Summary 1 A fundamental goal of ecological network research is to understand how the
complexity observed in nature can persist and how this affects ecosystem functioning. This is …

Body size determines a host of species traits that can affect the structure and dynamics of
food webs, and other ecological networks, across multiple scales of organization. Measuring …

Biodiversity is organised into complex ecological networks of interacting species in local
ecosystems, but our knowledge about the effects of habitat fragmentation on such systems …

Streams and their adjacent riparian zones are closely linked by reciprocal flows of
invertebrate prey. We review characteristics of these prey subsidies and their strong direct …

We propose an integrated, heuristic model of lotic biocomplexity across spatiotemporal
scales from headwaters to large rivers. This riverine ecosystem synthesis (RES) provides a …

Extensive degradation of ecosystems, combined with the increasing demands placed on the
goods and services they provide, is a major driver of biodiversity loss on a global scale. In …

Summary 1 Body‐size may be an important feature of the structure of food webs. Detailed
food web data are however scarce, particularly those including ontogenetic dietary shifts …

The recent expansion of natural abundance stable isotope methods has rapidly increased
our understanding of freshwater food web ecology. Investigators now routinely use stable …

Human impacts to aquatic ecosystems often involve changes in hydrologic connectivity and
flow regime. Drawing upon examples in the literature and from our experience, we …

Aquatic ecosystems in high latitude and altitude environments are strongly influenced by
cryospheric and hydrological processes due to links between atmospheric forcing …