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1. Assessing in-field pesticide effects under European regulation and its implications for biodiversity: a workshop report

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Solé, Magali, Brendel, Stephan, Aldrich, Annette, Dauber, Jens, Ewald, Julie, Duquesne, Sabine, Gottschalk, Eckhard, Hoffmann, Jörg, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Leake, Alastair, Matezki, Steffen, Meyer, Stefan, Nabel, Moritz, Natal-da-Luz, Tiago, Pieper, Silvia, Piselli, Dario, Rigal, Stanislas, Roß-Nickoll, Martina, Schäffer, Andreas, Settele, Josef, Sigmund, Gabriel, Sotherton, Nick, Wogram, Jörn, and Messner, Dirk

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2024
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5. The global EPTO database:Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects

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Grigoropoulou, Afroditi, Hamid, Suhaila Ab, Acosta, Raúl, Akindele, Emmanuel Olusegun, Al‐Shami, Salman A., Altermatt, Florian, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Arimoro, Francis O., Aroviita, Jukka, Astorga‐Roine, Anna, Bastos, Rafael Costa, Bonada, Núria, Boukas, Nikos, Brand, Cecilia, Bremerich, Vanessa, Bush, Alex, Cai, Qinghua, Callisto, Marcos, Chen, Kai, Cruz, Paulo Vilela, Dangles, Olivier, Death, Russell, Deng, Xiling, Domínguez, Eduardo, Dudgeon, David, Eriksen, Tor Erik, Faria, Ana Paula J., Feio, Maria João, Fernández‐Aláez, Camino, Floury, Mathieu, García‐Criado, Francisco, García‐Girón, Jorge, Graf, Wolfram, Grönroos, Mira, Haase, Peter, Hamada, Neusa, He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Holzenthal, Ralph, Huttunen, Kaisa‐Leena, Jacobsen, Dean, Jähnig, Sonja C., Jetz, Walter, Johnson, Richard K., Juen, Leandro, Kalkman, Vincent, Kati, Vassiliki, Keke, Unique N., Koroiva, Ricardo, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Langhans, Simone Daniela, Ligeiro, Raphael, Van Looy, Kris, Maasri, Alain, Marchant, Richard, Garcia Marquez, Jaime Ricardo, Martins, Renato T., Melo, Adriano S., Metzeling, Leon, Miserendino, Maria Laura, Moe, S. Jannicke, Molineri, Carlos, Muotka, Timo, Mustonen, Kaisa‐Riikka, Mykrä, Heikki, Cavalcante do Nascimento, Jeane Marcelle, Valente‐Neto, Francisco, Neu, Peter J., Nieto, Carolina, Pauls, Steffen U., Paulson, Dennis R., Rios‐Touma, Blanca, Rodrigues, Marciel Elio, de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, Salazar Salina, Juan Carlos, Schmera, Dénes, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Shah, Deep Narayan, Simaika, John P., Siqueira, Tadeu, Tachamo‐Shah, Ram Devi, Theischinger, Günther, Thompson, Ross, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Torres‐Cambas, Yusdiel, Townsend, Colin, Turak, Eren, Twardochleb, Laura, Wang, Beixin, Yanygina, Liubov, Zamora‐Muñoz, Carmen, Domisch, Sami, Grigoropoulou, Afroditi, Hamid, Suhaila Ab, Acosta, Raúl, Akindele, Emmanuel Olusegun, Al‐Shami, Salman A., Altermatt, Florian, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Arimoro, Francis O., Aroviita, Jukka, Astorga‐Roine, Anna, Bastos, Rafael Costa, Bonada, Núria, Boukas, Nikos, Brand, Cecilia, Bremerich, Vanessa, Bush, Alex, Cai, Qinghua, Callisto, Marcos, Chen, Kai, Cruz, Paulo Vilela, Dangles, Olivier, Death, Russell, Deng, Xiling, Domínguez, Eduardo, Dudgeon, David, Eriksen, Tor Erik, Faria, Ana Paula J., Feio, Maria João, Fernández‐Aláez, Camino, Floury, Mathieu, García‐Criado, Francisco, García‐Girón, Jorge, Graf, Wolfram, Grönroos, Mira, Haase, Peter, Hamada, Neusa, He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Holzenthal, Ralph, Huttunen, Kaisa‐Leena, Jacobsen, Dean, Jähnig, Sonja C., Jetz, Walter, Johnson, Richard K., Juen, Leandro, Kalkman, Vincent, Kati, Vassiliki, Keke, Unique N., Koroiva, Ricardo, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Langhans, Simone Daniela, Ligeiro, Raphael, Van Looy, Kris, Maasri, Alain, Marchant, Richard, Garcia Marquez, Jaime Ricardo, Martins, Renato T., Melo, Adriano S., Metzeling, Leon, Miserendino, Maria Laura, Moe, S. Jannicke, Molineri, Carlos, Muotka, Timo, Mustonen, Kaisa‐Riikka, Mykrä, Heikki, Cavalcante do Nascimento, Jeane Marcelle, Valente‐Neto, Francisco, Neu, Peter J., Nieto, Carolina, Pauls, Steffen U., Paulson, Dennis R., Rios‐Touma, Blanca, Rodrigues, Marciel Elio, de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, Salazar Salina, Juan Carlos, Schmera, Dénes, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Shah, Deep Narayan, Simaika, John P., Siqueira, Tadeu, Tachamo‐Shah, Ram Devi, Theischinger, Günther, Thompson, Ross, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Torres‐Cambas, Yusdiel, Townsend, Colin, Turak, Eren, Twardochleb, Laura, Wang, Beixin, Yanygina, Liubov, Zamora‐Muñoz, Carmen, and Domisch, Sami

