The objectives of this study were to clarify and evaluate the water quality of a number of
rivers in East Kalimantan province of Indonesia. For this purpose, our study successfully …

Anthropogenic pollution of water has become an urgent management challenge across the
world. We explored benthic macroinvertebrates community structure in relation to …

Studies on biomonitoring the aquatic environment using host-parasite dynamics as bio-
indicators of effects and accumulators of heavy metals insults are still scarce, particularly in …

The objectives of this study were (i) to evaluate the quality of the Ouro River, a tropical
Brazilian river, assessing the concentration of the metals in surface waters, sediments, and …

Freshwater biodiversity is rapidly declining due to accelerated human-induced disturbances.
Increased human-induced environmental disturbances are believed not to only decrease …

Indicator species (IS) have been employed in modern aquatic research for monitoring of
environmental changes and evaluating the efficiency of environmental management …

Fish is clearly regarded as the cheapest source of protein for man and other livestock, but
fish farmers are constrained by massive mortality of fry and fingerlings due to helminth …

Abstract Knowledge on the effects of habitat and flow alterations is basis for sustainable
stream habitat conservation. This study explores the effects of hydrological and stream …

The increasing pollution of lotic ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria,
poses a threat to water quality, public health and biodiversity. It is therefore essential to …

Deforestation in the Afrotropical realm is extensively encroaching on riparian corridors,
causing increasingly negative impacts on freshwater biota. This study aimed to assess the …