Freshwater ecosystems harbor a vast diversity of micro-eukaryotes (rotifers, crustaceans and
protists), and such diverse taxonomic groups play important roles in ecosystem functioning …

Aquatic ecosystems support a substantial source of the earth's biological diversity. They are
an essential reservoir and share an enormous proportion of earth's biological productivity …

The alterations in the salinity profile are an indirect, but potentially sensitive, indicator for
detecting changes in precipitation, evaporation, river run-off, glacier retreat, and ice melt …

Freshwater ecosystem services are negatively affected by factors such as climate change
(eg changes in temperature, precipitation, and sea level rise) and human interventions (eg …

Freshwater fish are in a perilous state with more than 30% of species considered critically
endangered. Yet significant ecological and methodological complexities constrain our ability …

Wetlands are among the most threatened ecosystems on the planet and pollution is a major
factor causing the decline of wetland biodiversity. Despite the increasing use of pesticides …

Simple Summary Freshwater ecosystems face various threats, especially in recent decades,
that pose unprecedented challenges to human health, water supply, agriculture, forestry …

Although the land use/land cover (LULC) of inland wetlands has been dynamic over the last
100 years, the extent of their LULC dynamics and its driving forces are poorly understood …

Monitoring methods based on Indigenous knowledge have the potential to contribute to our
understanding of large watersheds. Research in large, complex, and dynamic ecosystems …

Threatened freshwater ecosystems urgently require improved tools for effective
management. Food web analysis is currently under-utilized, yet can be used to generate …