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Research articles

2020

RUARO, R.; GUBIANI, É.A.; HUGHES, R.M.; MORMUL, R.P.. Global trends and challenges in multimetric indices of biological condition. Ecological Indicators, v. 110, p. 105862, 2020.

MOI, D.A.; ERNANDES-SILVA, J.; BAUMGARTNER, M.T.; MORMUL, R.P. The effects of river-level oscillations on the macroinvertebrate community in a river-floodplain system. Limnology, v. 21, p. 219-232, 2020.

MOI, D.A.; GARCIA-RIOS, R.; HONG, Z.; DAQUILA, B.V.; MORMUL, R.P. Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in Ecology: A Literature Review. Annales Zoologici Fennici, v. 57, p. 67-78, 2020.

MEURER, T.; MORMUL, R.P.; BUENO, N.C. Environmental predictors of charophytes in a subtropical reservoir. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia (Online), v. 32, p. e9, 2020.

MORMUL, R.P.; THOMAZ, S.M.; JEPPESEN, E. Do interactions between eutrophication and CO2 enrichment increase the potential of elodeid invasion in tropical lakes? Biological Invasions, v. 22, p. 2787-2795, 2020.

RUARO, R.; LAURANCE, W.F.; MORMUL, R.P. Brazilian national parks at risk. Science, v. 367, p. 990-990, 2020.

GARCIA-GIRON, J.; HEINO, J.; BAASTRUP-SPOHR, L.; BOVE, C.P.; CLAYTON, J.; WINTON, M.; FELDMANN, T.; FERNANDEZ-ALAEZ, C.; ECKE, F.; GRILLAS, P.; HOYER, M.V.; KOLADA, A.; KOSTEN, S.; LUKACS, B.A.; MJELDE, M.; MORMUL, R.P.; RHAZI, L.; RHAZI, M.; SASS, L.; XU, J.; ALAHUHTA, J. Global patterns and determinants of lake macrophyte taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic beta diversity. Science of the Total Environment, v. 723, p. 138021, 2020.

2019

OLIVEIRA, M.V.C.; DAINEZ-FILHO, M.S.; BERTONCIN, A.P.S.; MUNIZ, C.M.; MEURER, T.; FIGUEIREDO, B.R.S.; THOMAZ, S.M.; FAVARO, S.L.; MORMUL, R.P. Native snails choose an invasive over a native macrophyte as a food resource. Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 97, p. 362-367, 2019.

BERTONCIN, A.P.S.; PINHA, G.D.; BAUMGARTNER, M.T.; MORMUL, R.P. Extreme drought events can promote homogenization of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a floodplain pond in Brazil. Hydrobiologia, v. 826, p. 379-393, 2019.

GRASEL, D.; FEARNSIDE, P.M.; VITULE, J.R.S.; BOZELLI, R.L.; MORMUL, R.P.; RODRIGUES, R.R.; WITTMANN, F.; AGOSTINHO, A.A.; JARENKOW, J.A. Brazilian wetlands on the brink. Biodiversity and Conservation, v. 28, p. 255-257, 2019.

GRASEL, D.; FEARNSIDE, P.M.; ROVAI, A.S.; VITULE, J.R.S.; RODRIGUES, R.R.; MORMUL, R.P.; SAMPAIO, F.D.F.; JARENKOW, J.A. Brazil?s Native Vegetation Protection Law Jeopardizes Wetland Conservation: A Comment on Maltchik et al.. Environmental Conservation, v. 46, p. 121-123, 2019.

CALVO, C.; MORMUL, R.P.; FIGUEIREDO, B.R.S.; CUNHA, E.R.; THOMAZ, S.M.; MEERHOFF, M. Herbivory can mitigate, but not counteract, the positive effects of warming on the establishment of the invasive macrophyte Hydrilla verticillata. Biological Invasions, v. 21, p. 59-66, 2019.

TRAMONTE, R.P.; OSORIO, N.C.; RAGONHA, F.H.; PINHA, G.D.; RODRIGUES, L.; MORMUL, R.P. Periphyton consumption by an invasive snail species is greater in simplified than in complex habitats. Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 97, p. 13-21, 2019.

