Dr Pavel Kratina

Pavel Kratina

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Publications

Relevant PublicationPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability

2024

bullet iconDeeks E, Kratina P, Normande I, Da Silva Cerqueira A and Dawson T (2024). Proximity to freshwater and seagrass availability mediate the impacts of climate change on the distribution of the West Indian manatee. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamiferos Acuaticos (SOLAMAC) 
22-02-2024

2023

bullet iconNeves MP, Delariva RL, Perkins DM, Fialho CB and Kratina P (2023). Trophic plasticity of omnivorous fishes in natural and human‐dominated landscapes. Limnology and Oceanography, Wiley vol. 69 (1), 189-202.  
27-11-2023
Relevant PublicationMartínez Rodríguez A, Marchant DJ, Francelle P, Kratina P and Jones JI (2023). Nutrient enrichment mediates the effect of biodegradable and conventional microplastics on macroinvertebrate communities. Environmental Pollution, Elsevier vol. 337 
15-11-2023
Relevant PublicationNash LN, Kratina P, Recalde FC, Jones JI, Izzo T and Romero GQ (2023). Tropical and temperate differences in the trophic structure and aquatic prey use of riparian predators. Ecology Letters, Wiley 
09-10-2023
bullet iconNash LN, Zorzetti LW, Antiqueira PAP, Carbone C, Romero GQ and Kratina P (2023). Latitudinal patterns of aquatic insect emergence driven by climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography 
05-05-2023
bullet iconMoi DA, Barrios M, Tesitore G, Burwood M, Romero GQ, Mormul RP, Kratina P, Juen L, Michelan TS, Montag LFA, Cruz GM, García-Girón J, Heino J, Hughes RM, Figueiredo BRS and Teixeira de Mello F (2023). Human land-uses homogenize stream assemblages and reduce animal biomass production. Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley 
11-04-2023
bullet iconVad CF, Hanny-Endrédi A, Kratina P, Abonyi A, Mironova E, Murray DS, Samchyshyna L, Tsakalakis I, Smeti E, Spatharis S, Tan H, Preiler C, Petrusek A, Bengtsson MM and Ptacnik R (2023). Spatial insurance against a heatwave differs between trophic levels in experimental aquatic communities. Global Change Biology, Wiley 
07-04-2023
Relevant PublicationMarchant D, Martinez Rodriguez A, Francelle P, Jones J and Kratina P (2023). Contrasting the effects of microplastic types, concentrations and nutrient enrichment on freshwater communities and ecosystem functioning. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Elsevier vol. 255 
28-03-2023
bullet iconKemp VA, Grey J, Hemprich-Bennett D, Rossiter SJ, Lewis OT, Wilkinson CL, Clare EL and Kratina P (2023). Changes in trophic ecology of mobile predators in response to rainforest degradation. Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley 
21-03-2023
bullet iconProgênio M, Antiqueira PAP, Oliveira FR, Meira BR, Lansac-Tôha FM, Rodrigues LC, Romero GQ, Nash LN, Kratina P and Velho LFM (2023). Effects of warming on the structure of aquatic communities in tropical bromeliad microecosystems. Ecology and Evolution, Wiley Open Access vol. 13 (2) 
22-02-2023

