▪ Abstract We review the major conceptual developments that have occurred over the last 50
years concerning the factors that influence insect biodiversity in streams and examine how …

Many chemical reactions at the Earth's surface are influenced by biota. Ecosystem
ecologists study the flow of matter and energy in ecosystems composed of organisms and …

In this study, flood frequency, productivity, and spatial heterogeneity were correlated with
plant species richness (SR) among wetlands on a coastal island in southeast Alaska …

Restoration schemes often rely on the assumption that enhancing habitat complexity
through addition of in‐stream structures such as boulders and woody debris leads to …

Disturbance frequency, intensity, and areal extent may influence the effects of disturbance
on biological communities. Furthermore, these three factors may have interacting effects on …

Ice dynamics is an important factor affecting vegetation in high‐altitude and high‐latitude
streams and rivers. During the last few decades, knowledge about ice in streams and rivers …

We reviewed concepts of patch dynamics and environmental heterogeneity and their
applications to the study of fluvial ecosystems, with emphasis on research published in J …

Habitat structure may regulate species diversity at local scales, with complex habitats being
normally associated with greater species richness than simple ones. We employed a new …

Understanding the action of filters on the biological trait composition of communities is
constrained by the multitude of filter types (eg abiotic vs biotic, actual vs historical) that may …

Comprehensive global studies of stream invertebrate assemblages are rare and have
produced contradictory results. To address this shortcoming, we compiled data from 495 …