Biological indicators have been widely used in Australian riverine systems to assess the
effectiveness of past and current management. The short generation time, sessile nature …

Each year ecotoxicological problems become increasingly complex and encompass
broader spatial and temporal scales. Our practical understanding must evolve accordingly to …

Species‐sensitivity distribution methods assemble single‐species toxicity data to predict
hazardous concentrations (HCps) affecting a certain percentage (p) of species in a …

Room‐temperature ionic liquids (ILs) are considered to be green chemicals that may
replace volatile organic solvents currently used by industry. However, IL effects on aquatic …

Increasing research is highlighting the fact that streams provide crucial ecosystem services
through the biogeochemical and ecological processes they sustain. Freshwater land-based …

We revisit the assumptions associated with the derivation and application of species
sensitivity distributions (SSDs). Our questions are (1) Do SSDs clarify or obscure the setting …

Community variability has a dual nature. On the one hand, there is compositional variability,
changes in the relative abundance of component species. On the other hand, there is …

This paper proposes a hypothesis that relates biodiversity, community biomass, and
ecosystem function to a gradient of stress. According to this hypothesis, biodiversity has a …

We quantified the reliability of phytoplankton population, community, and ecosystem variates
as indicators of whole‐lake enrichment. Variates with high sensitivity to perturbation and low …

Understanding toxicant effects at higher levels of biological organization continues to be a
challenge in ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment. This is due in part to a tradition …