Epiphytic biofilm is an important component in freshwater ecosystems and is one of the main
primary producers in shallow freshwater ecosystems. The epiphytic biofilm is comprised of …

A sound understanding of the community changes over time and its driving forces is at the
centre of biodiversity conservation and ecology research. In this study, we examined:(i) the …

Abstract Knowledge of benthic diatom traits can help understand ecosystem function and
guide biodiversity conservation. This is particularly important in rivers on which there are …

Environmental regimes (or environmental legacy or historical legacy) are the dynamics of
environmental characteristics over a given (either long or short) time period, such as …

Plant communities that occur along water corridors are termed riparian vegetation. Although
relatively narrow and long, riparian zones do provide an extensive spatially linear network of …

Given the many threats to freshwater biodiversity, we need to be able to resolve which of the
multiple stressors present in rivers are most important in driving change. Phytoplankton are …

Beta diversity has emerged as a crucial factor in conservation efforts, particularly through the
measurement of local contributions to beta diversity (LCBD), which is increasingly …

Insight into the non-random distribution patterns of species in different regions is a
foundational aim of research in community ecology and biogeography. The nestedness …

Proliferations of benthic cyanobacteria are increasingly in the public eye, with rising animal
deaths associated with benthic rather than planktonic blooms. In early June 2021, two dogs …

Water quality in lowland rivers is sensitive to changes in flow during summer dry periods,
when high temperatures and low pollutant dilution are problematic and may reduce oxygen …