Water temperature is one of the main abiotic factors affecting the structure and functioning of
aquatic ecosystems and its alteration can have important effects on biological communities …

Fresh waters are particularly vulnerable to climate change because (i) many species within
these fragmented habitats have limited abilities to disperse as the environment changes;(ii) …

Glaciers cover about 10% of the Earth's land area but they are retreating rapidly and many
will disappear within decades. Glacier retreat is a worldwide phenomenon increasing the …

Predicting the ecological causes and consequences of global climate change requires a
variety of approaches, including the use of experiments, models, and surveys. Among …

This review provides a detailed synthesis of the effects of glacier retreat and permafrost thaw
on stream ecosystems in the European Alps. As a working framework, we present a …

In woodland streams, the decomposition of allochthonous organic matter constitutes a
fundamental ecosystem process, where aquatic hyphomycetes play a pivotal role. It is …

Aquatic ecosystems in high latitude and altitude environments are strongly influenced by
cryospheric and hydrological processes due to links between atmospheric forcing …

Climate change poses a considerable threat to the biodiversity of high latitude and altitude
ecosystems, with alpine regions across the world already showing responses to warming …

Relationships between probabilities of occurrence for fifteen diadromous fish species and
environmental variables characterising their habitat in fluvial waters were explored using an …

1. Generalized additive models (GAMs) were used to predict macroinvertebrate taxonomic
richness and individual taxon diversity at the reach level across seven European glacier‐fed …