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Coastal Lagoons (Khors) of the Emirates
Coastal lagoons represent one of the most productive and diverse ecosystems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to their position at the dynamic...
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Predicting fish community responses to environmental policy targets
The European Union adopted the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the year 2000 to tackle the rapid degradation of freshwater systems. However,...
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Cold thermopeaking-induced drift of nase Chondrostoma nasus larvae
Research on how intermittent water releases from hydropower plants affect the early life stages of fish has advanced in the last years, focusing not...
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Bryophytes as an Accumulator of Toxic Elements from the Environment: Recent Advances
Toxic elements cause a serious threat to both the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They are released into the environment by anthropogenic...
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Summer dynamics of cyanobacteria in an oligo-mesotrophic temperate lake in Northwest Ireland
Despite the potential adverse consequences they can impart on biotopes, cyanobacteria are an understudied component of lake plankton communities in...
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Diversity of protist genera in periphyton of tufa-depositing karstic river
PurposeIn aquatic ecosystems, protists play a crucial role and cover numerous ecological functions. The karstic Krka River (Croatia) is a unique...
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Trophic niche of the invasive Cherax quadricarinatus and extent of competition with native shrimps in insular freshwater food webs
Quantifying the trophic niche of non-native species is a valuable way to measure both their invasion success and putative impacts on recipient food...
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Ecosystem services provided by fungi in freshwaters: a wake-up call
The set of functions and resources derived from ecosystems are broadly described as ecosystem services. Human society is gratified by a diverse range...
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Population stability and asymmetric migration of caddisfly populations, Stenopsyche marmorata (Stenopsychidae), in a forest–agriculture landscape
In river systems, frequent floods generally decrease the abundance of riverine species, and recent studies have reported that the degree of flood...
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Mayfly taxonomic and functional diversity in hydrologically extreme habitats of temporary pools in the Mediterranean karst intermittent rivers
Temporary pools are small and shallow freshwater habitats with a recurring dry phase and intermittent stagnant water. They are particularly well...
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Assessing water diversion impacts on the fish community size structure in headwater stream stretches
Water diversion for hydropower plants is one of the leading causes of habitat alteration and biotic homogenization. The impacts of small hydropower...
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Ecosystem services provided by small streams: an overview
Small streams constitute the majority of the water courses in a catchment and have specific characteristics that distinguish them from larger streams...
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Using macroinvertebrate functional traits to reveal ecological conditions of two streams in Southwest Nigeria—a case study
Understanding functional processes of aquatic bodies provides alternative means of assessing aquatic ecosystem health and identifying sites in urgent...
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Diversity and structure of macroinvertebrate communities in permanent small streams and rivers in Eastern Balkans
We present data on the taxonomic diversity and structure of macroinvertebrate communities in small, mostly 1st and 2nd order permanent streams from...
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The effect of hierarchical environmental structure and catchment-scale land cover on fish assemblage composition in streams from the Brazilian south-eastern rain forest
The effect of land use and land cover (LULC) on the structure of stream fish assemblages involves factors on multiple scales. By adopting a...
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Restoration Economy: Costs and Benefits
Cost-benefit calculations play a role not only for land use and generally for nature conservation and environmental protection at the business and...
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Dry phase duration and periodicity alter clitellate communities in central European intermittent streams
Small streams in the temperate continental region of central Europe have been recently exposed to frequent drying. We investigated the effects of...
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Environmental and temporal variability of the aquatic macrophyte community in riverine environments in the southern Amazonia
Temporal variation in limnological characteristics favors an increase in aquatic macrophyte diversity in Neotropical riverine environments. We...
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Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Western Carpathians: does the geological bedrock influence their biodiversity?
Throughout the ages, geological bedrock has significantly determined the structure of the Tatra stonefly taxocoenoses. Because of the high altitude...
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Introduction
The goal of this publication is an attempt to describe and understand some Landscape (geographical, cultural and natural heritage) values...