Aquatic fungi represent a remarkably diverse and largely underexplored group within global ecosystems. They inhabit a range of environments from coastal lagoons and high‐altitude lakes to the vast ...

Ecology publishes articles that report on the basic elements of ecological research. Emphasis is placed on concise, clear articles documenting important ecological phenomena. The journal publishes a ...

The Ecological Society of America welcomes all ecologists, supporters and enthusiasts as members, as do our many sections and chapters. There are no restrictions on membership nor participation in our ...

We examined the effects of excluding rare species on the comparison of species richness. A river benthic data set and a randomization resampling procedure were used to show the importance of this ...

Pharmaceuticals are entering our waterways through various paths, including unmetabolized drugs excreted by humans into ...

The Aquatic Section of the Ecological Society of America is pleased to sponsor the Thomas M. Frost Award for Excellence in Graduate Research. Thomas M. Frost was the director of the University of ...

A squat brick building tucked between a forested ridgeline and a bend in White Oak Creek, though unassuming, is home to a scientific facility that grapples with one question: What's in the water? This ...

A team from the Wood Lab, a UW lab that researches aquatic parasite ecology, traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico this summer ...

Andrew earned his PhD in 2023. His research examined the effects of fungicides on amphibians and community interactions. Logan earned his M.S. in 2020. His research focused on landscape patterns of ...

We are starting two rulemakings to update Washington’s water quality standards to help address freshwater nutrient pollution and the harmful, toxic algal blooms that can result from it.

Many species benefit from the habitats that beavers create by building dams—and not just aquatic life. A new study by the WSL ...