Improving our ability to detect changes in terrestrial and aquatic systems is a grand
challenge in the environmental sciences. In a world experiencing increasingly rapid rates of …

Ecosystem restoration implies focusing on multiple trophic levels and ecosystem functioning,
yet higher trophic levels, that is, animals, are less frequently targeted by restoration than …

River regulation for hydropower is undertaken worldwide, causing profound alterations to
hydrological regimes and running water habitats. Regulated catchments are often subjected …

We developed and compared the performance of freshwater benthic diatom indices
calculated from (i) traditional morphological species identification,(ii) Amplicon Sequence …

Diversion-type hydropower stations play an important role in energy and power generation.
However, they also substantially alter the natural hydrological situation of the river section …

Biodiversity preservation is a primary challenge of the 21st century, focusing on restoring
unobstructed river flows and mitigating the effects of barriers, supported by European …

Abstract Natural Flood Management (NFM) aims to reduce flood hazard by working with
nature and is gaining prominence worldwide. One particular NFM technique involves the …

Riparian habitats are important ecotones connecting aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, but
are often highly degraded by human activities. Riparian buffers might help support impacted …

As impervious cover increases with urban development, stream channels are degraded by
increased stormwater runoff, which negatively impacts stream habitat quality and benthic …

Artificial drainage ditches are common features in lowland agricultural catchments that
support a wide range of ecosystem services at the landscape scale. Current paradigms in …