Food production systems, urbanization, and other anthropogenic activities dramatically alter
natural hydrological and nutrient cycles, and are primarily responsible for water quality …

Water is the fundamental natural resource that supports life, ecosystems and human society.
Thus studying the water cycle is important for sustainable development. In the context of …

Water pollution is a major environmental problem worldwide, especially in developing
countries. China's environmental protection strategies have been pushed to the highest …

Rivers are severely polluted by multiple anthropogenic stressors. An unevenly distributed
landscape pattern can aggravate the deterioration of water quality in rivers. Identifying the …

Dams contribute to water security, energy supply, and flood protection but also fragment
habitats of freshwater species. Yet, a global species-level assessment of dam-induced …

Sand, gravel, and crushed stone are the most mined materials on Earth. Aggregates
constitute the foundation for modern civilization and are essential for providing shelter …

The nitrogen (N) cycle is one of the most important nutrient cycles in river systems, and it
plays an important role in maintaining biogeochemical balance and global climate stability …

Ecosystem-based management is costly. Therefore, without rigorously showing that it can
outperform traditional species-focused alternatives, its broad-scale adoption in conservation …

Documenting trends of stream macroinvertebrate biodiversity is challenging because
biomonitoring often has limited spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scopes. We analyzed …

Extensive evidence shows that regional (gamma) diversity is often lower across restored
landscapes than in reference landscapes, in part due to common restoration practices that …