Large lakes of the world are habitats for diverse species, including endemic taxa, and are
valuable resources that provide humanity with many ecosystem services. They are also …

Eutrophication is a major global concern in lakes, caused by excessive nutrient loadings
(nitrogen and phosphorus) from human activities and likely exacerbated by climate change …

In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) play a key role in the aquatic nitrogen cycle. Their
genetic diversity is viewed as the outcome of evolutionary processes that shaped ancestral …

Highlights•Fishing and aquaculture face the effects of microplastic accumulation in water
bodies.•Evidence of microplastics presence in marine biota and trophic transfer is …

Fresh water is distributed unevenly across the globe. Earth's 21 largest lakes hold~ 2/3 of all
global, liquid, surface, fresh water and occupy diverse ecological and social settings. We …

Phosphate is considered the main cause of eutrophication and has received considerable
attention recently. Several methods have been used for removal of phosphates in water and …

Stoffhaushalt ist die Summe des Stoff-und Energieumsatzes in einem Ökosystem. Die
Untersuchung des Stoffhaushaltes eines Gewässers geht von der Feststellung der gelösten …

Many clades that span the marine–freshwater boundary are disproportionately more diverse
in the younger, shorter lived, and scarcer freshwater environments than they are in the …

Abstract The Caspian Sea (CS), located between Europe and Asia, is the largest lake in the
world; however, its physical environment and its floor have oceanic characteristics. The CS …