Abstract

Motivation: Aquatic insects comprise 64% of freshwater animal diversity and are widely used as bioindicators to assess water quality impairment and freshwater ecosystem health, as well as to test ecological hypotheses. Despite their importance, a comprehensive, global database of aquatic insect occurrences for mapping freshwater biodiversity in macroecological studies and applied freshwater research is missing. We aim to fill this gap and present the Global EPTO Database, which includes worldwide geo‐referenced aquatic insect occurrence records for four major taxa groups: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata (EPTO). Main type of variables contained: A total of 8,368,467 occurrence records globally, of which 8,319,689 (99%) are publicly available. The records are attributed to the corresponding drainage basin and sub‐catchment based on the Hydrography90m dataset and are accompanied by the elevation value, the freshwater ecoregion and the protection status of their location. Spatial location and grain: The database covers the global extent, with 86% of the observation records having coordinates with at least four decimal digits (11.1 m precision at the equator) in the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) coordinate reference system. Time period and grain: Sampling years span from 1951 to 2021. Ninety‐nine percent of the records have information on the year of the observation, 95% on the year and month, while 94% have a complete date. In the case of seven sub‐datasets, exact dates can be retrieved upon communication with the data contributors. Major taxa and level of measurement: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata, standardized at the genus taxonomic level. We provide species names for 7,727,980 (93%) records without further taxonomic verification. Software format: The entire tab‐separated value (.csv) database can be downloaded and visualized at https://glowabio.org/project/epto_database/. Fifty individual datasets are also available at htt

