Characteristics, main impacts, and stewardship of natural and artificial freshwater environments: consequences for biodiversity conservation

M Cantonati, S Poikane, CM Pringle, LE Stevens… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

Ecosystem-size relationships of river populations and communities

AR McIntosh, HS Greig, HJ Warburton… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract Knowledge of ecosystem-size influences on river populations and communities is
integral to the balancing of human and environmental needs for water. The multiple …

Modelling environmental DNA transport in rivers reveals highly resolved spatio-temporal biodiversity patterns

L Carraro, RC Blackman, F Altermatt - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing threats to riverine ecosystems call for novel approaches for highly
resolved biodiversity assessments across taxonomic groups and spatio-temporal scales …

[HTML][HTML] Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment

E Pierrat, V Barbarossa, M Núñez, L Scherer… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reduced river discharge and flow regulation are significant threats to freshwater
biodiversity. An accurate representation of potential damage of water consumption on …

Conservation of temporary streams: the relevance of spatiotemporal variation in beta diversity

P Rodríguez‐Lozano, G Lobera, I Pardo… - Aquatic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Temporary streams are affected by increasing human alterations, and this situation is
expected to worsen under global change. Understanding biodiversity trends and the …

Freshwater fish diversity in the western Amazon basin shaped by Andean uplift since the Late Cretaceous

LM Boschman, L Carraro, FAS Cassemiro… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
South America is home to the highest freshwater fish biodiversity on Earth, and the hotspot
of species richness is located in the western Amazon basin. The location of this hotspot is …

Rethinking biodiversity patterns and processes in stream ecosystems

MD Green, KE Anderson, DB Herbst… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A major goal of community ecology is understanding the processes responsible for
generating biodiversity patterns along spatial and environmental gradients. In stream …

Towards (better) fluvial meta-ecosystem ecology: a research perspective

L Talluto, R Del Campo, E Estévez, F Altermatt… - npj Biodiversity, 2024 - nature.com
Rivers are an important component of the global carbon cycle and contribute to atmospheric
carbon exchange disproportionately to their total surface area. Largely, this is because rivers …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of temperate and tropical versions of Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) index for assessing water quality of River Aturukuku in Eastern …

H Ochieng, R Odong, J Okot-Okumu - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite their socio-economic and ecological importance, rivers are among the most
threatened ecosystems. As a result, reliable and affordable monitoring system is …

Macroinvertebrate distribution associated with environmental variables in alpine streams

J Becquet, N Lamouroux, T Condom… - Freshwater …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing hydrological alterations due to climate change and anthropogenic uses of water
have major implications for freshwater biodiversity. Quantifying the relative effects of …