Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFFs) constitute the most diverse continental vertebrate fauna
on Earth, with more than 6,200 named species compressed into an aquatic footprint< 0.5 …

Streams and rivers form dense networks, shape the Earth's surface and, in their sediments,
provide an immensely large surface area for microbial growth. Biofilms dominate microbial …

Plastic waste increasingly accumulates in the marine environment, but data on the
distribution and quantification of riverine sources required for development of effective …

In rivers, small and lightweight microplastics are transported downstream, but they are also
found frequently in riverbed sediment, demonstrating long-term retention. To better …

The turbulent surfaces of rivers and streams are natural hotspots of biogeochemical
exchange with the atmosphere. At the global scale, the total river-atmosphere flux of trace …

Small waterbodies, including ponds and small lakes, low-order streams, ditches and
springs, are the most numerous freshwater environments globally, are critical for freshwater …

Spatiotemporally continuous global river discharge estimates across the full spectrum of
stream orders are vital to a range of hydrologic applications, yet they remain poorly …

Metacommunity ecology addresses the situation where sets of local communities are
connected by the dispersal of a number of potentially interacting species. Aquatic systems …

Carbon dioxide (CO2) transfer from inland waters to the atmosphere, known as CO2
evasion, is a component of the global carbon cycle. Global estimates of CO2 evasion have …

Inland waters are important emitters of the greenhouse gasses (GHGs) carbon dioxide
(CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) to the atmosphere. In the framework of the …