Ecosystem services are the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. Freshwater
mussels perform many important functions in aquatic ecosystems, which can in turn be …

Bivalve molluscs are abundant in marine and freshwater ecosystems and perform important
ecological functions. Bivalves have epifaunal or infaunal lifestyles but are largely filter …

Forest-driven water and energy cycles are poorly integrated into regional, national,
continental and global decision-making on climate change adaptation, mitigation, land use …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Abstract The North America freshwater mussel fauna has suffered an inordinately high
recent extinction rate, and the small size and isolation of many remaining populations …

Although several studies have examined the functional diversity of freshwater
macroinvertebrates, the variety of methodologies combined with the absence of a synthetic …

This is the first American Fisheries Society conservation assessment of freshwater
gastropods (snails) from Canada and the United States by the Gastropod Subcommittee …

Human‐induced global change dramatically alters individual aspects of river biodiversity,
such as taxonomic, phylogenetic or functional diversity, and is predicted to lead to losses of …

It is well established that grassland degradation negatively affects ecosystem functioning.
Many studies have explored the changes of individual functions involved with grassland …

Freshwater biodiversity is under great threat across the globe as evidenced by more severe
declines relative to other types of ecosystems. Some of the main stressors responsible for …