Globally, many rivers are experiencing declining water quality, for example, with altered
levels of sediments, salts, and nutrients. Effective water quality management requires a …

▪ Abstract Local habitat and biological diversity of streams and rivers are strongly influenced
by landform and land use within the surrounding valley at multiple scales. However …

This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to
all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Although invasive species are widely recognized as a major threat to marine biodiversity,
there has been no quantitative global assessment of their impacts and routes of introduction …

A heuristic framework for understanding and predicting the distribution and categorical
abundance of species in stream communities is presented. The framework requires that …

Urban ecological systems are characterized by complex interactions among social,
economic, institutional, and environmental variables. These interactions generate complex …

Current rates of climate change are unprecedented, and biological responses to these
changes have also been rapid at the levels of ecosystems, communities, and species. Most …

While external factors (drivers) determine the net heat energy and water delivered to a
stream, the internal structure of a stream determines how heat and water will be distributed …

Impervious surfaces have for many years been recognized as an indicator of the intensity of
the urban environment and, with the advent of urban sprawl, they have become a key issue …