2022

Relevant PublicationMarsh JE, Jones JI, Lauridsen RB, Grace JB and Kratina P (2022). Direct and indirect influences of macrophyte cover on abundance and growth of juvenile Atlantic salmon. Freshwater Biology, Wiley 
19-08-2022
bullet iconMoi DA, Lansac-Tôha FM, Romero GQ, Sobral-Souza T, Cardinale BJ, Kratina P, Perkins DM, Teixeira de Mello F, Jeppesen E, Heino J, Lansac-Tôha FA, Velho LFM and Mormul RP (2022). Human pressure drives biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships in large Neotropical wetlands. Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research 
04-08-2022
bullet iconSrivastava DS, MacDonald AAM, Pillar VD, Kratina P, Debastiani VJ, Guzman LM, Trzcinski M, Dézerald O, Barberis IM, de Omena PM, Romero GQ, Ospina-Bautista F, Marino NAC, Leroy C, Farjalla VF, Richardson BA, Gonçalves AZ, Corbara B, Petermann JS, Richardson MJ, et al. (2022). Geographical variation in the trait-based assembly patterns of multitrophic invertebrate communities. Functional Ecology, Wiley 
09-06-2022
bullet iconRomero GQ, Gonçalves-Souza T, Roslin T, Marquis RJ, Marino NAC, Novotny V, Cornelissen T, Orivel J, Sui S, Aires G, Antoniazzi R, Dáttilo W, Breviglieri CPB, Busse A, Gibb H, Izzo TJ, Kadlec T, Kemp V, Kersch-Becker M, Knapp M, et al. (2022). Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: a global experiment. Global Change Biology, Wiley 
04-03-2022
bullet iconPereira CC, Novais S, Barbosa M, Negreiros D, Gonçalves-Souza T, Roslin T, Marquis R, Marino N, Novotny V, Orivel J, Sui S, Aires G, Antoniazzi R, Dáttilo W, Breviglieri C, Busse A, Gibb H, Izzo T, Kadlec T, Kemp V, et al. (2022). Subtle structures with not-so-subtle functions: A data set of arthropod constructs and their host plants. Ecology, e3639-e3639.  
21-01-2022
bullet iconKratina P, Rosenbaum B, Gallo B, Horas EL and O’Gorman EJ (2022). The Combined Effects of Warming and Body Size on the Stability of Predator-Prey Interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 9 
05-01-2022

2021

bullet iconMoi DA, Romero GQ, Jeppesen E, Kratina P, Alves DC, Antiqueira PAP, Teixeira de Mello F, Figueiredo BRS, Bonecker CC, Pires APF, Braghin LSM and Mormul RP (2021). Regime shifts in a shallow lake over 12 years: consequences for taxonomic and functional diversity, and ecosystem multifunctionality. Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley 
25-12-2021
bullet iconBurian A, Pinn D, Peralta-Maraver I, Sweet M, Mauvisseau Q, Eyice O, Bulling M, Röthig T and Kratina P (2021). Predation increases multiple components of microbial diversity in activated sludge communities. The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 16 (4), 1086-1094.  
01-12-2021
Relevant PublicationMarchant DJ, Iwan Jones J, Zemelka G, Eyice O and Kratina P (2021). Do microplastics mediate the effects of chemicals on aquatic organisms? Aquatic Toxicology, Elsevier vol. 242 
24-11-2021
Relevant PublicationMarsh JE, Lauridsen RB, Gregory SD, Kratina P, Scott LJ, Cooling D and Jones JI (2021). High summer macrophyte cover increases abundance, growth, and feeding of juvenile Atlantic salmon. Ecol Appl, e02492-e02492.  
13-11-2021
bullet iconHemprich-Bennett DR, Kemp VA, Blackman J, Lewis OT, Struebig MJ, Bernard H, Kratina P, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL (2021). Selective Logging Shows No Impact on the Dietary Breadth of a Generalist Bat Species: The Fawn Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros cervinus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 9, 750269-750269.  
20-10-2021
bullet iconRomero GQ, Moi DA, Nash LN, Antiqueira PAP, Mormul RP and Kratina P (2021). Pervasive decline of subtropical aquatic insects over 20 years driven by water transparency, non-native fish and stoichiometric imbalance. Biology Letters, Royal Society, The vol. 17 (6), 20210137-20210137.  
09-06-2021
bullet iconNash LN, Antiqueira PAP, Romero GQ, de Omena PM and Kratina P (2021). Warming of aquatic ecosystems disrupts aquatic-terrestrial linkages in the tropics. Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley 
06-05-2021
bullet iconWilkinson CL, Chua KWJ, Fiala R, Liew JH, Kemp V, Fikri AH, Ewers RM, Kratina P and Yeo DCJ (2021). Forest Conversion to Oil Palm Compresses Food Chain Length in Tropical Streams. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America vol. 102 (2) 
01-04-2021
bullet iconTan H, Hirst AG, Atkinson D and Kratina P (2021). Body size and shape responses to warming and resource competition. Functional Ecology 
19-03-2021
Relevant PublicationNeves MP, Kratina P, Delariva RL, Jones JI and Fialho CB (2021). Seasonal feeding plasticity can facilitate coexistence of dominant omnivores in Neotropical streams. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 
06-03-2021
bullet iconPeralta-Maraver I, Stubbington R, Arnon S, Kratina P, Krause S, de Mello Cionek V, Leite NK, da Silva ALL, Thomaz SM, Posselt M, Milner VS, Momblanch A, Moretti MS, Nóbrega RLB, Perkins DM, Petrucio MM, Reche I, Saito V, Sarmento H, Strange E, et al. (2021). The riverine bioreactor: An integrative perspective on biological decomposition of organic matter across riverine habitats. Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier vol. 772 
01-02-2021
bullet iconSaito VS, Perkins DM and Kratina P (2021). A Metabolic Perspective of Stochastic Community Assembly. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Elsevier 
31-01-2021

