Local and regional community structure and functional groups analysis of zooplankton along urbanization gradients. KU Leuven
Human occupation on earth has had a detrimental effect on the environment on a global scale. Currently, more than half of the human population is living in cities and that number is expected only to increase in the following decades. Urbanization directly and indirectly impacts ecosystems by modifying biogeochemical and nutrient cycles, hydrology and energy flow. Urbanization has led to habitat fragmentation and degradation, pollution, and is ...