Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and
more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater …

Introduction The standardization of sampling protocols is imperative for robustly studying
any taxonomic group. Replicable methods allow the comparison of data between different …

Anthropogenic alteration of physical habitat structure in streams and rivers is increasingly
recognized as a major cause of impairment worldwide. As part of their assessment of the …

Excessive fine sediment (particles< 2 mm) deposition in freshwater systems is a pervasive
stressor worldwide. However, understanding of ecological response to excess fine sediment …

The biological diversity of a region may not be fully sampled due to the low abundance or
rarity of species, or the absence of species determined by their niche specificity …

Hydropower dams and their reservoirs are major disturbances affecting riverine ecosystems
worldwide. However, most existing knowledge comes from large hydropower systems. We …

Climate change is rearranging the mosaic of biodiversity worldwide. These broad-scale
species re-distributions affect the structure and composition of communities with a ripple …

Stream degradation in Amazonia is outpacing our ability to effectively monitor it for three key
reasons:(1) Many changes are cumulative and occur gradually;(2) Scientists have failed to …

Under a global change scenario, human-induced impacts alter multiple facets of river
biodiversity (ie, taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic). Hence, focusing on changes in …

As the world becomes more urbanized, multiple stressors act in complex ways, but their
effects remain poorly studied in coastal island streams. Due to the small length and isolation …