Ecosystems face a combination of stressors that can interact in complex ways, leading to either synergistic (amplifying) or ...

Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...

I am a freshwater ecosystem ecologist who studies elemental cycling and food web dynamics, and their relevance to ecosystem function and water quality. I ask questions about ecological patterns and ...

KARLINE SOETAERT, DICK VAN OEVELEN, Modeling Food Web Interactions in Benthic Deep-Sea Ecosystems, Oceanography, Vol. 22, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE ON HERMES HOTSPOT ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH ON THE MARGINS OF ...

Microplastics – pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters – were found in 55 juvenile northern hogsucker fish in tributaries of the Cheat, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers.

Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, however, they are in distress. A new ...