The increasing stress on lake ecosystems is affecting their functioning such as providing
goods and services to inhabiting organisms and riparian communities. Monitoring of water …

Triggered by the adoption of the Water Framework Directive, a variety of fish-based systems
were developed throughout Europe to assess the ecological status of lakes. This paper …

Urban pollution is increasing at an alarming rate within the catchments of forested riverine
systems in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria inclusive. Assessing the impact of pollution in …

Urban pollution of riverine ecosystem is a serious concern in the Niger Delta region of
Nigeria. No biomonitoring tool exists for the routine monitoring of effects of urban pollution …

In the pelagic food web of lakes, zooplankton offers the linkage between phytoplankton and
fish, greatly affecting but also mirroring the functionality and stability of the ecosystem …

Eutrophication assessment is made widely using Carlson Trophic State indices (TSI)[eg
secchi disc depth (TSI SD)] or phytoplankton biomass. Recently, two Carlson type indices …

ABSTRACT In European countries, hydromorphological (HyMo) pressures are the second
most commonly occurring types of pressures on aquatic ecosystems (after eutrophication) …

Rapid anthropogenic nutrient enrichment has caused widespread ecological problems in
aquatic ecosystems and the resulting eutrophication has dramatically changed fish …

This study outlines the development and application of a new multimetric index (Greek Lake
Benthic macroinvertebrate Index–GLBiI) for the assessment of the ecological quality of …

Most inland water ecosystems in Africa have been subjected to different anthropogenic
stresses which in turn affect their overall health and productivity. The ecological status of the …