Considering relationships between environmental factors and aquatic ecosystems,
obtaining a clear understanding of river habitat integrity plays a key role in addressing …

The development of biological indicators for assessing ecological conditions in streams and
rivers is urgently needed in China, particularly in heavily impacted regions. The aim of this …

Hydrology, water quality and biological pressures can influence structure and function of
stream and river ecosystems. However, in practice, identifying the shared effects of factors …

Dam would influence the flux of water and sediment, eventually disturbing ecological
connectivity. In Asia, especially in China, there are many dams, but great scientific …

Globally, urban water bodies suffer from a variety of ecological pressures which profoundly
change freshwater ecosystem services and pose a great threat to aquatic biodiversity. To …

The macro-invertebrate is an important part of the aquatic food web of urban rivers, and it is
of great significance in understanding its ecological suitability for the stability of river …

Benthic macroinvertebrates are widely used as indicators of the health of freshwater
ecosystems, responding both to water quality and to the hydromorphological integrity. In …

Assessment of the health of urban streams is an important theoretical and practical topic,
which is related to the impacts of physiochemical processes, hydrological modifications, and …

Benthic macroinvertebrates have a long history of use in environmental monitoring.
However, macroinvertebrate-based multimetric approach has not been well developed to …

In order to evaluate the ecological health condition of Zhanghe River Watershed, an
adapted Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity (B-IBI) was developed. Macro-invertebrates were …