AZEVEDO-SANTOS, V.M.; FREDERICO, R.G.; FAGUNDES, C.K.; POMPEU, P.S.; PELICICE, F.M.; PADIAL, A.A.; NOGUEIRA, M.G.; FEARNSIDE, P.M.; LIMA, L.B.; DAGA, V.S.; OLIVEIRA, F.J.M.; VITULE, J.R.S.; CALLISTO, M.; AGOSTINHO, A.A.; ESTEVES, F.A.; LIMA-JUNIOR, D.P.; MAGALHÃES, A.L.B.; SABINO, J.; MORMUL, R.P.; GRASEL, D.; ZUANON, J.; VILELLA, F.S.; HENRY, R. Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity. Diversity and Distributions, v. 25, p. 442-448, 2019.

OSÓRIO, N.C.; CUNHA, E.R.; TRAMONTE, R.P.; MORMUL, R.P.; RODRIGUES, L. Habitat complexity drives the turnover and nestedness patterns in a periphytic algae community. Limnology, v. 20, p. 297-307, 2019.

MURPHY, K.; EFREMOV, A.; DAVIDSON, T.A.; MOLINA-NAVARRO, E.; FIDANZA, K.; BETIOL, T.C.C.; CHAMBERS, P.A.; GRIMALDO, J.T.; MARTINS, S.V.; SPRINGUEL, I.; KENNEDY, M.; MORMUL, R.P.; DIBBLE, E.; HOFSTRA, D.; LUKÁCS, B.A.; GEBLER, D.; BAASTRUP-SPOHR, L.; URRUTIA-ESTRADA, J. World distribution, diversity and endemism of aquatic macrophytes. Aquatic Botany, v. 158, p. 103127, 2019.

FIGUEIREDO, B.R.S.; CALVO, C.; LOPEZ-RODRIGUEZ, A.; MORMUL, R.P.; TEIXEIRA-DE-MELLO, F.; BENEDITO, E.; MEERHOFF, M. Short-Term Interactive Effects of Experimental Heat Waves and Turbidity Pulses on the Foraging Success of a Subtropical Invertivorous Fish. Water, v. 11, p. 2109, 2019.

2018

MORMUL, R.P.; AHLGREN, J.; BRÖNMARK, C. Snails have stronger indirect positive effects on submerged macrophyte growth attributes than zooplankton. Hydrobiologia, v. 807, p. 165-173, 2018.

RUARO, R.; MORMUL, R.P.; GUBIANI, E.A.; PIANA, P.A.; CUNICO, A.M.; GRACA, W.J. Non-native fish species are related to the loss of ecological integrity in Neotropical streams: a multimetric approach. Hydrobiologia, v. 817, p. 413-430, 2018.

FASOLI, J.V.B.; MORMUL, R.P.; CUNHA, E.R.; THOMAZ, S.M. Plasticity responses of an invasive macrophyte species to inorganic carbon availability and to the interaction with a native species. Hydrobiologia, v. 817, p. 227-237, 2018.

XIE, D.; HU, Y.; MORMUL, R.P.; RUAN, H.; FENG, Y.; ZHANG, M. Fragment type and water nutrient interact and affect the survival and establishment of Myriophyllum aquaticum. Hydrobiologia, v. 817, p. 205-213, 2018.

GRASEL, D.; MORMUL, R.P.; BOZELLI, R.L.; THOMAZ, S.M.; JARENKOW, J.A. Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law threatens to collapse pond functions. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, v. 16, p. 234-237, 2018.

PULZATTO, M.M.; LOLIS, L.A.; LOUBACK-FRANCO, N.; MORMUL, R.P. Herbivory on freshwater macrophytes from the perspective of biological invasions: a systematic review. Aquatic Ecology, v. 52, p. 297-309, 2018.

