[HTML][HTML] Effects of agricultural land use on river biota: a meta-analysis

C Schürings, CK Feld, J Kail, D Hering - Environmental Sciences Europe, 2022 - Springer
Agriculture, the world's most dominant land use type, burdens freshwater biodiversity with a
multitude of stressors such as diffuse pollution and hydromorphological alteration. However …

Freshwater biodiversity: A review of local and global threats

R Cazzolla Gatti - International Journal of Environmental Studies, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The total freshwater biodiversity is not fully known. In particular, freshwater invertebrates and
microbes are poorly studied groups, and in tropical latitudes, that support most of the …

Influences of natural and anthropogenic factors on surface and groundwater quality in rural and urban areas

N Khatri, S Tyagi - Frontiers in life science, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Although water constitutes 71% of the earth's surface, only 0.3% of it is available as fresh
water for human use. Moreover, the quality of fresh water in ground and surface systems is …

[HTML][HTML] River ecological status is shaped by agricultural land use intensity across Europe

C Schürings, L Globevnik, JU Lemm, A Psomas, L Snoj… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Agriculture impacts the ecological status of freshwaters through multiple pressures such as
diffuse pollution, water abstraction, and hydromorphological alteration, strongly impairing …

Environmental DNA captures native and non-native fish community variations across the lentic and lotic systems of a megacity

S Zhang, Y Zheng, A Zhan, C Dong, J Zhao, M Yao - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Globally, urbanization poses a major threat to terrestrial biodiversity, yet its impact on fish
diversity is poorly understood, mainly because of surveying difficulties. In this study …

Assessing the effects of landscape pattern on river water quality at multiple scales: a case study of the Dongjiang River watershed, China

T Zhou, J Wu, S Peng - Ecological Indicators, 2012 - Elsevier
Understanding how land use and land cover change influences the flow and water quality of
rivers is critically important for river management and restoration. Human activities have …

Twenty‐five essential research questions to inform the protection and restoration of freshwater biodiversity

M Harper, HS Mejbel, D Longert, R Abell… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. Freshwater conservationists
and environmental managers have enough evidence to demonstrate that action must not be …

Urbanization reduces resource use efficiency of phytoplankton community by altering the environment and decreasing biodiversity

Y Yang, H Chen, MA Al, JC Ndayishimiye… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization often exerts multiple effects on aquatic and terrestrial organisms, including
changes in biodiversity, species composition and ecosystem functions. However, the …

Threshold responses of riverine fish communities to land use conversion across regions of the world

K Chen, JD Olden - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The growing human enterprise has sparked greater interest in identifying ecological
thresholds in land use conversion beyond which populations or communities demonstrate …

Different responses of taxonomic and functional structures of stream macroinvertebrate communities to local stressors and regional factors in a subtropical biodiversity …

Z Li, J Wang, Z Liu, X Meng, J Heino, X Jiang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Examining the relative contribution of local environmental stressors and regional factors in
structuring biological communities is essential for biodiversity conservation and …