The influence of barley straw extract addition on the growth of duckweed (Lemna valdiviana Phil.) under laboratory conditions by Pęczuła W., Suchora M.

“…Due to its ability to forming dense mats in small waterbodies, duckweeds are often considered as nuisance plants in some freshwaters. Up to now, few techniques had been tested aiming towards managing duckweeds, but all of them had appeared to have some disadvantages. …”
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Planktonic and epilithic prokaryota community compositions in a large temperate river reflect climate change related seasonal shifts. by Attila I Engloner, Márta Vargha, Péter Kós, Andrea K Borsodi

“…In freshwaters, microbial communities are of outstanding importance both from ecological and public health perspectives, however, they are threatened by the impact of global warming. …”
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Assessing the Borta Reservoir using physicochemical parameters, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Tolera Kuma, Yohanis Hailu

“…The recorded physicochemical parameters were in the range of freshwaters. It was evident that the Borta Reservoir had been showing signs of water quality loss over time. …”
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Population dynamics: seasonal variation of phytoplankton functional groups in brazilian reservoirs (Billings and Guarapiranga, São Paulo) by MCP. Gemelgo, JLN. Mucci, D. Navas-Pereira

“…Phytoplankton may function as a "sensor" of changes in aquatic environment and responds rapidly to such changes. In freshwaters, coexistence of species that have similar ecological requirements and show the same environmental requirements frequently occurs; such species groups are named functional groups. …”
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Real-time water quality forecasting in rivers using satellite data and dynamic models: an online system for operational management, control and citizen science by Whitehead, PG, Edmunds, P, Bussi, G, O’Donnell, S, Futter, M, Groom, S, Rampley, C, Szweda, C, Johnson, D, Triggs Hodge, A, Porter, T, Castro, G

“…Increasingly scarce water resources and growing global populations have exacerbated the problems of water quality in river systems and freshwaters in general. New monitoring methodologies and tools to democratize access to water quality information are needed if we are to reach ambitious societal objectives such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal. …”

SDG 14 - Life below water: trend and trajectory in Nigeria by Olanike K. Adeyemo, Temitope O. Sogbanmu

“…Aquatic ecosystems in Nigeria are diverse including freshwaters, brackish and coastal waters as well as marine ecosystems. …”
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Multidimensional Assessment of Lake Water Ecosystem Services Using Remote Sensing by Donghui Shi, Yishao Shi, Qiusheng Wu

“…Freshwater is becoming scarce worldwide with the rapidly growing population, developing industries, burgeoning agriculture, and increasing consumption. …”
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Estimation of pH on total scale in coastal environments for the understanding of the variability of the carbonate system in the context of ocean acidification by Erika Paola López, Cesar A. Bernal, Sven Zea

“…Traditional potentiometric pH measurements are carried out on the NBS scale (pHNBS), developed for freshwaters, but for OA it is necessary to use the total scale (pHT), which includes the additional ions of seawater. …”
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Metal bioavailability in northern low-salinity water: Case study of lakes in the Kola region, Russia by T I Moiseenko, N A Gashkina, M I Dinu

“…Using the example of natural conditions in northern low-salinity freshwaters, it is demonstrated that labile Cd, Pb, Ni, Cu, Al, and Sr are the species most bioavailable and able to penetrate fish; meanwhile, the organic complexes of Hg, Pb, and Al have a greater affinity to accumulation in the gills. …”
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Fecal Contamination and High Nutrient Levels Pollute the Watersheds of Wujiang, China by Raju Sekar, Xin Jin, Shuang Liu, Jing Lu, Jianwei Shen, Yingya Zhou, Ziyang Gong, Xueying Feng, Shengjie Guo, Wenlong Li

“…Freshwaters in China are affected by point and non-point sources of pollution. …”
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Do Water Bodies Show Better Ecological Status in Natura 2000 Protected Areas Than Non-Protected Ones?—The Case of Greece by Konstantinos Stefanidis, Anthi Oikonomou, Maria Stoumboudi, Elias Dimitriou, Nikolaos Theodor Skoulikidis

“…Regardless of the efforts of the European Union, freshwaters are in a state of environmental crisis. …”
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China's transboundary hydropower development at home and abroad: exploring the regulatory interface between international water law and international economic law by Patricia Wouters, Ana Maria Daza-Clark, David J. Devlaeminck

