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Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Catherine Overed-Sayer
International Union for Conservation of Nature (United Kingdom)
2
Zhenyuan Liu
University of Helsinki
3
Aboi Igwaran
Örebro University
4
Lallébila Tampo
University of Kara
5
Kaitlin L. Reinl
University of Wisconsin–Extension
6
Yigang Yang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Emilio A. Williams‐Subiza
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
8
Thomas Kaltenbach
Musée cantonal de zoologie de Lausanne
9
Rebeca Arias‐Real
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
10
Meagan Harper
Carleton University

Rising Stars Papers

1
One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction
Nature|2025
270 cit.
2
Cyanobacteria Harmful Algae Blooms: Causes, Impacts, and Risk Management
Water Air & Soil Pollution|2024
162 cit.
3
Understanding the Threats to Fish Migration: Applying the Global Swimways Concept to the Lower Mekong
Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture|2024
24 cit.
4
Unfolding the dynamics of ecosystems undergoing alternating wet‐dry transitional states
Ecology Letters|2024
20 cit.
5
Digital inclusive finance, digital technology application and entrepreneurial activity: evidence from China’s provincial panel data
European Journal of Innovation Management|2025
7 cit.
6
Effects of urbanization-related disturbances on macroinvertebrate communities in a Patagonian river system: insights from a functional approach
Urban Ecosystems|2024
6 cit.
7
Redescription of Papuanatula Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), with description of a new subgenus and 20 new species
ZooKeys|2025
5 cit.
8
Agricultural Runoff Effects on Leaf Litter Decomposition: A Comparative Study in Natural and Constructed Deltaic Mediterranean Wetlands
Wetlands|2024
4 cit.
9
(Dis)connecting the Globe Through Water‐Driven Ecological and Biogeochemical Corridors in the Polar‐Alpine Biome
Global Change Biology|2024
4 cit.
10
Lake Superior: Current conditions, trends, and emerging threats – Foreword to the special section
Journal of Great Lakes Research|2025
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Naicheng Wu
Ningbo University
2
Oghenekaro Nelson Odume
Rhodes University
3
Yongjiu Cai
Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
Stephanie L. Strachan
Environment and Climate Change Canada
5
Ellen A. R. Welti
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
6
W.R.T. Darwall
International Union for Conservation of Nature
7
Jun R. Yang
Qingdao Center of Resource Chemistry and New Materials
8
Kimberly L. Dibble
United States Geological Survey
9
Anya N. Metcalfe
Northern Arizona University
10
Eric W. Kortenhoeven
H.B. Fuller (United States)

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt
Nature|2023
317 cit.
2
One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction
Nature|2025
270 cit.
3
Environment regimes play an important role in structuring trait‐ and taxonomy‐based temporal beta diversity of riverine diatoms
Journal of Ecology|2022
64 cit.
4
Determining heavy metal pollution in sediments from the largest impounded lake in the eastern route of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project: Ecological risks, sources, and implications for lake management
Environmental Research|2022
59 cit.
5
Machine learning approach to predict adsorption capacity of Fe-modified biochar for selenium
Carbon Research|2023
46 cit.
6
Applied citizen science in freshwater research
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water|2022
44 cit.
7
Photocatalytic Degradation of Microplastics: Parameters Affecting Degradation
Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research|2023
29 cit.
8
Fostering transdisciplinary research for equitable and sustainable development pathways across Africa: what changes are needed?
Ecosystems and People|2023
27 cit.
9
Scales matter: regional environment factors affect α diversity but local factors affect β diversity of macroinvertebrates in Thousand Islands Lake catchment area
Ecological Indicators|2024
25 cit.
10
Simulating the Impacts of Climate Change on Maize Yields Using EPIC: A Case Study in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Agriculture|2022
23 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Vincent H. Resh
University of California, Berkeley
2
Éric Chauvet
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
3
S. J. Ormerod
Cardiff University
4
Kenneth W. Cummins
Michigan State University
5
Daniel Hering
University of Duisburg-Essen
6
Sergi Sabater
Catalan Institute for Water Research
7
Timo Muotka
University of Oulu
8
Marcos Callisto
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
9
Peter Haase
Senckenberg - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research
10
Leandro Juen
Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
An Ecosystem Perspective of Riparian Zones
BioScience|1991
2.5k cit.
2
Evaluating presence–absence models in ecology: the need to account for prevalence
Journal of Applied Ecology|2001
1.8k cit.
3
The Role of Disturbance in Stream Ecology
Journal of the North American Benthological Society|1988
1.6k cit.
4
Feeding Ecology of Stream Invertebrates
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1979
1.5k cit.
5
Structure and Function of Stream Ecosystems
BioScience|1974
1.4k cit.
6
Leaf processing in a woodland stream*
Freshwater Biology|1974
1.3k cit.
7
Trophic Relations of Aquatic Insects
Annual Review of Entomology|1973
1.2k cit.
8
Streams in Mediterranean Climate Regions: Abiotic Influences and Biotic Responses to Predictable Seasonal Events
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1999
1.1k cit.
9
Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: An almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive
Ecological Indicators|2011
1k cit.
10
Shredders and Riparian Vegetation
BioScience|1989
764 cit.

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