Wetland area in agricultural landscapes has been heavily reduced to gain land for crop
production, but in recent years there is increased societal recognition of the negative …

Resilience in river ecosystems requires that organisms must persist in the face of highly
dynamic hydrological and geomorphological variations. Disturbance events such as floods …

Ecosystems provide essential services for human society, which include provisioning,
regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Amphibians provide provisioning services by …

Freshwater ecosystems and their biodiversity are presently seriously threatened by global
development and population growth, leading to increases in nutrient inputs and …

The effects of global and local environmental changes are transmitted through networks of
interacting organisms to shape the structure of communities and the dynamics of …

The high levels of microplastics (MPs) found in freshwaters, particularly in riverine
sediments, may impose a threat to the macroinvertebrate communities with possible …

Ecosystems are widely interconnected by spatial flows of material, but the overall
importance of these flows relative to local ecosystem functioning remains unclear. Here we …

Global warming can affect all levels of biological complexity, though we currently understand
least about its potential impact on communities and ecosystems. At the ecosystem level …

Streams and adjacent terrestrial ecosystems are characterized by permeable boundaries
that are crossed by resource subsidies. Although the importance of these subsidies for …

Global warming is widely predicted to reduce the biomass production of top predators, or
even result in species loss. Several exceptions to this expectation have been identified …