While there is a general sense that lakes can act as sentinels of climate change, their
efficacy has not been thoroughly analyzed. We identified the key response variables within a …

Biofilms are matrix‐enclosed communities that represent the most dominant and active
mode of microbial life on Earth. Because biofilms are inherently more productive than any …

Freshwater ecosystems and their biodiversity are presently seriously threatened by global
development and population growth, leading to increases in nutrient inputs and …

Climate change is among the most serious environmental challenge facing humanity and
the ecosystems that provide the goods and services on which it relies. Climate change has …

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

Global warming can affect all levels of biological complexity, though we currently understand
least about its potential impact on communities and ecosystems. At the ecosystem level …

Few models concern how environmental variables such as temperature affect community
structure. Here, we develop a model of how temperature affects food web connectance, a …

Long-term patterns and drivers of ecosystem structure may be misunderstood if knowledge
of an ecosystem is derived primarily from a single season, a situation common in many …

River biofilms that grow on wet benthic surface are mainly composed of bacteria, algae,
cyanobacteria and protozoa embedded in a polysaccharide matrix. The effects of increased …

The current climate warming and eutrophication are known to interactively threaten
freshwater biodiversity; however, the interactive effects on lacustrine bacterioplankton …