Erik Jeppesen

  • Effects of habitat complexity on community structure and predator avoidance behaviour of littoral zooplankton in temperate versus subtropical shallow lakes

    Mariana Meerhoff;Carlos Iglesias;Franco Teixeira De Mello;Juan M. Clemente

  • Climate change effects on nitrogen loading from cultivated catchments in Europe: implications for nitrogen retention, ecological state of lakes and adaptation

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Kronvang;Jørgen E. Olesen;Joachim Audet

  • The structuring role of free-floating versus submerged plants in a subtropical shallow lake

    Mariana Meerhoff;Néstor Mazzeo;Brian Moss;Lorena Rodríguez-Gallego

  • Climate change impacts on lakes: an integrated ecological perspective based on a multi-faceted approach, with special focus on shallow lakes

    Erik Jeppesen;Mariana Meerhoff;Thomas A. Davidson;Dennis Trolle

  • Biomanipulation as a restoration tool to combat eutrophication : recent advances and future challenges

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Torben Linding Lauridsen;Thomas A. Davidson

  • Can warm climate‐related structure of littoral predator assemblies weaken the clear water state in shallow lakes?

    Mariana Meerhoff;Juan M. Clemente;Franco Teixeira De Mello;Carlos Iglesias

  • Impacts of climate warming on the long-term dynamics of key fish species in 24 European lakes

    Erik Jeppesen;Thomas Mehner;Ian J. Winfield;Külli Kangur

  • Interaction of Climate Change and Eutrophication

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Moss;Helen Bennion;Laurence Carvalho

  • Factors influencing zooplankton size structure at contrasting temperatures in coastal shallow lakes: Implications for effects of climate change

    Sandra Brucet;Sandra Brucet;Dani Boix;Xavier D. Quintana;Elisabeth Jensen

  • Environmental Warming in Shallow Lakes: A Review of Potential Changes in Community Structure as Evidenced from Space-for-Time Substitution Approaches

    Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Franco Teixeira-de Mello;Carla Kruk;Cecilia Alonso

  • High predation is of key importance for dominance of small-bodied zooplankton in warm shallow lakes: evidence from lakes, fish exclosures and surface sediments

    Carlos Iglesias;Carlos Iglesias;Néstor Mazzeo;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Gissell Lacerot

  • Substantial differences in littoral fish community structure and dynamics in subtropical and temperate shallow lakes

    Franco TEIXEIRA-de Mello;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Zeynep Pekcan-Hekim;Erik Jeppesen

  • Meta-analysis Shows a Consistent and Strong Latitudinal Pattern in Fish Omnivory Across Ecosystems

    Ivan González-Bergonzoni;Ivan González-Bergonzoni;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Thomas A. Davidson;Franco Teixeira-de Mello

  • An experimental study of habitat choice by Daphnia: plants signal danger more than refuge in subtropical lakes

    Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Claudia Fosalba;Carla Bruzzone;Néstor Mazzeo

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Néstor Mazzeo
Néstor Mazzeo University of the Republic
Torben L. Lauridsen
Torben L. Lauridsen Aarhus University
Martin Søndergaard
Martin Søndergaard Aarhus University
Sandra Brucet
Sandra Brucet Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Thomas A. Davidson
Thomas A. Davidson Aarhus University
Zhengwen Liu
Zhengwen Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Meryem Beklioglu
Meryem Beklioglu Middle East Technical University
Brian Kronvang
Brian Kronvang Aarhus University
Brian Moss
Brian Moss University of Liverpool

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