Dr Pavel Kratina
Senior Lecturer in Ecology
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Climate warming, Biodiversity loss, Food webs, Network rewiring, Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, Diet tracing and stable isotopes
Interests
Our research evaluates the roles of multiple environmental perturbations (e.g. climate warming), foraging behavior, and other organismal traits on the complexity, structure, and dynamics of communities and ecosystems. We seek to develop a mechanistic understanding of processes that control species diversity and its consequences for ecosystem function and services. Our work spans a range of approaches to testing eco-evolutionary hypotheses, including manipulative experiments (in microcosms, chemostats, bromeliad phytotelmata, and mesocosms), theory, and integrative analysis of time series data from diverse natural systems such as ponds, lakes, estuaries, and tropical rain forests. Although we focus on aquatic food webs, the questions and approaches are broadly applicable across ecosystems.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability2024
Interaction Between Climate Change Scenarios and Biological Invasion Reveals Complex Cascading Effects in Freshwater EcosystemsRodrigues T, Kratina P, Setubal RB, Ferro JLS, Abe DH, Costa LO, Nova CC, Farjalla VF and Pires APF
Global Change Biology, Wiley vol. 30 (10), e17540-e17540.
22-10-2024
Habitat Diversity Mitigates the Impacts of Human Pressure on Stream BiodiversityMoi DA, Kaufmann PR, Riato L, Romero GQ, Kratina P, de Mello FT and Hughes RM
Global Change Biology, Wiley vol. 30 (10), e17534-e17534.
16-10-2024
Seagrass mapping of north-eastern Brazil using Google Earth Engine and Sentinel-2 imageryDeeks E, Magalhães K, Traganos D, Ward R, Normande I, Dawson TP and Kratina P
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, Elsevier, 100489-100489.
26-09-2024
Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estateEwers RM, Orme CDL, Pearse WD, Zulkifli N, Yvon-Durocher G, Yusah KM, Yoh N, Yeo DCJ, Wong A, Williamson J, Wilkinson CL, Wiederkehr F, Webber BL, Wearn OR, Wai L, Vollans M, Twining JP, Turner EC, Tobias JA, Thorley J, et al.
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 631 (8022), 808-813.
17-07-2024
Microplastic pollution and nutrient enrichment shift the diet of freshwater macroinvertebratesMartínez Rodríguez A, Kratina P and Jones JI
Environmental Pollution, Elsevier vol. 359
14-07-2024
Untangling the complex food webs of tropical rainforest streamsSaito VS, Kratina P, Barbosa G, Ferreira FC, Leal JB, Zemelka G, Sarmento H and Perkins DM
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley vol. 93 (8), 1022-1035.
07-06-2024
Linking anatomical and histological traits of the digestive tract to resource consumption and assimilation of omnivorous tetra fishesNeves MP, de Arruda Amorim JP, Delariva RL, Kratina P and Fialho CB
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 14 (5)
01-05-2024
Proximity to freshwater and seagrass availability mediate the impacts of climate change on the distribution of the West Indian manateeDeeks E, Kratina P, Normande I, Da Silva Cerqueira A and Dawson T
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, Sociedad Latinoamericana De Especialistas En Mamiferos Acuaticos (Solamac)
22-02-2024
2023
Trophic plasticity of omnivorous fishes in natural and human‐dominated landscapesNeves MP, Delariva RL, Perkins DM, Fialho CB and Kratina P
Limnology and Oceanography, Wiley vol. 69 (1), 189-202.
27-11-2023
Nutrient enrichment mediates the effect of biodegradable and conventional microplastics on macroinvertebrate communitiesMartínez Rodríguez A, Marchant DJ, Francelle P, Kratina P and Jones JI
Environmental Pollution, Elsevier vol. 337
15-11-2023
Tropical and temperate differences in the trophic structure and aquatic prey use of riparian predatorsNash LN, Kratina P, Recalde FC, Jones JI, Izzo T and Romero GQ
Ecology Letters, Wiley
09-10-2023
Latitudinal patterns of aquatic insect emergence driven by climateNash LN, Zorzetti LW, Antiqueira PAP, Carbone C, Romero GQ and Kratina P
Global Ecology and Biogeography
05-05-2023
Human land-uses homogenize stream assemblages and reduce animal biomass productionMoi 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
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley
11-04-2023
Spatial insurance against a heatwave differs between trophic levels in experimental aquatic communitiesVad 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
Global Change Biology, Wiley
07-04-2023
Contrasting the effects of microplastic types, concentrations and nutrient enrichment on freshwater communities and ecosystem functioningMarchant D, Martinez Rodriguez A, Francelle P, Jones J and Kratina P
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Elsevier vol. 255
28-03-2023
Changes in trophic ecology of mobile predators in response to rainforest degradationKemp VA, Grey J, Hemprich-Bennett D, Rossiter SJ, Lewis OT, Wilkinson CL, Clare EL and Kratina P
Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley
21-03-2023
Effects of warming on the structure of aquatic communities in tropical bromeliad microecosystemsProgênio M, Antiqueira PAP, Oliveira FR, Meira BR, Lansac-Tôha FM, Rodrigues LC, Romero GQ, Nash LN, Kratina P and Velho LFM
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley Open Access vol. 13 (2)
22-02-2023
2022
Direct and indirect influences of macrophyte cover on abundance and growth of juvenile Atlantic salmonMarsh JE, Jones JI, Lauridsen RB, Grace JB and Kratina P
Freshwater Biology, Wiley
19-08-2022
Human pressure drives biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships in large Neotropical wetlandsMoi 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
Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research
04-08-2022
Geographical variation in the trait-based assembly patterns of multitrophic invertebrate communitiesSrivastava 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.