FIGUEIREDO, B.R.S.; FIORI, L.F.; KEPPELER, F.W.; MORMUL, R.P.; BENEDITO, E. Non-lethal effects of a native and a non-native piscivorous fish on the interaction between a mesopredator and benthic and pelagic invertebrates. Aquatic Invasions, v. 13, p. 553-563, 2018.

ALAHUHTA, J.; LINDHOLM, M.; BOVE, C.P.; CHAPPUIS, E.; CLAYTON, J.; WINTON, M.; FELDMANN, T.; ECKE, F.; GACIA, E.; GRILLAS, P.; HOYER, M.V.; JOHNSON, L.B.; KOLADA, A.; KOSTEN, S.; LAURIDSEN, T.; LUKACS, B.A.; MJELDE, M.; MORMUL, R.P.; RHAZI, L.; RHAZI, M.; SASS, L.; SØNDERGAARD, M.; XU, J.; HEINO, J. Global patterns in the metacommunity structuring of lake macrophytes: regional variations and driving factors. Oecologia, v. 188, p. 1167-1182, 2018.

2017

ALAHUHTA, J.; KOSTEN, S.; AKASAKA, M.; AUDERSET, D.; AZZELLA, M.; BOLPAGNI, R.; BOVE, C.P.; CHAMBERS, P.A.; CHAPPUIS, E.; ILG, C.; CLAYTON, J.; WINSTON, M.; ECKE, F.; GACIA, E.; GECHEVA, G.; GRILLAS, P.; HAUXWELL, J.; HELLSTEN, S.; HJORT, J.; HOYER, M.V.; KOLADA, A.; KUOPPALA, M.; LAURIDSEN, T.; LI, E.-H.; LUKACS, B.A.; MJELDE, M.; MIKULYUK, A.; MORMUL, R.P.; NISHIHIRO, J.; OERTLI, B.; RHAZI, L.; RHAZI, M.; SASS, L.; SCHRANZ, C.; SØNDERGAARD, M.; YAMANOUCHI, T.; YU, Q.; WANG, H.; WILLBY, N.; ZHANG, X.-K.; HEINO, J. Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude. Journal of Biogeography, v. 44, p. 1758-1769, 2017.

RUARO, R.; MORMUL, R.P. Anticipated changes to environmental law may jeopardize Brazilian natural resources. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Print), v. 15, p. 65-66, 2017.

MORMUL, R.P.; MORMUL, T.D.S.; SANTOS, G.M.B.; SANTANA, A.R.A. Looking for attitudes related to amphibian species decline: how are peer-reviewed publications of education activities compared to ecological research? Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, v. 89, p. 491-496, 2017.

AZEVEDO-SANTOS, V.M.; FEARNSIDE, P.M.; OLIVEIRA, C.S.; PADIAL, A.A.; PELICICE, F.M.; LIMA-JUNIOR, D.P.; SIMBERLOFF, D.; LOVEJOY, T.E.; MAGALHÃES, A.L.B.; ORSI, M.L.; AGOSTINHO, A.A.; ESTEVES, F.A.; POMPEU, P.S.; LAURANCE, W.F.; PETRERE-JUNIOR, M.; MORMUL, R.P.; VITULE, J.R.S. Removing the abyss between conservation science and policy decisions in Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation, p. 1745-1752, 2017.

PADIAL, A.A.; AGOSTINHO, A.A.; AZEVEDO-SANTOS, V.M.; FREHSE, F.A.; LIMA-JUNIOR, D.P.; MAGALHÃES, A.L.B.; MORMUL, R.P.; PELICICE, F.M.; BEZERRA, L.A.V.; ORSI, M.L.; PETRERE-JUNIOR, M.; VITULE, J.R.S. The -Tilapia Law- encouraging non-native fish threatens Amazonian River basins. Biodiversity and Conservation, v. 26, p. 243-246, 2017.

RIBAS, L.G.S.; CUNHA, E.R.; VITULE, J.R.S.; MORMUL, R.P.; THOMAZ, S.M.; PADIAL, A.A. Biotic resistance by snails and fish to an exotic invasive aquatic plant. Freshwater Biology, v. 62, p. 1266-1275, 2017.

