Czech lowland rivers have lost a substantial proportion of their insect diversity. However, some of the damage can still be reversed, according to a study by the Faculty of Science’s Department of Botany and Zoology.
Scientists at Masaryk University, in collaboration with the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, the National Museum and the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, have compiled a unique dataset on aquatic insects in Czech lowland rivers over the past 140 years. The study, published in the...