Functional Ecology, Wiley
09-06-2022
Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: a global experiment.Romero 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.
Global Change Biology, Wiley
04-03-2022
Subtle structures with not-so-subtle functions: A data set of arthropod constructs and their host plants.Pereira 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.
Ecology, e3639-e3639.
21-01-2022
The Combined Effects of Warming and Body Size on the Stability of Predator-Prey InteractionsKratina P, Rosenbaum B, Gallo B, Horas EL and O’Gorman EJ
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 9
05-01-2022
2021
Regime shifts in a shallow lake over 12 years: consequences for taxonomic and functional diversity, and ecosystem multifunctionality.Moi 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
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley
25-12-2021
Predation increases multiple components of microbial diversity in activated sludge communitiesBurian A, Pinn D, Peralta-Maraver I, Sweet M, Mauvisseau Q, Eyice O, Bulling M, Röthig T and Kratina P
The Isme Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 16 (4), 1086-1094.
01-12-2021
Do microplastics mediate the effects of chemicals on aquatic organisms?Marchant DJ, Iwan Jones J, Zemelka G, Eyice O and Kratina P
Aquatic Toxicology, Elsevier vol. 242
24-11-2021
High summer macrophyte cover increases abundance, growth, and feeding of juvenile Atlantic salmon.Marsh JE, Lauridsen RB, Gregory SD, Kratina P, Scott LJ, Cooling D and Jones JI
Ecol Appl, e02492-e02492.
13-11-2021
Selective Logging Shows No Impact on the Dietary Breadth of a Generalist Bat Species: The Fawn Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros cervinus)Hemprich-Bennett DR, Kemp VA, Blackman J, Lewis OT, Struebig MJ, Bernard H, Kratina P, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 9, 750269-750269.
20-10-2021
Pervasive decline of subtropical aquatic insects over 20 years driven by water transparency, non-native fish and stoichiometric imbalance.Romero GQ, Moi DA, Nash LN, Antiqueira PAP, Mormul RP and Kratina P
Biology Letters, Royal Society, The vol. 17 (6), 20210137-20210137.
09-06-2021
Warming of aquatic ecosystems disrupts aquatic-terrestrial linkages in the tropics.Nash LN, Antiqueira PAP, Romero GQ, de Omena PM and Kratina P
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley
06-05-2021
Forest Conversion to Oil Palm Compresses Food Chain Length in Tropical StreamsWilkinson CL, Chua KWJ, Fiala R, Liew JH, Kemp V, Fikri AH, Ewers RM, Kratina P and Yeo DCJ
Bulletin of The Ecological Society of America vol. 102 (2)
01-04-2021
Body size and shape responses to warming and resource competitionTan H, Hirst AG, Atkinson D and Kratina P
Functional Ecology
19-03-2021
Seasonal feeding plasticity can facilitate coexistence of dominant omnivores in Neotropical streamsNeves MP, Kratina P, Delariva RL, Jones JI and Fialho CB
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
06-03-2021
The riverine bioreactor: An integrative perspective on biological decomposition of organic matter across riverine habitatsPeralta-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.
Science of The Total Environment, Elsevier vol. 772
01-02-2021
A Metabolic Perspective of Stochastic Community AssemblySaito VS, Perkins DM and Kratina P
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Elsevier
31-01-2021
2020
Climate influences the response of community functional traits to local conditions in bromeliad invertebrate communitiesGuzman 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.
Ecography vol. 44 (3), 440-452.
26-11-2020
Forest conversion to oil palm compresses food chain length in tropical streamsWilkinson CL, Chua KWJ, Fiala R, Liew JH, KEMP V, Fikri AH, Ewers RM, Kratina P and Yeo DCJ
Ecology, Ecological Society of America
24-09-2020
Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics.Romero 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.
