Metals are among the most prevalent substances released into the environment that have a
profound effect on living organisms. Chronic environmental exposures usually exert a …

The power of selected biological invertebrate traits for discriminating different types of
human impact (heavy metal pollution and cargo‐ship traffic) were tested using ecological …

Aim Freshwater biodiversity is declining world‐wide as a result of human‐caused
degradation of freshwater ecosystems. Declines in species richness are well documented …

Heavy metal and microplastic pollutions are prevalent in freshwater ecosystems, with many
freshwater bodies being contaminated by one or both of these pollutants. Recent studies …

The statistical rigour and interpretability of ecological assessments is strongly affected by
how well we predict the biological assemblages expected to occur in the absence of human …

We used field-derived data from streams in Nevada, USA, to quantify relationships between
stream biological condition, in-stream stressors, and potential sources of stress (land use) …

Although biodiversity loss and homogenization of communities with increasing stress is an
established axiom of pollution ecology, few studies have compared the concurrent response …

Human-centered land use causes ecosystem degradation and loss of biodiversity in
streams, yet such processes may be highly heterogeneous among species and regions. We …

Metal contamination of freshwater ecosystems is a great threat to aquatic insect
communities. In the past, focus has been on the toxic effects on the insect larvae, despite …

In aquatic ecosystems, metal contamination in sediments has become a ubiquitous
environmental problem, causing serious issues. Hun-Tai River, located in northeast of …