Both natural and anthropogenic processes can lead to the increasing salinity of surface
waters. The knowledge about the ecological consequences of salinization on the biota is …

Despite the biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by lotic ecosystems, they are
strongly affected by anthropogenic activities. Therefore, biological monitoring and …

In recent years, decline of freshwater resources has been recognized as one of the main
environmental problems on global level. In addition to the increasing extent of primary …

Desalination processes are critical for producing freshwater from salty water, and an algae-
based desalination approach has drawn increasing attention as a potential low-cost and …

Climatic extreme events such as droughts (unpredictable), dry periods (predictable) or even
flush floods, threaten freshwater ecosystems worldwide. The filtering mechanisms of these …

Shallow, saline inland lakes occur over large areas in Central-Europe and they bear
exceptionally high biological conservation values. Climate change and anthropogenic …

Classifying benthic diatom taxa based on ecological and morphological features became
increasingly important in recent years due to the demand of understanding the dynamics …

Climate change is predicted to increase drought occurrence and severity in small
continental watercourses. Here, we studied the structure and the functional diversity of …

Low-inflow estuaries are naturally more susceptible to anthropogenic stressors, compared to
well flushed systems, with excessive nutrient loading posing a particular threat. This study …

Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by the global change‐induced extreme climatic
events worldwide. The unpredictable changes in water supply create strongly disturbed …