2020

bullet iconGuzman LM, Trzcinski MK, Barberis IM, Céréghino R, Srivastava DS, Gilbert B, Pillar VD, de Omena PM, MacDonald AAM, Corbara B, Leroy C, Ospina Bautista F, Romero GQ, Kratina P, Debastiani VJ, Gonįalves AZ, Marino NAC, Farjalla VF, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, et al. (2020). Climate influences the response of community functional traits to local conditions in bromeliad invertebrate communities. Ecography vol. 44 (3), 440-452.  
26-11-2020
bullet iconWilkinson CL, Chua KWJ, Fiala R, Liew JH, KEMP V, Fikri AH, Ewers RM, Kratina P and Yeo DCJ (2020). Forest conversion to oil palm compresses food chain length in tropical streams. Ecology, Ecological Society of America 
24-09-2020
bullet iconRomero GQ, Marino NAC, MacDonald AAM, Céréghino R, Trzcinski MK, Mercado DA, Leroy C, Corbara B, Farjalla VF, Barberis IM, Dézerald O, Hammill E, Atwood TB, Piccoli GCO, Bautista FO, Carrias J-F, Leal JS, Montero G, Antiqueira PAP, Freire R, et al. (2020). Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics. Nature Communications, Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) vol. 11 (1), 3215-3215.  
25-06-2020
bullet iconBernhardt JR, Kratina P, Pereira A, Tamminen M, Thomas MK and Narwani A (2020). The evolution of competitive ability for essential resources. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The 
23-03-2020
bullet iconLewington‐Pearce L, Parker B, Narwani A, Nielsen J and Kratina P (2020). Diversity and temperature indirectly reduce CO2 concentrations in experimental freshwater communities. Oecologia, Springer Verlag 
16-01-2020

2019

Relevant PublicationMarsh JE, Lauridsen RB, Gregory SD, Beaumont WRC, Scott LJ, Kratina P and Jones JI (2019). Above parr: Lowland river habitat characteristics associated with higher juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (S. trutta) densities. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Wiley 
17-12-2019
bullet iconEvans LE, Hirst AG, Kratina P and Beaugrand G (2019). Temperature‐mediated changes in zooplankton body size: large scale temporal and spatial analysis. Ecography, Wiley vol. 43 (4), 581-590.  
09-12-2019
bullet iconMarino NAC, Céréghino R, Gilbert B, Petermann JS, Srivastava DS, Omena PM, Bautista FO, Guzman LM, Romero GQ, Trzcinski MK, Barberis IM, Corbara B, Debastiani VJ, Dézerald O, Kratina P, Leroy C, MacDonald AAM, Montero G, Pillar VD, Richardson BA, et al. (2019). Species niches, not traits, determine abundance and occupancy patterns: A multi‐site synthesis. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley 
10-11-2019
Relevant PublicationRossberg AG, Gaedke U and Kratina P (2019). Dome patterns in pelagic size spectra reveal strong trophic cascades. Nature Communications, Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) vol. 10 (1), 4396-4396.  
27-09-2019
bullet iconKratina P, Watts TJ, Green DS, Kordas RL and O'Gorman EJ (2019). Interactive effects of warming and microplastics on metabolism but not feeding rates of a key freshwater detritivore. Environmental Pollution, Elsevier BV vol. 255, 113259-113259.  
16-09-2019
bullet iconLadino G, Ospina‐Bautista F, Estévez Varón J, Jerabkova L and Kratina P (2019). Ecosystem services provided by bromeliad plants: A systematic review. Ecology and Evolution, Wiley 
29-05-2019
bullet iconLewington‐Pearce L, Narwani A, Thomas MK, Kremer CT, Vogler H and Kratina P (2019). Temperature‐dependence of minimum resource requirements alters competitive hierarchies in phytoplankton. Oikos, Wiley vol. 128 (8), 1194-1205.  
04-04-2019
bullet iconPrice E, Sertić Perić M, Romero G and KRATINA P (2019). Land use alters trophic redundancy and resource flow through stream food webs. Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley 
03-02-2019
bullet iconPennekamp F, Iles AC, Garland J, Brennan G, Brose U, Gaedke U, Jacob U, KRATINA P, Matthews B, Munch S, Novak M, Palamara GM, Rall BC, Rosenbaum B, Tabi A, Ward C, Williams R, Ye H and Petchey OL (2019). The intrinsic predictability of ecological time series and its potential to guide forecasting. Ecological Monographs, Ecological Society of America 
23-01-2019

