Streams and rivers provide important services to humans, and therefore, their ecological
integrity should be a societal goal. Although ecological integrity encompasses structural and …

Abstract The Savannah River Basin (SRB), a highly stressed southeastern river in United
States is a conservation priority for State, Federal government, and nongovernment …

The present study has been taken up to quantify the impacts of the anthropogenic activities
on the hydrology of the middle and lower stretches of the Krishna River over the past sixty …

Anthropogenic activities in the Krishna River have altered its flow regime and affected the
ecosystems in the river. It is essential to maintain an optimum Environmental Flow (EF) in the …

Benthic metabolism is an essential process which plays a critical role in the carbon and
nutrient cycles and in the transfer of material and energy in stream ecosystems. Benthic …

Epilithic algal community structure and function are important indicators of stream ecosystem
health and are sensitive to ambient environmental changes. In this study, we examined the …

We report a comparative environmental study of organic and conventional open-field
eggplant cultivation systems under Mediterranean (northern Greece) climatic conditions …

Photosynthetic performance of algal-bacterial biofilms from an Italian wastewater treatment
plant was studied in a flow-lane photobioreactor at different irradiances, temperatures, and …

Long-distance water diversion projects significantly affect the water resource cycle and
allocation of regions. However, many unknowns still exist in water ecosystem functionality …

The quantitative assessment of the impact of socioeconomic development on river water
environment is important to the scientific management of river basins. However, current …