[HTML][HTML] Emerging challenges of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems: A diatom perspective

A Kock, HC Glanville, AC Law, T Stanton… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are a ubiquitous group of emerging pollutants of considerable importance
due to their biological potency and potential to elicit effects in wildlife and humans …

A review of the potential impacts of climate change on surface water quality

PG Whitehead, RL Wilby, RW Battarbee… - Hydrological sciences …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
It is now accepted that some human-induced climate change is unavoidable. Potential
impacts on water supply have received much attention, but relatively little is known about the …

Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems

S Birk, D Chapman, L Carvalho, BM Spears… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
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) …

Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale

E Malaj, PC von Der Ohe, M Grote… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Organic chemicals can contribute to local and regional losses of freshwater biodiversity and
ecosystem services. However, their overall relevance regarding larger spatial scales …

Assessing environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms

RJ Stevenson, Y Pan, H Van Dam - The diatoms: applications for …, 1999 - books.google.com
Assessments of environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms have a long
history, which has resulted in the development of the two basic conceptual and analytical …

A global synthesis of human impacts on the multifunctionality of streams and rivers

M Brauns, DC Allen, IG Boëchat, WF Cross… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human impacts, particularly nutrient pollution and land‐use change, have caused significant
declines in the quality and quantity of freshwater resources. Most global assessments have …

Ecological assessments with algae: a review and synthesis

J Stevenson - Journal of Phycology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Algae have been used for a century in environmental assessments of water bodies and are
now used in countries around the world. This review synthesizes recent advances in the …

Phosphorus mitigation to control river eutrophication: murky waters, inconvenient truths, and “postnormal” science

HP Jarvie, AN Sharpley, PJA Withers… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This commentary examines an “inconvenient truth” that phosphorus (P)‐based nutrient
mitigation, long regarded as the key tool in eutrophication management, in many cases has …

Benthic macroinvertebrates as ecological indicators: their sensitivity to the water quality and human disturbances in a tropical river

L Tampo, I Kaboré, EH Alhassan, A Ouéda… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macroinvertebrate metrics are helpful tools for the assessment of water quality and overall
aquatic ecosystem health. However, their degree of sensitivity and the most reliable metrics …

Why we need sustainable networks bridging countries, disciplines, cultures and generations for aquatic biomonitoring 2.0: a perspective derived from the DNAqua-Net …

F Leese, A Bouchez, K Abarenkov, F Altermatt… - Advances in ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aquatic biomonitoring has become an essential task in Europe and many other regions as a
consequence of strong anthropogenic pressures affecting the health of lakes, rivers, oceans …