Threshold responses of riverine fish communities to land use conversion across regions of the world

K Chen, JD Olden - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The growing human enterprise has sparked greater interest in identifying ecological
thresholds in land use conversion beyond which populations or communities demonstrate …

The effects of longitudinal fragmentation on riverine beta diversity are modulated by fragmentation intensity

D Baldan, D Cunillera-Montcusí, A Funk… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The loss of longitudinal connectivity affects river systems globally, being one of the leading
causes of the freshwater biodiversity crisis. Barriers alter the dispersal of aquatic organisms …

Shifting taxonomic and functional community composition of rivers under land use change

K Chen, SR Midway, BK Peoples, B Wang, JD Olden - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Land use intensification has led to conspicuous changes in plant and animal communities
across the world. Shifts in trait‐based functional composition have recently been …

Urbanization and stream salamanders: a review, conservation options, and research needs

K Barrett, SJ Price - Freshwater Science, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Urban areas are increasing in size and human population density. The implications of
widespread urbanization are apparent for a wide variety of stream organisms, but the …

The roles of microbes in stream restorations

RH Hilderbrand, T Bambakidis, BC Crump - Microbial ecology, 2023 - Springer
The goods and services provided by riverine systems are critical to humanity, and our
reliance increases with our growing population and demands. As our activities expand …

Comparing the fish and benthic macroinvertebrate diversity of restored urban streams to reference streams

SA Stranko, RH Hilderbrand, MA Palmer - Restoration Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is associated with substantial losses to stream biological diversity throughout
the United States' mid‐Atlantic. Stream restoration has been used to improve stream …

Benefits arising from sustainable use of North America's fishery resources: economic and conservation impacts of recreational angling

BL Tufts, J Holden, M DeMille - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Fish are one of North America's most valuable renewable resources. Although recreational
anglers harvest a portion of their catch, modern recreational fisheries are based on the …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptic tolerant fish species and their potential effect on index of biotic integrity (IBI) scores

BG Hilburn, MC Freeman, KM Lawson, SJ Rider… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indices such as the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) are often used by management agencies to
estimate the abstract property of stream health. These indices are usually predicated on the …

[HTML][HTML] New interactive functional indicator approach for river health assessment in an Asian temperate river: Comprehensive analysis of water chemistry, physical …

N Jargal, JE Kim, KG An - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Elucidating the responses of aquatic communities to environmental (eg, chemical, habitat,
and flow regime) and biological disturbances is essential to the maintenance and restoration …

Ecological resistance in urban streams: the role of natural and legacy attributes

RM Utz, KG Hopkins, L Beesley, DB Booth… - Freshwater …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Urbanization substantially changes the physicochemical and biological characteristics of
streams. The trajectory of negative effect is broadly similar around the world, but the nature …