Pesticides released to the environment can indirectly affect target and non-target species in
ways that are often contrary to their intended use. Such indirect effects are mediated through …

The relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on
how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence …

Ecosystem functions in streams (eg, microbially mediated leaf litter breakdown) are
threatened globally by the predicted agricultural intensification and its expansion into …

Understanding which factors affect the process of leaf litter decomposition is crucial if we are
to predict changes in the functioning of stream ecosystems as a result of human activities …

Aquatic fungi, especially aquatic hyphomycetes, are promising bioindicators for assessing
the health and integrity of freshwater ecosystems. Their sensitivity to a wide range of …

Background Fungicides are frequently used in agriculture and can enter freshwater
ecosystems through multiple pathways. The negative impacts of fungicides on …

Fungicides can reach streams through runoff or adhered to leaf litter, and have the potential
to adversely affect processes such as litter decomposition and associated communities. This …

Aquatic and their adjacent terrestrial ecosystems are linked via the flux of organic and
inorganic matter. Emergent aquatic insects are recognized as high‐quality food for terrestrial …

A key or keystone species is defined as a species with disproportionately large effects on the
ecosystem relative to its abundance. In freshwater ecology it is often used with a bottom-up …

Legal frameworks that assess stream ecological integrity rely mostly on structural metrics
and implicitly assume that good structure will result in good function. This assumption may …