Fresh waters are particularly vulnerable to climate change because (i) many species within
these fragmented habitats have limited abilities to disperse as the environment changes;(ii) …

Experimental studies assessing climatic effects on ecological communities have typically
applied static warming treatments. Although these studies have been informative, they have …

It is critical that the impacts of environmental stressors on natural systems are detected,
monitored and assessed accurately in order to legislate effectively and to protect and restore …

Extensive degradation of ecosystems, combined with the increasing demands placed on the
goods and services they provide, is a major driver of biodiversity loss on a global scale. In …

Ongoing increases in air temperature and changing precipitation patterns are altering water
temperatures and flow regimes in lotic freshwater systems, and these changes are expected …

Most research on the effects of environmental change in freshwaters has focused on
incremental changes in average conditions, rather than fluctuations or extreme events such …

Attempts to gauge the biological impacts of climate change have typically focussed on the
lower levels of organization (individuals to populations), rather than considering more …

Fresh waters have seen the largest decline in biodiversity of any ecosystem, with lotic
ecosystems particularly impacted by human activities. The main drivers of environmental …

In this research, indicator properties of the three recently described diatom ecological guilds
(low profile, high profile and motile) and their responses to different stressors and …

Bioassessment in running waters has focused primarily on the impacts of organic pollution
on community structure. Other stressors (eg invasive species) and impacts on ecosystem …