Anthropogenic activities, including urbanisation and industrialisation threaten stream
ecological integrity, ecosystem community structure and ecosystem functioning of rivers and …

Anthropogenic pollution from urban and agricultural activities continually affects freshwater
ecosystems in Africa, adversely affecting water quality and biodiversity. In this study, we …

Semi-arid regions are particularly prone to extreme climate events such as droughts, which
result in drastic fluctuations in the water volume of aquatic ecosystems, including artificial …

We used Chironomidae functional attributes to assess how spatial and temporal scales
influence assemblage structure. We collected Chironomidae larvae in 10 streams from …

As the world becomes more urbanized, multiple stressors act in complex ways, but their
effects remain poorly studied in coastal island streams. Due to the small length and isolation …

Abstract The Ramsar-accredited Makuleke Wetlands are located in the Makuleke
Concession in the northern Pafuri region of the Kruger National Park in South Africa. The …

The taxonomy-based response pattern of macroinvertebrates to sediment stress is well
established, with tolerant taxa increasing in impacted conditions, while sensitive taxa …

Urbanized areas can impose selective pressures on insects which can be identified at the
individual level based on animal physiological condition. Physiological condition can be …

Basal resource quality can have strong bottom-up effects on consumer taxonomic and
functional diversity, particularly at smaller spatial scales within an ecoregion. However …

Energy dynamics of subtropical streams are diverse and depend essentially on the input of
allochthonous organic matter, intermediated by decomposers. In these ecosystems …