Aquatic farming has been considered, during the last decades, as the fastest growing food
production industry powered by governmental and technological impulsion. Compensation …

Current methods of ecological health assessment of lakes within the United States are not
adequate for meeting the requirements of the 1972 Clean Water Act (CWA) and assessing …

Abstract The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) establishes a well differentiated
typology of water bodies on the basis of scientific and biological criteria. For coastal waters …

The fundamental idea behind the study of biodiversity patterns is the presumed connection
between the shape of species assemblages and the functional ways in which they are …

Embora a diversidade pareça ser o conceito ecológico mais intuitivo, nenhuma definição
consensual foi formulada. As medidas tradicionais de diversidade, que levam em conta …

Prioritizing and assessing the condition of sites for conservation action requires robust and
ergonomic methodological tools. We focus here on prioritizing freshwater sites using two …

Monitoring changes in population levels of a wide range of species in biodiversity research
and conservation requires practical, easy-to-use and efficient assessment and monitoring …

A range of biodiversity metrics are available to assess the ecological integrity of aquatic
ecosystems. However, performance varies considerably among different types of metrics …

Fire plays a key role in Earth system processes. Wildfires influence the carbon cycle and the
nutrient balance of our planet, and may even play a role in regulating the oxygen content of …

Interspecific interactions, such as competition, are among the key factors that determine the
distribution, abundance and diversity of organisms in natural communities of aquatic …