Water temperature is one of the main abiotic factors affecting the structure and functioning of
aquatic ecosystems and its alteration can have important effects on biological communities …

The accelerating rate of global change has focused attention on the cumulative impacts of
novel and extreme environmental changes (ie stressors), especially in marine ecosystems …

Organic chemicals can contribute to local and regional losses of freshwater biodiversity and
ecosystem services. However, their overall relevance regarding larger spatial scales …

Lakes are important ecosystems providing various ecosystem services. Stressors such as
eutrophication or climate change, however, threaten their ecological functions. National and …

In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

Recently, community ecologists are focusing on the relative importance of local
environmental factors and proxies to dispersal limitation to explain spatial variation in …

Freshwater ecosystems underpin global water and food security, yet are some of the most
endangered ecosystems in the world because they are particularly vulnerable to land …

Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and
providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater …

Freshwater ecosystems constitute only a small fraction of the planet's water resources, yet
support much of its diversity, with freshwater fish accounting for more species than birds …

Analyses of sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) have increased exponentially over the last decade
and hold great potential to study the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota over …