Despite its well-established negative impacts on society and biodiversity, eutrophication
continues to be one of the most pervasive anthropogenic influences along the freshwater to …

Traditionally, trophic ecology research on aquatic ecosystems has focused more on the
quantity of dietary energy flow within food webs rather than food quality and its effects on …

Climate and land-use change drive a suite of stressors that shape ecosystems and interact
to yield complex ecological responses (that is, additive, antagonistic and synergistic effects) …

Humans have increased the discharge of pollution, altered water flow regime and modified
the morphology of rivers. All these actions have resulted in multiple pressures on freshwater …

Freshwater ecosystems and their biodiversity are presently seriously threatened by global
development and population growth, leading to increases in nutrient inputs and …

Agriculture impacts the ecological status of freshwaters through multiple pressures such as
diffuse pollution, water abstraction, and hydromorphological alteration, strongly impairing …

Fish are an important source of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid
(DHA) for birds, mammals and humans. In aquatic food webs, these highly unsaturated fatty …

Eutrophication increases primary production and changes the relative abundance,
taxonomic composition and spatial distribution of primary producers within an aquatic …

This chapter describes approaches to the management of habitat, people and fish stocks
that make up freshwater fisheries. Habitat management is advisable whenever habitat …

Abstract The Water Framework Directive is the first international legislation to require
European countries to establish comparable ecological assessment schemes for their …