Nature Communications, Nature Research (Part of Springer Nature) vol. 11 (1), 3215-3215.
25-06-2020
The evolution of competitive ability for essential resourcesBernhardt JR, Kratina P, Pereira A, Tamminen M, Thomas MK and Narwani A
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The
23-03-2020
Diversity and temperature indirectly reduce CO2 concentrations in experimental freshwater communitiesLewington‐Pearce L, Parker B, Narwani A, Nielsen J and Kratina P
Oecologia, Springer Verlag
16-01-2020
2019
Above parr: Lowland river habitat characteristics associated with higher juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (S. trutta) densitiesMarsh JE, Lauridsen RB, Gregory SD, Beaumont WRC, Scott LJ, Kratina P and Jones JI
Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Wiley
17-12-2019
Temperature‐mediated changes in zooplankton body size: large scale temporal and spatial analysisEvans LE, Hirst AG, Kratina P and Beaugrand G
Ecography, Wiley vol. 43 (4), 581-590.
09-12-2019
Species niches, not traits, determine abundance and occupancy patterns: A multi‐site synthesisMarino 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.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley
10-11-2019
Dome patterns in pelagic size spectra reveal strong trophic cascades.Rossberg AG, Gaedke U and Kratina P
Nature Communications, Nature Research (Part of Springer Nature) vol. 10 (1), 4396-4396.
27-09-2019
Interactive effects of warming and microplastics on metabolism but not feeding rates of a key freshwater detritivoreKratina P, Watts TJ, Green DS, Kordas RL and O'Gorman EJ
Environmental Pollution, Elsevier Bv vol. 255, 113259-113259.
16-09-2019
Ecosystem services provided by bromeliad plants: A systematic reviewLadino G, Ospina‐Bautista F, Estévez Varón J, Jerabkova L and Kratina P
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley
29-05-2019
Temperature‐dependence of minimum resource requirements alters competitive hierarchies in phytoplanktonLewington‐Pearce L, Narwani A, Thomas MK, Kremer CT, Vogler H and Kratina P
Oikos, Wiley vol. 128 (8), 1194-1205.
04-04-2019
Land use alters trophic redundancy and resource flow through stream food websPrice E, Sertić Perić M, Romero G and KRATINA P
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley
03-02-2019
The intrinsic predictability of ecological time series and its potential to guide forecastingPennekamp 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
Ecological Monographs, Ecological Society of America
23-01-2019
2018
Global predation pressure redistribution under future climate changeRomero GQ, Gonclaves-Souza T, KRATINA P, Marino NAC, Petry WK, Sobral-Souza T and Roslin T
Nature Climate Change, Nature Research
26-11-2018
Landscape heterogeneity strengthens the relationship between β-diversity and ecosystem functionHammill E, Hawkins CP, Greig HS, KRATINA P, Shurin JB and Atwood TB
Ecology, Ecological Society of America
05-10-2018
A Replicated Network Approach to ‘Big Data’ in EcologyMa A, Bohan DA, Canard E, Derocles SAP, Gray C, Lu X, Macfadyen S, Romero GQ and Kratina P
Advances in Ecological Research
20-06-2018
Constraints on the functional trait space of aquatic invertebrates in bromeliadsCéréghino 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.
Functional Ecology Editors: Killen S.
19-06-2018
Food consumption of the invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus in field mesocosms and its effects on leaf decomposition and periphytonWorischka S, Richter L, Hänig A, Hellmann C, Becker J, KRATINA P and Winkelmann C
Aquatic Invasions, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (Reabic)
18-02-2018
2017
Diet tracing in ecology: method comparison and selectionNielsen JM, Clare EL, Hayden B, Brett MT and KRATINA P
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Wiley
26-09-2017
Environmental control of the microfaunal community structure in tropical bromeliadsKRATINA P, Petermann J, Marino NAC, MacDonald AAM and Srivastava DS
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley
09-02-2017
2015
Warming alters food web-driven changes in the COAtwood TB, Hammill E, Kratina P, Greig HS, Shurin JB and Richardson JS
Biology Letters vol. 11 (12)
01-12-2015
Resources Alter the Structure and Increase Stochasticity in Bromeliad Microfauna CommunitiesPetermann JS, Kratina P, Marino NAC, MacDonald AAM and Srivastava DS
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 10 (3)
16-03-2015
Food web persistence is enhanced by non-trophic interactionsHammill E, Kratina P, Vos M, Petchey OL and Anholt BR
Oecologia, Springer Nature vol. 178 (2), 549-556.
