China harbors a high species diversity of freshwater fishes not shared with any of its
neighboring nations. Freshwater fish diversity in the country has been under severe threat …

Inland navigation is one of the most sustainable transport alternatives to help decarbonise
the world economy. However, the likely impacts of intensifying inland navigation on …

Inland navigation in Europe is proposed to increase in the coming years, being promoted as
a low-carbon form of transport. However, we currently lack knowledge on how this would …

Influences of multiple environmental factors on water quality patterns is less studied in large
rivers. Landscape analysis, multiple statistical methods, and the water quality index (WQI) …

Rigorous assessments of the ecological condition of water resources and the effect of
human activities on those waters require quantitative physical, chemical, and biological …

Background Although phytoplankton are important primary producers in food webs, they are
relatively less studied in large rivers compared to other types of systems. To fill this research …

Lake ecosystems confront escalating challenges to their stability and resilience, most
intuitively leading to biodiversity loss, necessitating effective preservation strategies to …

Urbanization is considered as a major cause of widespread biodiversity loss in freshwater
ecosystems. However, multidimensional fish diversity patterns driven by urbanization in …

Context Alterations of landscapes and riverscapes by humans have fundamentally altered
patterns in freshwater biodiversity throughout the world's aquatic systems. Past research has …

Understanding patterns and driving factors of freshwater fish biodiversity in
metacommunities is essential for biological conservation but rarely studied in regions …