Aquatic color radiometry remote sensing of coastal and inland water bodies is of great
interest to a wide variety of research, management, and commercial entities as well as the …

Spatial representations of threatening processes–“threat maps”–can identify where
biodiversity is at risk, and are often used to identify priority locations for conservation. In …

Human pressures on the ocean are thought to be increasing globally, yet we know little
about their patterns of cumulative change, which pressures are most responsible for change …

There have been increasing attempts to reverse habitat degradation through active
restoration, but few large-scale successes are reported to guide these efforts. Here, we …

Abstract Microplastics contamination of Lake Ontario sediments is investigated with the aim
of identifying distribution patterns and hotspots in nearshore, tributary and beach …

While plastic pollution in marine and freshwater systems is an active area of research, there
is not yet an in-depth understanding of the distributions, chemical compositions, and fates of …

There is a growing pressure of human activities on natural habitats, which leads to
biodiversity losses. To mitigate the impact of human activities, environmental policies are …

Humans have increased the discharge of pollution, altered water flow regime and modified
the morphology of rivers. All these actions have resulted in multiple pressures on freshwater …

Habitat is one of the important research contents of regional ecological security. Based on
land use data, this paper analyzes the spatio-temporal characteristics of Changchun's …

Rapid urbanization and industrialization in the coastal zone have caused increasingly
serious impacts on coastal ecosystems. It is necessary to assess the ecological risk caused …