All living things depend on their natural environment, either directly or indirectly, for their
high quality of life, growth, nutrition, and development. Due to the fast emissions of …

Exploring the changes of ecosystem services value caused by land use transformation
driven by urbanization is crucial for ensuring the safety of the regional ecological …

Urbanization is considered as a major cause of widespread biodiversity loss in freshwater
ecosystems. However, multidimensional fish diversity patterns driven by urbanization in …

Ecological uniqueness is one aspect of beta (β) diversity that shows the relative contribution
of sites (local contribution to beta diversity–LCBD) and taxa (species contribution to beta …

Inland aquatic ecosystems, such as streams, rivers, ponds and lakes, play an important role
in maintaining global aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem services. They have been …

Ecosystem services (ESs) are essential for human society, and maintaining harmony
between ecosystems and humanity to mitigate ES degradation is the fundamental basis for …

We examined the effects of regional scale land use and local scale environmental and biotic
stressors on alpha, beta and zeta diversities of native fish communities in wadeable streams …

Urbanization is one of the most serious threats to stream ecosystems worldwide. It is crucial
to understand its effects on stream organisms as a prerequisite for the mitigation of urban …

Understanding human-induced changes in biodiversity and the environment can provide
important references for managing and conservating freshwater fish. To date, most studies …

The aquatic system is a dynamic environment which is majorly influenced by anthropogenic
activities. The ecosystem houses diverse species of animals and plants and can carry out …