DNA metabarcoding is increasingly used for the assessment of aquatic communities, and
numerous studies have investigated the consistency of this technique with traditional …

Drought significantly impacts freshwater ecosystems, disrupting all biological levels. In
particular, freshwater macroinvertebrates undergo significant changes in taxonomic and …

The main aim of this study was to curate a COI barcode library of Chironomidae from the
Tibetan Plateau (TP) as an essential supplement to the public database. Another aim is to …

Regular monitoring of ecosystems can be used for the early detection of invasive alien
species (IAS), and provide information for management and preventing them from becoming …

Saline and hypersaline wetlands account for almost half of the volume of inland water
globally. They provide pivotal habitat for a vast range of species, including crucial ecosystem …

The ecological state of aquatic ecosystems is systematically monitored using various
bioindicators in many countries worldwide. In the European Union, freshwater biomonitoring …

Most empirical metacommunity studies rely solely on morphological identification of taxa,
precluding the species-level identification of several biotic groups, which can influence the …

It is essential to explore and define the level of taxonomic identification and quantification
approaches for diversity and biomonitoring studies, given their potential influence on …

Plecoptera is a small order of aquatic insects that is considered one of the most endangered
groups of insects due to increasingly altered freshwater ecosystems. Plecoptera nymphs can …

Assessment of the diversity and composition of biological communities is central to studies
in ecology as well as for ecological monitoring. Historically, individual taxonomic groups …