ERNANDES-SILVA, J.; PINHA, G.D.; MORMUL, R.P. Environmental variables driving the larval distribution of Limnoperna fortunei in the upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia (Online), v. 29, p. e108, 2017.

SANTANA, N.F.; PEREIRA, L.S.; ROBERTO, M.C.; GOMES, S.E.A.; PAGIORO, T.A.; MORMUL, R.P. Longitudinal gradient in limnological variables in the Upper Paraná River: a brief description and the importance of undammed tributaries. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia (Online), v. 29, p. e116, 2017.

AMO, V.E.; ERNANDES-SILVA, J.; PINHA, G.D.; RAGONHA, F.H.; MORMUL, R.P. Factors affecting assemblage attributes of freshwater Oligochaeta in Neotropical shallow floodplain lakes. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia (Online), v. 29, p. e114, 2017.

2016

KEPPELER, F.W.; CRUZ, D.A.; DALPONTI, G.; MORMUL, R.P. The role of deterministic factors and stochasticity on the trophic interactions between birds and fish in temporary floodplain ponds. Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print), v. 773, p. 225-240, 2016.

FIGUEIREDO, B.R.S.; MORMUL, R.P.; CHAPMAN, B.B.; LOLIS, L.A.; FIORI, L.F.; BENEDITO-CECILIO, E. Turbidity amplifies the non-lethal effects of predation and affects the foraging success of characid fish shoals. Freshwater Biology (Print), v. 61, p. 293-300, 2016.

ERNANDES-SILVA, J.; RAGONHA, F.H.; RODRIGUES, L.C.; MORMUL, R.P. Freshwater invasibility level depends on the population age structure of the invading mussel species. Biological Invasions, v. 18, p. 1421-1430, 2016.

2015

FIGUEIREDO, B.R.S.; MORMUL, R.P.; BENEDITO, E. Structural complexity and turbidity do not interact to influence predation rate and prey selectivity by a small visually feeding fish. Marine and Freshwater Research, v. 66, p. 170-176, 2015.

THOMAZ, S.M.; MORMUL, R.P.; MICHELAN, T.S. Propagule pressure, invasibility of freshwater ecosystems by macrophytes and their ecological impacts: a review of tropical freshwater ecosystems. Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print), v. 746, p. 39-59, 2015.

FIGUEIREDO, B.R.S.; MORMUL, R.P.; THOMAZ, S.M. Swimming and hiding regardless of the habitat: prey fish do not choose between a native and a non-native macrophyte species as a refuge. Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print), v. 746, p. 285-290, 2015.

MORMUL, R.P.; ESTEVES, F.A.; FARJALLA, V.F.; BOZELLI, R.L. Space and seasonality effects on the aquatic macrophyte community of temporary Neotropical upland lakes. Aquatic Botany, v. 126, p. 54-59, 2015.

MATSUDA, J.T.; Lansac-Tôha, F.A.L.; MARTENS, K.; VELHO, L.F.M.; MORMUL, R.P.; HIGUTI, J. Association of body size and behavior of freshwater ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) with aquatic macrophytes. Aquatic Ecology (Print), v. 49, p. 321-331, 2015.

BARBOZA, L.G.A.; MORMUL, R.P.; HIGUTI, J. Beta diversity as a tool for determining priority streams for management actions. Water Science and Technology, v. 71, p. 1429, 2015.

FERREIRA, F.A.; MORMUL, R.P.; CATIAN, G.; POTT, A.; PEDRALLI, G. Distribution pattern of neotropical aquatic macrophytes in permanent lakes at a Ramsar site. Brazilian Journal of Botany, v. 38, p. 131-139, 2015.

2014

THOMAZ, S.M.; MORMUL, R.P. Misinterpretation of “slow science” and “academic productivism” may obstruct science in developing countries. Brazilian Journal of Biology (Impresso), v. 74, p. S001-S002, 2014.

2013

THOMAZ, S.M.; MORMUL, R.P.; VIEIRA, L.J.S. Richness and composition of macrophyte assemblages in four Amazonian lakes. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences (Online), v. 35, p. 343-350, 2013.

