The study of freshwater ecosystems, including the physical and chemical processes that occur in streams, lakes, and their interactions with the biota. Ecological concepts are applied to problems of ...

The findings emphasize that conservation efforts designed for terrestrial ecosystems often fail to address the unique challenges faced by freshwater species. For example, biodiversity hotspots ...

Freshwater ecosystems provide not only provisional ... in water allocation when recreational services are considered. For example, a 20% increase in demand for flow-generated recreational services ...