Understanding the effects of urbanization on the diversity of freshwater macroinvertebrates
is an important topic of biodiversity research and has direct conservation relevance. The …

Various biomonitoring methods are used worldwide to evaluate water quality and the
ecological integrity of freshwater habitats. Most of these methods are based upon …

The aim of this study is to generate a first global overview of pressures and methods used to
assess the environmental quality of rivers and streams using macroinvertebrates. In total …

Thousands of existing wet retention ponds have been built across the United States,
primarily for the mitigation of peak flow and removal of sediment. These systems struggle to …

Urban Ecology: An Introduction seeks to open the reader's mind and eyes to the way in
which nature permeates everyday urban living, and how it has to be understood, cared for …

The impacts of watershed urbanization on streams have been studied worldwide, but are
rare in China. We examined relationships among watershed land uses and stream …

Urbanization and its physical and chemical effects on aquatic environments influence
invertebrate communities negatively. Yet, it is not clear how urbanization affects inter-annual …

Although many studies show the negative impacts of agricultural activities on aquatic
ecosystems, few relate functional and structural characteristics of the biota. We evaluate the …

Urbanisation of riverine landscapes is a major threat to river ecosystems because of the
ecological consequences of the so called urban stream syndrome. Taxonomically, certain …

Government and academic studies indicate that many streams in the Appalachian
Mountains have degraded biological communities stemming from a variety of regional …