Abstract “Everything is everywhere, but environments selects.” Is this true? The
cosmopolitan nature of algae, including phytoplankton, has been highlighted in many …

Both natural and anthropogenic processes can lead to the increasing salinity of surface
waters. The knowledge about the ecological consequences of salinization on the biota is …

Water diversion has been widely used to address water shortages and security issues.
However, its long-term ecological impacts, particularly on the biodiversity and structure of …

Background Diatoms are of great significance to primary productivity in oceans, yet little is
known about their biogeographic distribution in oligotrophic rivers. Results With the help of …

Long‐term dynamics of phytoplankton have been addressed in marine and lake systems,
but rarely in rivers. Large rivers, however, are highly human‐impacted, whereas global …

Previous morphological studies showed that the description of the Cyclotella genus was too
general and according to new morphological criteria new genera were established based …

Dinoflagellates of the genus Ceratium are predominantly found in marine environments, with
a few species in inland waters. Over the last decades, the freshwater species Ceratium …

Reduced body size is among the universal ecological responses to global warming. Our
knowledge on how altered body size affects ecosystem functioning in ectothermic aquatic …

Skeletonema potamos is a freshwater diatom that has been widely distributed in North
America, Europe, and Australia since the 1980s. However, there have been few previous …

In this work the rapid expansion of a small-celled (< 15 µm) monoraphid aquatic invasive
species (AIS) along the Central European lotic systems is reported, using the integrated …