Freshwaters face multiple environmental problems including eutrophication, acidification,
salinization, and climate-change, all of which can lead to impairment of ecosystem structure …

Scientific knowledge related to quantifying the monetized benefits for landscape-wide water
quality improvements does not meet current regulatory and benefit–cost analysis needs in …

Eutrophication is one of the most pervasive stressors impacting streams, often leading to
loss of biodiversity or change in natural functions. To protect against these adverse effects …

Abstract The Biological Condition Gradient (BCG) is a conceptual model used to describe
incremental changes in biological condition along a gradient of increasing anthropogenic …

To unveil possible changes in diatom communities in Cypriot streams over the last ten years
or so, we selected samples from the years 2020, 2021, and 2022 for the “recent” dataset (N …

Mediterranean streams are naturally highly-stressed environments mainly due to wide
seasonal and inter-annual fluctuations in water quantity. This natural pressure will be …

Predictive biological indices have transformed the bioassessment landscape by allowing
universal indices to be applicable across diverse environments. The successful …

Multimetric index (MMI) approach is a broadly used in ecological assessment because it can
integrate information of various kinds of ecologically related metrics of freshwater …

As coral reef condition and sustainability continue to decline worldwide, losses of critical
habitat and their ecosystem services have generated an urgency to understand and …

Periphyton assemblages from the nearshore environment of the west (California) side of
Lake Tahoe, were analyzed to determine their taxonomic composition and community …