Wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal estuaries are all aquatic ecosystems—critical elements of Earth’s dynamic processes and essential to human economies and health. Wetlands connect land and ...

Aquatic ecosystems (lakes, rivers, and oceans) receive water from the surrounding landscape, an area of land known as the ecosystem's watershed. But watersheds contribute much more than water to a ...

When rivers pass through lakes, for example ... within a river result in a diverse range of potential niches for aquatic organisms. Because of the heterogeneous nature of riverbeds, the ...

Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms that live at and beneath the surface of lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans across the ... Plankton are also not strictly aquatic; there is a wide ...

The presence of antibiotic residues in the environment, and the impact that those residues may have on aquatic microbial ...

Human consumption of antibiotics increased by 65% between 2000 and 2015. These drugs are not completely metabolized while passing through the body ...

Long-term aquatic ecosystem monitoring and graduate and undergraduate ... It connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the 10th largest river in the world in terms of flow with upper River ...

Aquatic ecosystems are complex and found within myriad wetlands, streams, lakes, estuaries, and oceans that support life on earth. Professional aquatic scientists and managers work to conserve and ...