Phototrophic microorganisms (microbial phototrophs) use light as an energy source to carry
out various metabolic processes producing biomaterials and bioenergy and supporting their …

Urbanization and the persistent environmental changes present a major challenge for urban
freshwaters and availability of water for humans and wildlife. In order to increase …

Seasonality can play a crucial role in altering water quality in tropical rivers, and as a benthic
community, diatom can show seasonal variation and changes in ecological status. During …

Periphyton is increasingly used to assess the biological condition of lakes. The
predominance of relatively shallow exposed waterbodies in Ireland implies that epilithic …

Long-term monitoring shows evidence of persistent changes in the magnitude and timing of
the seasonal pattern of nitrate concentrations in streams, with possibly grave effects on …

Rivers are intensively managed worldwide through unprecedented flow regime alterations
on a global scale. This has led to an increasing interest in the development of quantitative …

Human activities are increasingly affecting freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity,
especially in neotropical regions like the Brazilian savanna. Limited research and data …

The decline of river and stream biodiversity results from multiple simultaneous occuring
stressors, yet few studies explore responses explore responses across various taxonomic …

Nutrient enrichment degrades water quality and threatens aquatic biota. However, our
knowledge on (dis) similarities in temporal patterns of biota among sites of varying level of …

Within freshwater networks, lakes and reservoirs are reactors that modify nutrient dynamics.
Their functioning is based on an interplay of hydrological and biogeochemical processes …