Freshwaters commonly face human pressure, which produces multiple stressor scenarios
that may threaten their ecological status. Biotic community assessments are useful tools to …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of environmental factors on the
distribution of macroinvertebrate taxa in different sized lowland Lithuanian rivers. A …

Routine monitoring of the quality status of water bodies demands the best cost‐benefit
relation and sample‐size reduction is therefore welcomed. However, great caution is …

The effectiveness and accuracy of biomonitoring programs, based on benthic
macroinvertebrates, is strictly related to the sampling design and effort, whereas the …

Integrated assessment of running waters is the focal point of the European Water Framework
Directive. This book provides deep insight into principles and methodologies of river …

Monitoring the ecological integrity of streams is a challenge, especially in the tropics, which
experience high rates of degradation. Multimetric scoring systems have been widely used in …

We studied whether and how channelization affects macroinvertebrate communities and
biological quality in lowland streams of Estonia (Northern Europe). Two datasets of semi …

Despite the uncertainties in the rate of climate change, the Atlantic zone of northwestern
Europe is expected to experience warmer, wetter winters and wetter summers than at …

Stream risk assessment and restoration requires understanding of the controlling factors and
the scale at which they act. The role of hydromorphology, along with physicochemistry, was …

Morphological degradation constitutes one of the most severe threats to the ecological
integrity of lakes. The development of biotic assessment methods for human lake shore …