“…Some of this hydropower development involves freshwaters that cross national borders raising complex issues in international law, a situation exacerbated by growing economic, environmental, and regional security pressures. …”
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Real-time water quality forecasting in rivers using satellite data and dynamic models: an online system for operational management, control and citizen science by Paul G. Whitehead, Paul G. Whitehead, Paul G. Whitehead, Paul Edmunds, Gianbattista Bussi, Séamus O’Donnell, Martyn Futter, Steve Groom, Cordelia Rampley, Chris Szweda, David Johnson, Andy Triggs Hodge, Tim Porter, Geraldine Castro

“…Increasingly scarce water resources and growing global populations have exacerbated the problems of water quality in river systems and freshwaters in general. New monitoring methodologies and tools to democratize access to water quality information are needed if we are to reach ambitious societal objectives such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal. …”
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Irrigation Optimization via Crop Water Use in Saline Coastal Areas—A Field Data Analysis in China’s Yellow River Delta by Jing Li, Deyao Liu, Yitao Zhang, Zhen Liu, Lingqing Wang, Huarui Gong, Yan Xu, Shanqing Lei, Hanyou Xie, Andrew Binley

“…Freshwater resources are becoming increasingly scarce in coastal areas, limiting crop productivity in coastal farmlands. …”
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Age, growth, mortality and movement patterns of shortjaw tapertail anchovy, Coilia brachygnathus, in the channel connecting Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River in central China by Qin Xiangchao, Wang Teng, Lin Pengcheng, Wang Xue, Liu Huanzhang

“…Shortjaw tapertail anchovy, Coilia brachygnathus, is one of the anchovy species that exclusively lives in freshwaters, which is the dominant species in Dongting Lake. …”
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As We Drink and Breathe: Adverse Health Effects of Microcystins and Other Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins in the Liver, Gut, Lungs and Beyond by Apurva Lad, Joshua D. Breidenbach, Robin C. Su, Jordan Murray, Rebecca Kuang, Alison Mascarenhas, John Najjar, Shivani Patel, Prajwal Hegde, Mirella Youssef, Jason Breuler, Andrew L. Kleinhenz, Andrew P. Ault, Judy A. Westrick, Nikolai N. Modyanov, David J. Kennedy, Steven T. Haller

“…Freshwater harmful algal blooms (HABs) are increasing in number and severity worldwide. …”
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Machine Learning Classification Algorithms for Predicting <i>Karenia brevis</i> Blooms on the West Florida Shelf by Marvin F. Li, Patricia M. Glibert, Vyacheslav Lyubchich

“…Harmful algal blooms (HABs), events that kill fish, impact human health in multiple ways, and contaminate water supplies, have increased in frequency, magnitude, and impacts in numerous marine and freshwaters around the world. Blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate <i>Karenia brevis</i> have resulted in thousands of tons of dead fish, deaths to many other marine organisms, numerous respiratory-related hospitalizations, and tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in economic damage along the West Florida coast in recent years. …”
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Vegetation Affecting Water Quality in Small Streams: Case Study in Hemiboreal Forests, Latvia by Mārcis Saklaurs, Stefānija Dubra, Līga Liepa, Diāna Jansone, Āris Jansons

“…Riparian forests are important ecosystems located along the margins of freshwaters. Riparian zones provide many ecosystem services, such as nutrient modification, erosion and temperature control, leading to improvements in water quality in adjacent water ecosystems. …”
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Climate response of alpine lakes and impacts on ecosystem services by Uta Schirpke, Manuel Ebner, Veronika Fontana, Katharina Enigl, Markus Ohndorf, Hanna Pritsch, Rainer Kurmayer

“… Small alpine lakes are highly sensitive to global warming and human influence, which can affect the ecological integrity of these freshwaters. However, the response of lakes is variable and knowledge about potential impacts on related ecosystem services is insufficient. …”
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Spatial Conservation Assessment for Native Fishes in the Lahontan and Central Nevada Basins, USA by Daniel C. Dauwalter, Eric Miskow, Chris Crookshanks

“…Freshwater biodiversity is declining faster than terrestrial and marine biodiversity. …”
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