The impact of dams extends well beyond the area surrounding the artificial lakes they create, harming rich Amazon wetland ecosystems. The morphology of dammed rivers changes in response to new inputs of energy and matter, which may in turn destroy certain biotopes. This is a remote-sensing-...
Impacts of cascade run-of-river dams on benthic diatoms in the Xiangxi River, China The ecological effects of small run-of-river dams on aquatic ecosystems are poorly understood, especially on downstream benthic algal communities. We exami... N Wu,T Tang,X Fu,... - 《Aquatic Sciences》 ...
This has led to the clearing of forests ona massive scale, resulting in the fragmentation and destruction of natural habitats. Furthermore, the construction of dams, mines, and other industrial facilities often requires the clearance of large areas of forested land, leading to irreversible ...
The Three Gorges Dam (TGD) is one of the largest dams in the world which has greatly altered hydrodynamic and physicochemical conditions as well as ecosystem structure and function in the Yangtze River Basin and Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) region. The mean sediment load in the post-TGD period...
Differential accumulated metabolites (DAMs) were examined the metabolites with different importance in projection (VIP) values > 1.0, P < 0.05, and |Log2FC| > 1. Results Physicochemical indexes and variation during composting Total phosphorus (TP) content was not different between WJP and...
Background/Question/Methods We are losing species at a fast rate worldwide, while continuing to be ignorant about the full consequences of extinctions for ecosystems and their functioning. Previous studies have largely studied these consequences at single trophic levels. However, species loss can casca...
Effects of Deforestation on Biodiversity Forests play host to a wide spectrum of wildlife. In fact, tropical rainforests are believed to be the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Deforestation poses a grave threat to this biodiversity. On a local scale, the clearing of forest land can cause...
Despite effects of dams and water extraction on river hydrology and consequences of aquatic ecosystems being broadly appreciated, empirical evidence is lacking for many regions (e.g. subtropics). Evidence is necessary to determine (i) the circumstances where environmental flows are necessary to protect...
Controlled sediment flushing operations (CSFOs) allow to recover reservoirs storage loss while rebalancing the sediment flux interrupted by dams but, at the same time, may cause unacceptable ecological impact. In this study, we investigated the responses of the food web of an upland stream to a ...
Cook, E.I. Damschen, R.M. Ewers, B.L. Foster, C.N. Jenkins, A.J. King, W.F. Laurance, D.J. Levey, C.R. Margules, B.A. Melbourne, A.O. Nicholls, J.L. Orrock, D. Song, J.R. Townshend Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems Sci. Adv., 2...