Urbanization contributes to the formation of novel elemental combinations and signatures in
terrestrial and aquatic watersheds, also known as 'chemical cocktails.'The composition of …

Urban freshwater ecosystems have important ecosystem functions, provide habitats for
diverse microbial communities and are susceptible to multiple interconnected factors such …

Biofilms are a consortium of communities of organisms that live in syntrophic relationships
and present a higher organization level than that of individual cells. Biofilms dominate …

Microeukaryotic communities are sensitive to environmental changes; and are considered
essential for microbial food webs and biogeochemical cycles. Therefore, understanding the …

Freshwater ecosystems are under threat from rising pharmaceutical pollution. While such
pollutants are known to elicit biological effects on organisms, we have limited knowledge on …

The ecological effects of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents on stream
ecosystems cause growing concern. However, it is difficult to assess these effects as most …

Pharmaceuticals are commonly detected at low concentrations in surface waters, where they
disrupt biological and ecological processes. Despite their ubiquity, the annual mass of …

Urban pollution and hydrological stress are common stressors of stream ecosystems, but
their combined effects on ecosystem functioning are still unclear. We measured a set of …

The interaction of multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems may lead to adverse effects on
aquatic communities and their ecological functions. Microplastics (MPs) are a class of …

The hyporheic zone (HZ) is considered a hydrodynamically-driven bioreactor with significant
pollutant removal capacities and can therefore not only improve wholestream water quality …