2018

bullet iconRomero GQ, Gonclaves-Souza T, KRATINA P, Marino NAC, Petry WK, Sobral-Souza T and Roslin T (2018). Global predation pressure redistribution under future climate change. Nature Climate Change, Nature Research 
26-11-2018
bullet iconHammill E, Hawkins CP, Greig HS, KRATINA P, Shurin JB and Atwood TB (2018). Landscape heterogeneity strengthens the relationship between β-diversity and ecosystem function. Ecology, Ecological Society of America 
05-10-2018
bullet iconMa A, Bohan DA, Canard E, Derocles SAP, Gray C, Lu X, Macfadyen S, Romero GQ and Kratina P (2018). A Replicated Network Approach to ‘Big Data’ in Ecology. Advances in Ecological Research 
20-06-2018
bullet iconCéréghino R, Pillar VD, Srivastava DS, de Omena PM, MacDonald AAM, Barberis IM, Corbara B, Guzman LM, Leroy C, Ospina Bautista F, Romero GQ, Trzcinski MK, Kratina P, Debastiani VJ, Gonçalves AZ, Marino NAC, Farjalla VF, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Dézerald O, et al. (2018). Constraints on the functional trait space of aquatic invertebrates in bromeliads., Editors: Killen S. Functional Ecology 
19-06-2018
bullet iconWorischka S, Richter L, Hänig A, Hellmann C, Becker J, KRATINA P and Winkelmann C (2018). Food consumption of the invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus in field mesocosms and its effects on leaf decomposition and periphyton. Aquatic Invasions, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC) 
18-02-2018

2017

bullet iconNielsen JM, Clare EL, Hayden B, Brett MT and KRATINA P (2017). Diet tracing in ecology: method comparison and selection. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Wiley 
26-09-2017
bullet iconKRATINA P, Petermann J, Marino NAC, MacDonald AAM and Srivastava DS (2017). Environmental control of the microfaunal community structure in tropical bromeliads. Ecology and Evolution, Wiley 
09-02-2017

2015

bullet iconAtwood TB, Hammill E, Kratina P, Greig HS, Shurin JB and Richardson JS (2015). Warming alters food web-driven changes in the CO2 flux of experimental pond ecosystems. Biology Letters vol. 11 (12) 
01-12-2015
bullet iconPetermann JS, Kratina P, Marino NAC, MacDonald AAM and Srivastava DS (2015). Resources Alter the Structure and Increase Stochasticity in Bromeliad Microfauna Communities. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 10 (3) 
16-03-2015
bullet iconHammill E, Kratina P, Vos M, Petchey OL and Anholt BR (2015). Food web persistence is enhanced by non-trophic interactions. Oecologia, Springer Nature vol. 178 (2), 549-556.  
06-02-2015
bullet iconKratina P and Winder M (2015). Biotic invasions can alter nutritional composition of zooplankton communities. Oikos, Wiley vol. 124 (10), 1337-1345.  
06-02-2015
bullet iconPetermann JS, Farjalla VF, Jocque M, Kratina P, MacDonald AAM, Marino NAC, de Omena PM, Piccoli GCO, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Romero GQ, Videla M and Srivastava DS (2015). Dominant predators mediate the impact of habitat size on trophic structure in bromeliad invertebrate communities. Ecology, Wiley vol. 96 (2), 428-439.  
01-02-2015
bullet iconDeLong JP, Gilbert B, Shurin JB, Savage VM, Barton BT, Clements CF, Dell AI, Greig HS, Harley CDG, Kratina P, McCann KS, Tunney TD, Vasseur DA and O'Connor MI (2015). The body size dependence of trophic cascades. The American Naturalist, University of Chicago Press vol. 185 (3), 354-366.  
27-01-2015

