Deposits of fly ash and other coal combustion wastes are common remnants of the energy
industry. Despite their environmental risks from heavy metals and trace elements, they have …

Stormwater management ponds, which are constructed to retain excess runoff and
pollutants from traffic, play an important role in the freshwater biodiversity in highly modified …

Fishponds play a key role in current pondscapes in many developed countries. They provide
multiple ecosystem services affected by trade-offs mediated by different types of fishpond …

Qualitative scoring methods are tools for rapid freshwater health assessments. Total score is
often calculated as the sum or mean of the values of the species involved, with minor …

Elevated environmental levels of elements originating from anthropogenic activities threaten
natural communities and public health, as these elements can persist and bioaccumulate in …

Background The mayfly Ephemera (Sinephemera) glaucops Pictet, 1843 has been
considered regionally extinct in the Czech Republic, with the last occurrence dating from …

In Japan, abandonment of rice fields has rapidly increased, resulting in biodiversity loss.
Fallow field biotopes are attractive measures for compensating wetland species habitats in …

Estimations of methane (CH 4) emissions are often based on point measurements using
either flux chambers or a transfer coefficient method which may lead to strong …

Conservation of Dragonflies: Sentinels for Freshwater Conservation: Freshwater Assessment and
Monitoring Using Dragonflies Page 1 7 Freshwater Assessment and Monitoring Using …

Ponds used mostly for fish production are man-made equivalents of natural shallow lakes.
Recently, they have been identified as playing an important role in global biogeochemical …