Published
2023

6. The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects

Author

Grigoropoulou, Afroditi, Hamid, Suhaila Ab, Acosta, Raúl, Akindele, Emmanuel Olusegun, Al‐Shami, Salman A., Altermatt, Florian, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Arimoro, Francis O., Aroviita, Jukka, Astorga‐Roine, Anna, Bastos, Rafael Costa, Bonada, Núria, Boukas, Nikos, Brand, Cecilia, Bremerich, Vanessa, Bush, Alex, Cai, Qinghua, Callisto, Marcos, Chen, Kai, Cruz, Paulo Vilela, Dangles, Olivier, Death, Russell, Deng, Xiling, Domínguez, Eduardo, Dudgeon, David, Eriksen, Tor Erik, Faria, Ana Paula J., Feio, Maria João, Fernández‐Aláez, Camino, Floury, Mathieu, García‐Criado, Francisco, García‐Girón, Jorge, Graf, Wolfram, Grönroos, Mira, Haase, Peter, Hamada, Neusa, He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Holzenthal, Ralph, Huttunen, Kaisa‐Leena, Jacobsen, Dean, Jähnig, Sonja C., Jetz, Walter, Johnson, Richard K., Juen, Leandro, Kalkman, Vincent, Kati, Vassiliki, Keke, Unique N., Koroiva, Ricardo, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Langhans, Simone Daniela, Ligeiro, Raphael, Van Looy, Kris, Maasri, Alain, Marchant, Richard, Garcia Marquez, Jaime Ricardo, Martins, Renato T., Melo, Adriano S., Metzeling, Leon, Miserendino, Maria Laura, Moe, S. Jannicke, Molineri, Carlos, Muotka, Timo, Mustonen, Kaisa‐Riikka, Mykrä, Heikki, Cavalcante do Nascimento, Jeane Marcelle, Valente‐Neto, Francisco, Neu, Peter J., Nieto, Carolina, Pauls, Steffen U., Paulson, Dennis R., Rios‐Touma, Blanca, Rodrigues, Marciel Elio, de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, Salazar Salina, Juan Carlos, Schmera, Dénes, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Shah, Deep Narayan, Simaika, John P., Siqueira, Tadeu, Tachamo‐Shah, Ram Devi, Theischinger, Günther, Thompson, Ross, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Torres‐Cambas, Yusdiel, Townsend, Colin, Turak, Eren, Twardochleb, Laura, Wang, Beixin, Yanygina, Liubov, Zamora‐Muñoz, Carmen, Domisch, Sami, Grigoropoulou, Afroditi, Hamid, Suhaila Ab, Acosta, Raúl, Akindele, Emmanuel Olusegun, Al‐Shami, Salman A., Altermatt, Florian, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Arimoro, Francis O., Aroviita, Jukka, Astorga‐Roine, Anna, Bastos, Rafael Costa, Bonada, Núria, Boukas, Nikos, Brand, Cecilia, Bremerich, Vanessa, Bush, Alex, Cai, Qinghua, Callisto, Marcos, Chen, Kai, Cruz, Paulo Vilela, Dangles, Olivier, Death, Russell, Deng, Xiling, Domínguez, Eduardo, Dudgeon, David, Eriksen, Tor Erik, Faria, Ana Paula J., Feio, Maria João, Fernández‐Aláez, Camino, Floury, Mathieu, García‐Criado, Francisco, García‐Girón, Jorge, Graf, Wolfram, Grönroos, Mira, Haase, Peter, Hamada, Neusa, He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Holzenthal, Ralph, Huttunen, Kaisa‐Leena, Jacobsen, Dean, Jähnig, Sonja C., Jetz, Walter, Johnson, Richard K., Juen, Leandro, Kalkman, Vincent, Kati, Vassiliki, Keke, Unique N., Koroiva, Ricardo, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Langhans, Simone Daniela, Ligeiro, Raphael, Van Looy, Kris, Maasri, Alain, Marchant, Richard, Garcia Marquez, Jaime Ricardo, Martins, Renato T., Melo, Adriano S., Metzeling, Leon, Miserendino, Maria Laura, Moe, S. Jannicke, Molineri, Carlos, Muotka, Timo, Mustonen, Kaisa‐Riikka, Mykrä, Heikki, Cavalcante do Nascimento, Jeane Marcelle, Valente‐Neto, Francisco, Neu, Peter J., Nieto, Carolina, Pauls, Steffen U., Paulson, Dennis R., Rios‐Touma, Blanca, Rodrigues, Marciel Elio, de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, Salazar Salina, Juan Carlos, Schmera, Dénes, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Shah, Deep Narayan, Simaika, John P., Siqueira, Tadeu, Tachamo‐Shah, Ram Devi, Theischinger, Günther, Thompson, Ross, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Torres‐Cambas, Yusdiel, Townsend, Colin, Turak, Eren, Twardochleb, Laura, Wang, Beixin, Yanygina, Liubov, Zamora‐Muñoz, Carmen, and Domisch, Sami

