Brazil contains the largest volume of freshwater of any nation in the world; however, this
essential natural resource is threatened by rapid increases in water consumption and water …

The biological assessment of rivers ie, their assessment through use of aquatic
assemblages, integrates the effects of multiple-stressors on these systems over time and is …

The use of multimetric indices (MMIs) of biological condition has been globally applied
because they are practical tools that incorporate various biological metrics at different levels …

Anthropogenic alteration of physical habitat structure in streams and rivers is increasingly
recognized as a major cause of impairment worldwide. As part of their assessment of the …

China has over 1320 freshwater fish species, 877 of which are endemic. In recent decades,
over-exploitation and landscape pressures have threatened them and led to a severe …

National and regional ecological assessments are essential for making rational decisions
concerning water body conservation and management at those spatial extents. We analyzed …

Globally, croplands and rangelands are major land uses and they have altered lands and
waters for millennia. This continues to be the case throughout the USA, despite substantial …

Generally, habitat loss and fragmentation negatively affect biota, often in nonlinear ways.
Such nonlinear responses suggest the existence of critical limits for habitat loss beyond …

Deforestation is a major threat globally, but especially in tropical regions because they are
biodiversity strongholds and carbon storehouses. Some studies have reported changes in …

Context Untangling relationships between landscape patterns shaped by human stressors
and related response of fish communities is important for identifying biodiversity patterns …