Understanding environmental change through the lens of trait-based, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems

J Alahuhta, T Erős, OM Kärnä, J Soininen… - Environmental …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
In the era of the Anthropocene, environmental change is accelerating biodiversity loss
across ecosystems on Earth, among which freshwaters are likely the most threatened …

Linking landscape-scale disturbances to stress and condition of fish: implications for restoration and conservation

JD Jeffrey, CT Hasler, JM Chapman… - Integrative and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Humans have dramatically altered landscapes as a result of urban and agricultural
development, which has led to decreases in the quality and quantity of habitats for animals …

Macroinvertebrate responses along broad stressor gradients of deposited fine sediment and dissolved nutrients: a stream mesocosm experiment

A Wagenhoff, CR Townsend… - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Degradation of freshwater ecosystems is a major concern worldwide. Agriculture introduces
multiple stressors to streams, presenting a challenge for freshwater managers who must …

Subsidy‐stress and multiple‐stressor effects along gradients of deposited fine sediment and dissolved nutrients in a regional set of streams and rivers

A Wagenhoff, CR Townsend, N Phillips… - Freshwater …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Stream managers need to understand relationships between multiple stressors and
ecological responses. We examined responses of benthic invertebrates and algae along …

Biodiversity of aquatic insects: spatial gradients and environmental correlates of assemblage-level measures at large scales

J Heino - Freshwater reviews, 2009 - BioOne
Biodiversity embraces multiple facets of the variability of nature, although most research has
dealt separately with population-, species-and assemblage-level measures. This review …

An easy-to-use index of ecological integrity for prioritizing freshwater sites and for assessing habitat quality

JP Simaika, MJ Samways - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2009 - Springer
Prioritizing and assessing the condition of sites for conservation action requires robust and
ergonomic methodological tools. We focus here on prioritizing freshwater sites using two …

Response of community structure to sustained drought in Mediterranean rivers

D Boix, E García-Berthou, S Gascón, L Benejam… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Mediterranean rivers are characterized by frequent hydrological disturbances, including
floods, droughts, and human impacts like water abstraction. During 2008 an exceptionally …

Biodiversity of traits and species both show weak responses to hydromorphological alteration in lowland river macroinvertebrates

CK Feld, F de Bello, S Dolédec - Freshwater biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Lotic ecosystems worldwide are being increasingly modified hydromorphologically, for
example, by damming, fragmentation, flow regulation and channel modification. Serious …

Comparative assessment of indices of freshwater habitat conditions using different invertebrate taxon sets

JP Simaika, MJ Samways - Ecological Indicators, 2011 - Elsevier
Monitoring changes in population levels of a wide range of species in biodiversity research
and conservation requires practical, easy-to-use and efficient assessment and monitoring …

How to choose a biodiversity indicator–Redundancy and complementarity of biodiversity metrics in a freshwater ecosystem

B Gallardo, S Gascón, X Quintana, FA Comín - Ecological indicators, 2011 - Elsevier
A range of biodiversity metrics are available to assess the ecological integrity of aquatic
ecosystems. However, performance varies considerably among different types of metrics …