MARTINS, S.V.; MILNE, J.; THOMAZ, S.M.; MCWATERS, S.; MORMUL, R.P.; KENNEDY, M.; MURPHY, K.J. Human and natural drivers of changing macrophyte community dynamics over 12 years in a Neotropical riverine floodplain system. Aquatic Conservation (Print), v. 23, p. 678-697, 2013.

FIGUEIREDO, B.R.S.; MORMUL, R.P.; BENEDITO, E. Non-additive effects of macrophyte cover and turbidity on predator-prey interactions involving an invertivorous fish and different prey types. Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print), v. 71, p. 21-28, 2013.

TEIXEIRA, M.C.; THOMAZ, S.M.; MICHELAN, T.S.; MORMUL, R.P.; MEURER, T.; FASOLI, J.V.B.; SILVEIRA, M.J. Incorrect Citations Give Unfair Credit to Review Authors in Ecology Journals. Plos One, v. 8, p. e81871, 2013.

2012

MORMUL, R.P.; PADIAL, A.A. The study of fractals among ecologists. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences (Online), v. 34, p. 41-45, 2012.

MORMUL, R.P.; THOMAZ, S.M.; AGOSTINHO, A.A.; BONECKER, C.C.; MAZZEO, N. Migratory benthic fishes may induce regime shifts in a tropical floodplain pond. Freshwater Biology, v. 57, p. 1592-1602, 2012.

CUNHA, E.R.; THOMAZ, S.M.; MORMUL, R.P.; CAFOFO, E.G.; BONALDO, A.B. Macrophyte Structural Complexity Influences Spider Assemblage Attributes in Wetlands. Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.), v. 32, p. 369-377, 2012.

MORMUL, R.P.; AHLGREN, J.; EKVALL, M.K.; HANSSON, L.-A.; BRÖNMARK, C. Water brownification may increase the invasibility of a submerged non-native macrophyte. Biological Invasions, v. 14, p. 2091-2099, 2012.

2011

MORMUL, R.P.; THOMAZ, S.M.; TAKEDA, A.M.; BEHREND, R.D.L. Structural Complexity and Distance from Source Habitat Determine Invertebrate Abundance and Diversity. Biotropica, v. 43, p. 738-745, 2011.

FERREIRA, F.A.; MORMUL, R.P.; THOMAZ, S.M.; POTT, A.; POTT, V.J. Macrophytes in the Upper Paraná River floodplain: checklist and comparisons with other large South American wetlands. Revista de Biología Tropical, v. 59, p. 541-556, 2011.

FERREIRA, F.A.; MORMUL, R.P.; PEDRALLI, G.; DIVAN Jr, A.M. Acumulação de fluoreto por macrófitas aquáticas. SaBios (Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão. Online), v. 6, p. 35-42, 2011.

FERREIRA, F.A.; MORMUL, R.P.; BIOLO, S.; RODRIGUES, L. Podostemum rutifolium var. rutifolium Warming como estruturador da comunidade perifítica de algas em um rio neotropical. Rodriguesia, v. 62, p. 813-825, 2011.

2010

MICHELAN, T.S.; THOMAZ, S.M.; MORMUL, R.P.; CARVALHO, P. Effects of an exotic-invasive macrophyte (tenner-grass) on native plant community composition, species richness and functional diversity. Freshwater Biology (Print), v. 55, p. 1315-1326, 2010.

FERREIRA, F.A.; MORMUL, R.P.; PEDRALLI, G.; POTT, V.J.; POTT, A. Estrutura da Comunidade de Macrófitas Aquáticas em Três Lagoas do Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, MG. Hoehnea, v. 37, p. 43-52, 2010.

MORMUL, R.P.; FERREIRA, F.A.; MICHELAN, T.S.; CARVALHO, P.; SILVEIRA, M. J.; THOMAZ, S.M. Aquatic macrophytes in the large, sub-tropical Itaipu Reservoir, Brazil. Revista de Biología Tropical, v. 58, p. 1437-1452, 2010.

