Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are essential infrastructure in our developing world.
However, with the development and release of novel entities and without modern upgrades …

Macroinvertebrate metrics are helpful tools for the assessment of water quality and overall
aquatic ecosystem health. However, their degree of sensitivity and the most reliable metrics …

In the current study the response of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities to multiple
anthropogenic stressors in a typical lowland river that crosses pristine sectors situated …

The diversity of freshwater leeches (Clitellata; Hirudinida) of Iran was estimated by
employing both DNA barcoding and species delimitation methods. Phylogenetic …

The aim of this study was to reveal faunistic and diversity patterns and to assess the effects
of environmental factors on the differentiation of leech communities. This study covers …

Landscape modifications often undermine habitat suitability for species' persistence, with
initial effects observed through the physiological responses of individuals and populations …

Bakırçay is one of the important rivers of Western Anatolia, Türkiye. The objectives of this
study are (a) to determine the diversity of benthic invertebrates distributed in Bakırçay,(b) to …

This study was conducted on species composition, morphology, ecological characteristics,
biotope distribution, ecological groups, biodiversity indicators and zoogeography of leeches …

Riverine lakes are a distinct lake type found in geographic regions of Europe shaped by
glacial processes. Knowledge concerning their macroinvertebrate communities is scarce …

The study concerns the relationships between taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic
diversity of benthic invertebrates inhabiting watercourses and abiotic parameters associated …