In California, nearly 4,000 native plant and animal species depend on the state’s freshwater ecosystems. Trout, salmon and smelt run the rivers and carry nutrients to and from the oceans.

Ecosystems heavily impacted include California’s Central Valley, known as the breadbasket of the world due to its agricultural outputs. The Central Valley pulls water from all over the state to ...

Natural freshwater ecosystems are dynamic, ... in turn causing changes in the ecosystem. For example, since the completion of the Glen Canyon Dam in 1963, ...

The biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems is thought to be in a state of crisis, however. The world puts a lot of demands on our freshwater resources, which are used by industries such as agriculture, ...

Amazon freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to degradation Date: February 1, 2013 Source: Woods Hole Research Center Summary: Broadening of forest-centric focus to river catchment-based ...

One-quarter of freshwater animals are now threatened with extinction, and population declines in fresh waters outpace those ...

A study on the socio-economic value of freshwater species in the North African region, for example, found that of the 128 freshwater fish species included in the study, more than half play an economic ...

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have introduced an innovative model that incorporates recreational freshwater ecosystem services into water allocation decisions. The study ...

At the Great Lakes Day summit, politicians and officials of all stripes gather in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their commitment to the largest freshwater ecosystem on the planet. For years ...