MORMUL, R.P.; THOMAZ, S.M.; HIGUTI, J.; MARTENS, K. Ostracod (Crustacea) colonization of a native and a non-native macrophyte species of Hydrocharitaceae in the Upper Paraná floodplain (Brazil): an experimental evaluation. Hydrobiologia, v. 644, p. 185-194, 2010.

MORMUL, R.P.; THOMAZ, S.M.; SILVEIRA, M. J.; RODRIGUES, L. Epiphyton or Macrophyte: Which Primary Producer Attracts the Snail. American Malacological Bulletin, v. 28, p. 127-133, 2010.

2009

SILVEIRA, M.J.; THOMAZ, S.M.; MORMUL, R.P.; CAMACHO, F.P. Effects of Desiccation and Sediment Type on Early Regeneration of Plant Fragments of Three Species of Aquatic Macrophytes. International Review of Hydrobiology, v. 94, p. 169-178, 2009.

MORMUL, R.P.; PRESSINATTE Jr, S.; VIEIRA, L.A.; MONKOLSKI, A.; POVH, E.B. Caracterização das condições ambientais de um rio neotropical a partir da densidade, composição e riqueza de taxa de invertebrados bênticos. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences (Online), v. 31, p. 379-386, 2009.

THOMAZ, S.M.; CARVALHO, P.; MORMUL, R.P.; FERREIRA, F.A.; SILVEIRA, M.J.; MICHELAN, T.S. Temporal trends and effects of diversity on occurrence of exotic macrophytes in a large reservoir. Acta Oecologica (Montrouge), v. 35, p. 614-620, 2009.

SOUSA, W.T.Z.; THOMAZ, S.M.; MURPHY, K.J.; SILVEIRA, M.J.; MORMUL, R.P. Environmental predictors of exotic Hydrilla verticillata L.f. Royle and native Egeria najas Planch. occurrence in a sub-tropical river floodplain: the upper River Paraná, Brazil. Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print), v. 632, p. 65-78, 2009.

2008

HILARIO, M.C.; SILVEIRA, M.J.; MORMUL, R.P.; RODRIGUES, R.B.; CARDOSO, C.M.V. Is the use of medicinal plants related to social, economic and cultural conditions of the population from Parigot de Souza district (Apucarana, Paraná, Brazil)?. SaBios (Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão. Online), v. 3, p. 50-56, 2008.

2007

MORMUL, R.P.; LEANDRINI, J.A. The Herbarium as a tool for Biodiversity Conservation. SaBios (Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão. Online), v. 2, p. 1-4, 2007.

VIEIRA, L.A.; MORMUL, R.P.; Pressinatte Jr, S. Identificação das Condições de Manejo de Resíduos Sólidos Domiciliares pela Comunidade Estudantil de Campo Mourão-PR. SaBios (Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão. Online), v. 2, p. 28-36, 2007.

2006

MORMUL, R.P.; VIEIRA, L.A.; Pressinatte Jr, S.; MONKOLSKI, A.; SANTOS, A. Sucessão de Invertebrados Durante o Processo de Decomposição de Duas Plantas Aquáticas (Eichhornia azurea e Polygonum ferrugineum). Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, v. 28, p. 109-115, 2006.

MONKOLSKI, A.; HIGUTI, J.; VIEIRA, L.A.; MORMUL, R.P.; PRESSINATTE Jr, S. Invertebrados Bênticos como Indicadores de Qualidade da Água do Rio dos Papagaios - Campo Mourão/PR. SaBios (Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão. Online), Campo Mourão - Pr, v. 1, p. 4-14, 2006.

MORMUL, R.P.; KWIATKOWSKI, A.; ZERBINI, D.L.N.; FREITAS, A.A.; ALMEIDA, A.C.G. Avaliação da Qualidade da Água de Nascentes da Favela São Francisco de Campo Mourão-PR. SaBios (Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão. Online), Campo Mourão - Pr, v. 1, p. 36-41, 2006.