Access to and sharing of data is essential for biodiversity conservation. However, workers from developing nations that harbor rich biodiversity often do not have access to biodiversity information and often are not keen on making what data they have accessible to others. Open access initiatives offer a great opportunity to make the world’s biodiversity information accessible to anyone, at any ...

Urban streams and ecosystems are highly affected by the intense development of cities an increase impervious surfaces. If these environments close to their pristine state, they can be considered a nature-based solution promoting integration both green blue elements in cities, while providing wide range services (e.g. better aesthetics, air quality, leisure areas, mitigation climatic changes). I...

Most stream bioassessment and biodiversity surveys are currently based on morphological identification of communities. However, DNA metabarcoding is emerging as a fast cost-effective alternative for species identification. We compared both methods in survey benthic macroinvertebrate communities across 36 sites northern Finland. identified 291 taxa which 62% were only by metabarcoding. produced ...

Stream degradation increases with high anthropogenic activity and climate variability, while declines occur in biodiversity. However, few studies have been undertaken on tropical waterways, a major impediment to biodiversity conservation. The present study was conducted 95 relatively pristine small streams Eastern Thailand 10 reasonably uncommon species of balitorid fishes. Measurements were ma...