The Anthropocene presents formidable threats to freshwater ecosystems. Lakes are
especially vulnerable and important at the same time. They cover only a small area …

Aim The number of studies investigating the nestedness and turnover components of beta
diversity has increased substantially, but our general understanding of the drivers of …

A major goal in ecology is to understand mechanisms that influence patterns of biodiversity
and community assembly at various spatial and temporal scales. Understanding how …

Understanding the patterns and ecological determinants of β diversity in freshwater
ecosystems is fundamental to biogeography, conservation biology, and environmental …

Based on the contemporary coexistence theory developed from macroecology, the regional
species pool, environmental processes, dispersal assembly and biotic interactions are …

Abstract Purpose of Review We conducted a literature review to understand how landscape
patterns affect ecological processes in metacommunities in lentic environments. Our aim …

Aim To discover whether lake and stream diatom communities show different patterns in
species richness and in their local (LCBD) and species (SCBD) contributions to beta …

Evaluating the causes and consequences of dominance by a limited number of taxa in
phytoplankton communities is of huge importance in the current context of increasing …

Rubber dams are widely used in urban rivers for landscape construction and flood control.
However, the increased water residence time by dams usually causes phytoplankton …

Protists play key roles in aquatic food webs as primary producers, predators, nutrient
recyclers, and symbionts. However, a comprehensive view of protist diversity in freshwaters …