Riparian zones are among the most valuable ecosystems on the earth. They act as the
ecological engineers that improve river health through delivering a range of ecosystem …

Riparian zones act as ecological engineers through stream bank stabilization, pollutant
buffering, energy provision to food webs, and groundwater recharge. In the ongoing …

In forested streams, leaf litter decomposition is a vital ecosystem process, governed primarily
by aquatic hyphomycetes. These fungi are crucial mediators of nutrients and energy to …

Global patterns of biodiversity have emerged for soil microorganisms, plants and animals,
and the extraordinary significance of microbial functions in ecosystems is also well …

Abstract Changes in hydromorphological conditions in the mountainous Czarny Dunajec
River over the last six decades were investigated through the analysis of archival aerial …

Anthropogenic impacts on freshwater ecosystems cause critical losses of biodiversity that
can in turn impair key processes such as decomposition and nutrient cycling. Forest streams …

Nanosized plastics are an emerging concern in freshwater ecosystems, raising the question
whether they put freshwater ecological processes at risk. Litter decomposition is a major …

The development of mangrove ecosystem has a significant impact on fishery resources,
such as gastropod. This research aimed at studying the community structure of mangrove …

Leaf litter decomposition supports the provision of numerous ecosystem services—that is,
the benefits nature provides to humans—through its contribution to the reduction and …

In recent years, the ecological service functions of riparian zones have been destroyed
owing to human activities. To perform scientific territorial spatial planning and ecological …