Abstract

Motivation Aquatic insects comprise 64% of freshwater animal diversity and are widely used as bioindicators to assess water quality impairment and freshwater ecosystem health, as well as to test ecological hypotheses. Despite their importance, a comprehensive, global database of aquatic insect occurrences for mapping freshwater biodiversity in macroecological studies and applied freshwater research is missing. We aim to fill this gap and present the Global EPTO Database, which includes worldwide geo-referenced aquatic insect occurrence records for four major taxa groups: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata (EPTO). Main type of variables contained A total of 8,368,467 occurrence records globally, of which 8,319,689 (99%) are publicly available. The records are attributed to the corresponding drainage basin and sub-catchment based on the Hydrography90m dataset and are accompanied by the elevation value, the freshwater ecoregion and the protection status of their location. Spatial location and grain The database covers the global extent, with 86% of the observation records having coordinates with at least four decimal digits (11.1 m precision at the equator) in the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) coordinate reference system. Time period and grain Sampling years span from 1951 to 2021. Ninety-nine percent of the records have information on the year of the observation, 95% on the year and month, while 94% have a complete date. In the case of seven sub-datasets, exact dates can be retrieved upon communication with the data contributors. Major taxa and level of measurement Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata, standardized at the genus taxonomic level. We provide species names for 7,727,980 (93%) records without further taxonomic verification. Software format The entire tab-separated value (.csv) database can be downloaded and visualized at https://glowabio.org/project/epto_database/. Fifty individual datasets are also available at https://f, INCT ADAPTA II funded by CNPq, Amazonas State Research Foundation ‐ FAPEAM, ANID Programa Regional, BIODIVERSA/FAPEAM, Universal/CNPq, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347, CAPES‐Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, FAPEAM‐Program POSGRAD, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004901, INPA/ MCTI http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003545, Leibniz Competition, Leibniz‐Gemeinschaft, National Council of Development for Scientific and Technological Development ‐ CNPq, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, unidade de pesquisa Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovações (INPA/MCTI) http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007188, Programa Peixe Vivo of the Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, Rutherford Discovery Fellowship administered by the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Tertiary Education Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007879, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001807, Foundation for Science and Technology http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001871, Associate Laboratory ARNET, Principal Investigator CEEC, Peer Reviewed

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2023

7. The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects

Author

Grigoropoulou, Afroditi, primary, Hamid, Suhaila Ab, additional, Acosta, Raúl, additional, Akindele, Emmanuel Olusegun, additional, Al‐Shami, Salman A., additional, Altermatt, Florian, additional, Amatulli, Giuseppe, additional, Angeler, David G., additional, Arimoro, Francis O., additional, Aroviita, Jukka, additional, Astorga‐Roine, Anna, additional, Bastos, Rafael Costa, additional, Bonada, Núria, additional, Boukas, Nikos, additional, Brand, Cecilia, additional, Bremerich, Vanessa, additional, Bush, Alex, additional, Cai, Qinghua, additional, Callisto, Marcos, additional, Chen, Kai, additional, Cruz, Paulo Vilela, additional, Dangles, Olivier, additional, Death, Russell, additional, Deng, Xiling, additional, Domínguez, Eduardo, additional, Dudgeon, David, additional, Eriksen, Tor Erik, additional, Faria, Ana Paula J., additional, Feio, Maria João, additional, Fernández‐Aláez, Camino, additional, Floury, Mathieu, additional, García‐Criado, Francisco, additional, García‐Girón, Jorge, additional, Graf, Wolfram, additional, Grönroos, Mira, additional, Haase, Peter, additional, Hamada, Neusa, additional, He, Fengzhi, additional, Heino, Jani, additional, Holzenthal, Ralph, additional, Huttunen, Kaisa‐Leena, additional, Jacobsen, Dean, additional, Jähnig, Sonja C., additional, Jetz, Walter, additional, Johnson, Richard K., additional, Juen, Leandro, additional, Kalkman, Vincent, additional, Kati, Vassiliki, additional, Keke, Unique N., additional, Koroiva, Ricardo, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Langhans, Simone Daniela, additional, Ligeiro, Raphael, additional, Van Looy, Kris, additional, Maasri, Alain, additional, Marchant, Richard, additional, Garcia Marquez, Jaime Ricardo, additional, Martins, Renato T., additional, Melo, Adriano S., additional, Metzeling, Leon, additional, Miserendino, Maria Laura, additional, Moe, S. Jannicke, additional, Molineri, Carlos, additional, Muotka, Timo, additional, Mustonen, Kaisa‐Riikka, additional, Mykrä, Heikki, additional, Cavalcante do Nascimento, Jeane Marcelle, additional, Valente‐Neto, Francisco, additional, Neu, Peter J., additional, Nieto, Carolina, additional, Pauls, Steffen U., additional, Paulson, Dennis R., additional, Rios‐Touma, Blanca, additional, Rodrigues, Marciel Elio, additional, de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, additional, Salazar Salina, Juan Carlos, additional, Schmera, Dénes, additional, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, additional, Shah, Deep Narayan, additional, Simaika, John P., additional, Siqueira, Tadeu, additional, Tachamo‐Shah, Ram Devi, additional, Theischinger, Günther, additional, Thompson, Ross, additional, Tonkin, Jonathan D., additional, Torres‐Cambas, Yusdiel, additional, Townsend, Colin, additional, Turak, Eren, additional, Twardochleb, Laura, additional, Wang, Beixin, additional, Yanygina, Liubov, additional, Zamora‐Muñoz, Carmen, additional, and Domisch, Sami, additional

