The increasing production, use and emission of synthetic chemicals into the environment
represents a major driver of global change. The large number of synthetic chemicals, limited …

Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES)–waterways in which flow ceases
periodically or that dry completely–are found worldwide, and their frequency and extent are …

An ongoing challenge for ecological studies has been the collection of data with high
precision and accuracy at a suitable scale to detect and manage critical global change …

Ensuring the provision of essential ecosystem services in systems affected by multiple
stressors is a key challenge for theoretical and applied ecology. Trait‐based approaches …

The viability of DNA metabarcoding for assessment of freshwater macrozoobenthos has
been demonstrated over the recent years. The method has matured to a stage where it can …

Freshwater biomonitoring programmes routinely sample aquatic macroinvertebrates. These
samples are time‐consuming to collect, as well as challenging and costly to identify reliably …

Mitigating ongoing losses of insects and their key functions (eg pollination) requires tracking
large‐scale and long‐term community changes. However, doing so has been hindered by …

The complexity and natural variability of ecosystems present a challenge for reliable
detection of change due to anthropogenic influences. This issue is exacerbated by …

Metabarcoding is a powerful, increasingly popular tool for biodiversity assessment, but it still
suffers from some drawbacks (specimen destruction, separation, and size sorting). In the …

Over the last decade, steady advancements have been made in the use of DNA-based
methods for detection of species in a wide range of ecosystems. This progress has …