Ecuador has historically had a unique experience with water law, management, and policy
as a result of its constitutional declaration of water access as a human right. In this paper, the …

Abstract Paul Colinvaux and his Ecuadorian student Miriam Steinitz-Kannan were the first
modern scientists to study limnology in Ecuador in the 1960s and 1970s. Fifty years later …

We quantify plastic litter (PL,> 2 cm) and microplastics (MP,< 5 mm) from the sediments of a
beach formed at a riverine depositional area, at the upper Amazon River basin, Ecuador. In …

We assessed the quality of Andes-Amazonia streams in Ecuador impacted by gold mining
(GM), discharges from inefficient sewage network in urban areas (UA), wastes from fish …

Water quality characterization of Himalayan streams that provide variety of ecosystem
services including drinking water to zooming population is indispensable. In this …

Adequate environmental management in tropical aquatic ecosystems is imperative. Given
the lack of knowledge about functional diversity and bioassessment programs, management …

Anthropogenic threat maps are commonly used as a surrogate for the ecological integrity of
rivers in freshwater conservation, but a clearer understanding of their relationships is …

The current study investigated the relationship between sediment grain sizes and
macroinvertebrate distribution along the Isiukhu River, a tropical stream in western Kenya …

Abstract The Peruvian region of Madre de Dios is a biodiversity hotspot located in the
Andean‐Amazon region. Since the 1970s, it has experienced the harsh effects of artisanal …

Ecuador is one of Earth's biodiversity hotspots and is characterized by a great diversity of
aquatic ecosystems. Despite its rich biodiversity, the Ecuadorian coastal region is severely …