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2023
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11. A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research

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Maasri, Alain, Jähnig, Sonja C., Adamescu, Mihai C., Adrian, Rita, Baigun, Claudio, Baird, Donald J., Batista-Morales, Angelica, Bonada, Núria, Brown, Lee E., Cai, Qinghua, Campos-Silva, Joao V., Clausnitzer, Viola, Contreras-MacBeath, Topiltzin, Cooke, Steven J., Datry, Thibault, Delacámara, Gonzalo, De Meester, Luc, Dijkstra, Klaus-Douwe B., Tu Do, Van, Domisch, Sami, Dudgeon, David, Erös, Tibor, Freitag, Hendrik, Freyhof, Joerg, Friedrich, Jana, Friedrichs-Manthey, Martin, Geist, Juergen, Gessner, Mark O., Goethals, Peter, Gollock, Matthew, Gordon, Christopher, Grossart, Hans-Peter, Gulemvuga, Georges, Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo E., Haase, Peter, Hering, Daniel, Hahn, Hans Jürgen, Hawkins, Charles P., He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Hermoso, Virgilio, Hogan, Zeb, Hölker, Franz, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Jiang, Meilan, Johnson, Richard K., Kalinkat, Gregor, Karimov, Bakhtiyor K., Kasangaki, Aventino, Kimirei, Ismael A., Kohlmann, Bert, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Kuiper, Jan J., Kupilas, Benjamin, Langhans, Simone D., Lansdown, Richard, Leese, Florian, Magbanua, Francis S., Matsuzaki, Shin-ichiro S., Monaghan, Michael T., Mumladze, Levan, Muzon, Javier, Mvogo Ndongo, Pierre A., Nejstgaard, Jens C., Nikitina, Oxana, Ochs, Clifford, Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson, Opperman, Jeffrey J., Patricio, Harmony, Pauls, Steffen U., Raghavan, Rajeev, Ramírez, Alonso, Rashni, Bindiya, Ross-Gillespie, Vere, Samways, Michael J., Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Seehausen, Ole, Shah, Deep Narayan, Sharma, Subodh, Soininen, Janne, Sommerwerk, Nike, Stockwell, Jason D., Suhling, Frank, Tachamo Shah, Ram Devi, Tharme, Rebecca E., Thorp, James H., Tickner, David, Tockner, Klement, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Valle, Mireia, Vitule, Jean, Volk, Martin, Wang, Ding, Wolter, Christian, Worischka, Susanne, Maasri, Alain, Jähnig, Sonja C., Adamescu, Mihai C., Adrian, Rita, Baigun, Claudio, Baird, Donald J., Batista-Morales, Angelica, Bonada, Núria, Brown, Lee E., Cai, Qinghua, Campos-Silva, Joao V., Clausnitzer, Viola, Contreras-MacBeath, Topiltzin, Cooke, Steven J., Datry, Thibault, Delacámara, Gonzalo, De Meester, Luc, Dijkstra, Klaus-Douwe B., Tu Do, Van, Domisch, Sami, Dudgeon, David, Erös, Tibor, Freitag, Hendrik, Freyhof, Joerg, Friedrich, Jana, Friedrichs-Manthey, Martin, Geist, Juergen, Gessner, Mark O., Goethals, Peter, Gollock, Matthew, Gordon, Christopher, Grossart, Hans-Peter, Gulemvuga, Georges, Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo E., Haase, Peter, Hering, Daniel, Hahn, Hans Jürgen, Hawkins, Charles P., He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Hermoso, Virgilio, Hogan, Zeb, Hölker, Franz, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Jiang, Meilan, Johnson, Richard K., Kalinkat, Gregor, Karimov, Bakhtiyor K., Kasangaki, Aventino, Kimirei, Ismael A., Kohlmann, Bert, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Kuiper, Jan J., Kupilas, Benjamin, Langhans, Simone D., Lansdown, Richard, Leese, Florian, Magbanua, Francis S., Matsuzaki, Shin-ichiro S., Monaghan, Michael T., Mumladze, Levan, Muzon, Javier, Mvogo Ndongo, Pierre A., Nejstgaard, Jens C., Nikitina, Oxana, Ochs, Clifford, Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson, Opperman, Jeffrey J., Patricio, Harmony, Pauls, Steffen U., Raghavan, Rajeev, Ramírez, Alonso, Rashni, Bindiya, Ross-Gillespie, Vere, Samways, Michael J., Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Seehausen, Ole, Shah, Deep Narayan, Sharma, Subodh, Soininen, Janne, Sommerwerk, Nike, Stockwell, Jason D., Suhling, Frank, Tachamo Shah, Ram Devi, Tharme, Rebecca E., Thorp, James H., Tickner, David, Tockner, Klement, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Valle, Mireia, Vitule, Jean, Volk, Martin, Wang, Ding, Wolter, Christian, and Worischka, Susanne

