There is a significant concern about the accessibility of uncontaminated and safe drinking
water, a fundamental necessity for human beings. This concern is attributed to the toxic …

As a consequence of the growing global dependence on groundwater resources,
environmental risk assessments (ERA) for groundwater are increasingly required and, with …

Metal pollution is a worldwide concern and may pose risks to aquatic organisms,
communities, and ecosystems. The toxic effects of metals at the organism level are relatively …

There is growing evidence of widespread contamination of freshwater ecosystems with
microplastics. However, the effects of chronic microplastic ingestion and its interaction with …

Gammarids are amphipods found worldwide distributed in fresh and marine waters. They
play an important role in aquatic ecosystems and are well established sentinel species in …

Fungicides can reach streams through runoff or adhered to leaf litter, and have the potential
to adversely affect processes such as litter decomposition and associated communities. This …

Nutritional and contaminant stressors influence organismal physiology, trophic interactions,
community structure, and ecosystem-level processes; however, the interactions between …

A key or keystone species is defined as a species with disproportionately large effects on the
ecosystem relative to its abundance. In freshwater ecology it is often used with a bottom-up …

Various anthropogenic activities simultaneously alter essential mineral nutrients and
contaminant content in the environment. Depending on essential nutrient conditions, the …

The on‐going anthropogenic degradation of freshwater habitats has drastically altered the
environmental supply of both nutrients and common pollutants. Most organisms living in …