2014

bullet iconLeCraw RM, Kratina P and Srivastava DS (2014). Food web complexity and stability across habitat connectivity gradients. Oecologia vol. 176 (4), 903-915.  
01-12-2014
bullet iconVasseur DA, Fox JW, Gonzalez A, Adrian R, Beisner BE, Helmus MR, Johnson C, Kratina P, Kremer C, de Mazancourt C, Miller E, Nelson WA, Paterson M, Rusak JA, Shurin JB and Steiner CF (2014). Synchronous dynamics of zooplankton competitors prevail in temperate lake ecosystems. Proc Biol Sci vol. 281 (1788) 
07-08-2014
bullet iconVasseur DA (2014). Synchronous dynamics of zooplankton competitors prevail in temperate lake ecosystems. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society vol. 281 (1788) 
07-08-2014
bullet iconGilbert B, Tunney TD, Mccann KS, Delong JP, Vasseur DA, Savage V, Shurin JB, Dell AI, Barton BT, Harley CD, Kharouba HM, Kratina P, Blanchard JL, Clements C, Winder M, Greig HS and O'Connor MI (2014). A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interactions. Ecology Letters 
01-01-2014
bullet iconKratina P, Mac Nally R, Kimmerer WJ, Thomson JR and Winder M (2014). Human-induced biotic invasions and changes in plankton interaction networks. Journal of Applied Ecology vol. 51 (4), 1066-1074.  
01-01-2014

2013

bullet iconAtwood TB, Hammill E, Greig HS, Kratina P, Shurin JB, Srivastava DS and Richardson JS (2013). Predator-induced reduction of freshwater carbon dioxide emissions. Nature Geoscience vol. 6 (3), 191-194.  
01-03-2013
bullet iconSrivastava DS and Kratina P (2013). Is dispersal limitation more prevalent in the ocean? Oikos vol. 122 (2), 298-300.  
01-02-2013

2012

bullet iconShurin JB, Clasen JL, Greig HS, Kratina P and Thompson PL (2012). Warming shifts top-down and bottom-up control of pond food web structure and function. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci vol. 367 (1605), 3008-3017.  
05-11-2012
bullet iconKratina P, Greig HS, Thompson PL, Carvalho-Pereira TSA and Shurin JB (2012). Warming modifies trophic cascades and eutrophication in experimental freshwater communities. Ecology vol. 93 (6), 1421-1430.  
01-06-2012
bullet iconIngram T, Svanbäck R, Kraft NJB, Kratina P, Southcott L and Schluter D (2012). Intraguild predation drives evolutionary niche shift in threespine stickleback. Evolution vol. 66 (6), 1819-1832.  
01-06-2012
bullet iconGreig HS, Kratina P, Thompson PL, Palen WJ, Richardson JS and Shurin JB (2012). Warming, eutrophication, and predator loss amplify subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology vol. 18 (2), 504-514.  
01-02-2012
bullet iconKratina P, LeCraw RM, Ingram T and Anholt BR (2012). Stability and persistence of food webs with omnivory: Is there a general pattern? Ecosphere vol. 3(6) 
01-01-2012

2010

bullet iconKratina P, Hammill E and Anholt BR (2010). Stronger inducible defences enhance persistence of intraguild prey. J Anim Ecol vol. 79 (5), 993-999.  
01-09-2010
bullet iconHammill E, Kratina P, Beckerman AP and Anholt BR (2010). Precise time interactions between behavioural and morphological defences. Oikos vol. 119 (3), 494-499.  
01-03-2010

2009

bullet iconKratina P, Vos M, Bateman A and Anholt BR (2009). Functional responses modified by predator density. Oecologia vol. 159 (2), 425-433.  
01-03-2009
bullet iconHammill E, Kratina P and Anholt BR (2009). Non-lethal presence of predators modifies morphology and movement rates in Euplotes. Hydrobiologia vol. 621 (1), 183-189.  
01-03-2009

2007

bullet iconKratina P, Vos M and Anholt BR (2007). Species diversity modulates predation. Ecology vol. 88 (8), 1917-1923.  
01-08-2007

Grants

solid heart iconGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability
bullet iconPredicting the Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Ecological Networks
Athen Ma, Vito Latora and Pavel Kratina
£389,809 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (01-06-2024 - 31-05-2027)


solid heart iconPreventing Plastic Pollution: a catchment based approach to plastic pollution (Interreg Proposal)
John Jones, Ozge Eyice-Broadbent, Kate Spencer, Pavel Kratina, China Hanson and John Murphy
£1,800,303 EU European Commission - Other (01-01-2020 - 31-03-2023)