Abstract

Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this crisis requires bold goals and the mobilisation of substantial resources. While the reasons are varied, investments in both research and conservation of freshwater biodiversity lag far behind those in the terrestrial and marine realms. Inspired by a global consultation, we identify 15 pressing priority needs, grouped into five research areas, in an effort to support informed stewardship of freshwater biodiversity. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated actions towards its sustainable management and conservation.

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2022
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Maasri, Alain, primary, Jähnig, Sonja C., additional, Adamescu, Mihai C., additional, Adrian, Rita, additional, Baigun, Claudio, additional, Baird, Donald J., additional, Batista‐Morales, Angelica, additional, Bonada, Núria, additional, Brown, Lee E., additional, Cai, Qinghua, additional, Campos‐Silva, Joao V., additional, Clausnitzer, Viola, additional, Contreras‐MacBeath, Topiltzin, additional, Cooke, Steven J., additional, Datry, Thibault, additional, Delacámara, Gonzalo, additional, De Meester, Luc, additional, Dijkstra, Klaus‐Douwe B., additional, Do, Van Tu, additional, Domisch, Sami, additional, Dudgeon, David, additional, Erös, Tibor, additional, Freitag, Hendrik, additional, Freyhof, Joerg, additional, Friedrich, Jana, additional, Friedrichs‐Manthey, Martin, additional, Geist, Juergen, additional, Gessner, Mark O., additional, Goethals, Peter, additional, Gollock, Matthew, additional, Gordon, Christopher, additional, Grossart, Hans‐Peter, additional, Gulemvuga, Georges, additional, Gutiérrez‐Fonseca, Pablo E., additional, Haase, Peter, additional, Hering, Daniel, additional, Hahn, Hans Jürgen, additional, Hawkins, Charles P., additional, He, Fengzhi, additional, Heino, Jani, additional, Hermoso, Virgilio, additional, Hogan, Zeb, additional, Hölker, Franz, additional, Jeschke, Jonathan M., additional, Jiang, Meilan, additional, Johnson, Richard K., additional, Kalinkat, Gregor, additional, Karimov, Bakhtiyor K., additional, Kasangaki, Aventino, additional, Kimirei, Ismael A., additional, Kohlmann, Bert, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Kuiper, Jan J., additional, Kupilas, Benjamin, additional, Langhans, Simone D., additional, Lansdown, Richard, additional, Leese, Florian, additional, Magbanua, Francis S., additional, Matsuzaki, Shin‐ichiro S., additional, Monaghan, Michael T., additional, Mumladze, Levan, additional, Muzon, Javier, additional, Mvogo Ndongo, Pierre A., additional, Nejstgaard, Jens C., additional, Nikitina, Oxana, additional, Ochs, Clifford, additional, Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson, additional, Opperman, Jeffrey J., additional, Patricio, Harmony, additional, Pauls, Steffen U., additional, Raghavan, Rajeev, additional, Ramírez, Alonso, additional, Rashni, Bindiya, additional, Ross‐Gillespie, Vere, additional, Samways, Michael J., additional, Schäfer, Ralf B., additional, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, additional, Seehausen, Ole, additional, Shah, Deep Narayan, additional, Sharma, Subodh, additional, Soininen, Janne, additional, Sommerwerk, Nike, additional, Stockwell, Jason D., additional, Suhling, Frank, additional, Tachamo Shah, Ram Devi, additional, Tharme, Rebecca E., additional, Thorp, James H., additional, Tickner, David, additional, Tockner, Klement, additional, Tonkin, Jonathan D., additional, Valle, Mireia, additional, Vitule, Jean, additional, Volk, Martin, additional, Wang, Ding, additional, Wolter, Christian, additional, and Worischka, Susanne, additional

