Yu Li's research while affiliated with Nanjing University and other places

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Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. The freshwater biodiversity crisis has caused widespread global concern. Drought as one of the factors causing freshwater biodiversity is still poorly understood. Crayfish is often used in academic research as a biological indicator. In this study, flow cytometry, hematoxylin-...

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... Asellus aquaticus dominates after dry episodes in ephemeral streams and Gammarus pulex in near perennial streams (Hill et al., 2019). Crayfish can survive desiccation through several strategies, involving vertical burrowing in the hyporheic zone (Kouba et al., 2016), sediment cracks for refugees (Strachan et al., 2015), and physiological limitations (Xu et al., 2022). Regarding amphipods, body size is important for migration processes, which can be affected by reduced water levels (Patel et al., 2021). ...