Environmental and human health challenges are pronounced in Asia, an exceptionally
diverse and complex region where influences of global megatrends are extensive and …

Encompassing the breadth of biodiversity in biomonitoring programmes has been frustrated
by an inability to simultaneously identify large numbers of species accurately and in a timely …

Toxic substances in the environment generate adverse effects at all levels of biological
organization from the molecular level to community and ecosystem. Given this complexity, it …

Accelerated exploration of minerals in the deep sea over the past decade has raised the
likelihood that commercial mining of the deep seabed will commence in the near future …

Communities of zooplankton can be adversely affected by contamination resulting from
human activities. Yet understanding the influence of water quality on zooplankton under field …

Bacterial communities in sediments of human-impacted rivers are exposed to multiple
anthropogenic contaminants and eventually lead to biodiversity lost and ecological functions …

Biological quality elements have been developed worldwide to assess whether a water
body is in a good status or not. However, current studies mainly focus on a single taxonomic …

Aquatic ecosystems, such as rivers and lakes, are exposed to multiple stressors from
anthropogenic activity and changes in climate, which have resulted in a general decrease in …

Implementing cost‐effective monitoring programs for wild bees remains challenging due to
the high costs of sampling and specimen identification. To reduce costs, next‐generation …

Ecological networks are powerful tools for visualizing biodiversity data and assessing
ecosystem health and function. Constructing these networks requires considerable empirical …