What would happen if the fiercest marine predators swapped the salty sea for our freshwater lakes and rivers? It may sou ...

The film explores the diverse ecosystem of freshwater ponds, showcasing various animals and plants that inhabit these environments. It highlights easily observable creatures like muskrats ...

Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 29, No. 8 (August 2023), pp. 986-996 (11 pages) Aim: We employed a climate-matching method to evaluate potential source regions of freshwater invasive species to an ...

The researchers examined around 23,500 species of dragonflies, fish, crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ecosystems. They found that 24% were at risk of extinction ...

Freshwater ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their physical environmental in freshwater ecosystems. Researchers in this area seek to understand the ecosystem ...

Two key messages for freshwater conservation and fisheries management The study highlights two central messages that are relevant beyond gravel pit lakes to other aquatic ecosystems as well ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems ...

Freshwater ecosystems comprise less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface but are home to 10 percent of all known animal species. These habitats include rivers, lakes and wetlands that support ...

Freshwater ecosystems are home to more than 10% of all known species and provide benefits such as nutrient cycling, flood control and climate change mitigation, the researchers said. These species ...

Previous research finds that neonicotinoids can “impede several freshwater ecosystem processes such as organic matter (‘OM’) decomposition, primary production or biomass transfer to neighbouring ...

Researchers have developed a model incorporating recreational freshwater ecosystem services like fishing and swimming into water allocation policies. The study shows that increasing demand for ...

Recent years have seen widespread degradation of freshwater ecosystems. Between 2015 and 2019, 61 percent of countries reported that at least one type of freshwater ecosystem was in a degraded state.