It is important to have reliable information on various natural and anthropogenic factors
responsible for influencing and shaping stream water quality parameters as long as water …

The sustainable use of water resources requires clear guidelines for the management of
diffuse pollution inputs to rivers. Without informed guidelines, management decisions are …

Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters is designed to serve as a
textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference source for …

Research on stream and river temperatures is reviewed with particular attention being given
to advances in understanding gained since 1990 and on investigations of fundamental …

Agriculture, the world's most dominant land use type, burdens freshwater biodiversity with a
multitude of stressors such as diffuse pollution and hydromorphological alteration. However …

Knowing how landscape structure affects the provision of ecosystem services (ES) is an
important first step toward better landscape planning. Because landscape structure is often …

1. The structure of lotic macroinvertebrate communities may be strongly influenced by land‐
use practices within catchments. However, the relative magnitude of influence on the …

Changes in land-use practices have affected the integrity and quality of water resources
worldwide. In Patagonia there is a strong concern about the ecological status of surface …

River Environment Classification (REC) is a new system for classifying river environments
that is based on climate, topography, geology, and land cover factors that control spatial …

The influence of land use on water quality in streams is scale-dependent and varies in time
and space. In this study, land cover patterns and stocking rates were used as measures of …