Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are essential for maintaining a good water quality of
surface waters. However, WWTPs are also associated with water quality deterioration and …

About 60% of Europe's rivers fail to meet ecological quality standards derived from
biological criteria. The causes are manifold, but recent reports suggest a dominant role of …

Background Recent studies indicate a partial recovery of European stream
macroinvertebrate diversity. However, the key determinants sha** the overall community …

Multiple stressors affect freshwater systems and cause a deficient ecological status
according to the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). To select effective mitigation …

Context Improving our understanding of how riverine communities respond to anthropogenic
change requires spatial comparisons across multiple sites, high-resolution temporal …

Freshwaters are considered among the most endangered ecosystems globally due to
multiple stressors, which coincide in time and space. These local stressors typically result …

Nutrient and salt pollution often co-occur in rivers and streams due to human activities (eg,
agriculture, urbanization). Thus, understanding the interactive effects of nutrients and salinity …

Tributaries flowing naturally play an important role in maintaining the biodiversity of aquatic
organisms in dammed rivers. The Chishui River is currently the only undeveloped first-level …

Road salt (NaCl) is the most common deicer used to melt snow and ice from roadways in
cold climates, but its use results in runoff of sodium and chloride ions into sewers and into …

This s tudy aims to investigate the spatial and temporal variation of macroinvertebrate
communities and their relationship with environmental factors in the rivers of Chrea National …