06-02-2015
Biotic invasions can alter nutritional composition of zooplankton communitiesKratina P and Winder M
Oikos, Wiley vol. 124 (10), 1337-1345.
06-02-2015
Dominant predators mediate the impact of habitat size on trophic structure in bromeliad invertebrate communitiesPetermann 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
Ecology, Wiley vol. 96 (2), 428-439.
01-02-2015
The body size dependence of trophic cascades.DeLong 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
The American Naturalist, University of Chicago Press vol. 185 (3), 354-366.
27-01-2015
2014
Food web complexity and stability across habitat connectivity gradients.LeCraw RM, Kratina P and Srivastava DS
Oecologia vol. 176 (4), 903-915.
01-12-2014
Synchronous dynamics of zooplankton competitors prevail in temperate lake ecosystems.Vasseur 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
Proc Biol Sci vol. 281 (1788)
07-08-2014
Synchronous dynamics of zooplankton competitors prevail in temperate lake ecosystemsVasseur DA
Proceedings. Biological Sciences / The Royal Society vol. 281 (1788)
07-08-2014
A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interactionsGilbert 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
Ecology Letters
01-01-2014
Human-induced biotic invasions and changes in plankton interaction networksKratina P, Mac Nally R, Kimmerer WJ, Thomson JR and Winder M
Journal of Applied Ecology vol. 51 (4), 1066-1074.
01-01-2014
2013
Predator-induced reduction of freshwater carbon dioxide emissionsAtwood TB, Hammill E, Greig HS, Kratina P, Shurin JB, Srivastava DS and Richardson JS
Nature Geoscience vol. 6 (3), 191-194.
01-03-2013
Is dispersal limitation more prevalent in the ocean?Srivastava DS and Kratina P
Oikos vol. 122 (2), 298-300.
01-02-2013
2012
Warming shifts top-down and bottom-up control of pond food web structure and function.Shurin JB, Clasen JL, Greig HS, Kratina P and Thompson PL
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci vol. 367 (1605), 3008-3017.
05-11-2012
Warming modifies trophic cascades and eutrophication in experimental freshwater communities.Kratina P, Greig HS, Thompson PL, Carvalho-Pereira TSA and Shurin JB
Ecology vol. 93 (6), 1421-1430.
01-06-2012
Intraguild predation drives evolutionary niche shift in threespine stickleback.Ingram T, Svanbäck R, Kraft NJB, Kratina P, Southcott L and Schluter D
Evolution vol. 66 (6), 1819-1832.
01-06-2012
Warming, eutrophication, and predator loss amplify subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystemsGreig HS, Kratina P, Thompson PL, Palen WJ, Richardson JS and Shurin JB
Global Change Biology vol. 18 (2), 504-514.
01-02-2012
Stability and persistence of food webs with omnivory: Is there a general pattern?Kratina P, LeCraw RM, Ingram T and Anholt BR
Ecosphere vol. 3(6)
01-01-2012
2010
Stronger inducible defences enhance persistence of intraguild prey.Kratina P, Hammill E and Anholt BR
J Anim Ecol vol. 79 (5), 993-999.
01-09-2010
Precise time interactions between behavioural and morphological defencesHammill E, Kratina P, Beckerman AP and Anholt BR
Oikos vol. 119 (3), 494-499.
01-03-2010
2009
Functional responses modified by predator density.Kratina P, Vos M, Bateman A and Anholt BR
Oecologia vol. 159 (2), 425-433.
01-03-2009
Non-lethal presence of predators modifies morphology and movement rates in EuplotesHammill E, Kratina P and Anholt BR
Hydrobiologia vol. 621 (1), 183-189.
01-03-2009
2007
Species diversity modulates predation.Kratina P, Vos M and Anholt BR
Ecology vol. 88 (8), 1917-1923.
01-08-2007
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and SustainabilityPredicting the Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Ecological NetworksAthen Ma, Vito Latora and Pavel Kratina
£389,809 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
01-06-2024 - 31-05-2027
Preventing Plastic Pollution: a catchment based approach to plastic pollution (Interreg Proposal)J Iwan Jones, Özge Eyice, Kate Spencer, Pavel Kratina, China Hanson and John Murphy
£1,800,303 EU European Commission - Other
01-01-2020 - 31-03-2023
Evidence Reviews on Analysis, Prevalence & Impact of Microplastics in Freshwater EnvironmentsJ Iwan Jones, Pavel Kratina, John Murphy and Kate Spencer
£46,945 DEFRA Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
07-01-2019 - 10-01-2020
How aquatic subsidies shape the trophic niche and structure of terrestrial communities? - NEwton Advanced Fellowship Gustavo Q RomeroPavel Kratina
£74,000 Royal Society
10-12-2018 - 08-12-2021