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2022
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15. A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research

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Maasri, Alain, primary, Jähnig, Sonja C., additional, Adamescu, Mihai C., additional, Adrian, Rita, additional, Baigun, Claudio, additional, Baird, Donald J., additional, Batista‐Morales, Angelica, additional, Bonada, Núria, additional, Brown, Lee E., additional, Cai, Qinghua, additional, Campos‐Silva, Joao V., additional, Clausnitzer, Viola, additional, Contreras‐MacBeath, Topiltzin, additional, Cooke, Steven J., additional, Datry, Thibault, additional, Delacámara, Gonzalo, additional, De Meester, Luc, additional, Dijkstra, Klaus‐Douwe B., additional, Do, Van Tu, additional, Domisch, Sami, additional, Dudgeon, David, additional, Erös, Tibor, additional, Freitag, Hendrik, additional, Freyhof, Joerg, additional, Friedrich, Jana, additional, Friedrichs‐Manthey, Martin, additional, Geist, Juergen, additional, Gessner, Mark O., additional, Goethals, Peter, additional, Gollock, Matthew, additional, Gordon, Christopher, additional, Grossart, Hans‐Peter, additional, Gulemvuga, Georges, additional, Gutiérrez‐Fonseca, Pablo E., additional, Haase, Peter, additional, Hering, Daniel, additional, Hahn, Hans Jürgen, additional, Hawkins, Charles P., additional, He, Fengzhi, additional, Heino, Jani, additional, Hermoso, Virgilio, additional, Hogan, Zeb, additional, Hölker, Franz, additional, Jeschke, Jonathan M., additional, Jiang, Meilan, additional, Johnson, Richard K., additional, Kalinkat, Gregor, additional, Karimov, Bakhtiyor K., additional, Kasangaki, Aventino, additional, Kimirei, Ismael A., additional, Kohlmann, Bert, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Kuiper, Jan J., additional, Kupilas, Benjamin, additional, Langhans, Simone D., additional, Lansdown, Richard, additional, Leese, Florian, additional, Magbanua, Francis S., additional, Matsuzaki, Shin‐ichiro S., additional, Monaghan, Michael T., additional, Mumladze, Levan, additional, Muzon, Javier, additional, Mvogo Ndongo, Pierre A., additional, Nejstgaard, Jens C., additional, Nikitina, Oxana, additional, Ochs, Clifford, additional, Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson, additional, Opperman, Jeffrey J., additional, Patricio, Harmony, additional, Pauls, Steffen U., additional, Raghavan, Rajeev, additional, Ramírez, Alonso, additional, Rashni, Bindiya, additional, Ross‐Gillespie, Vere, additional, Samways, Michael J., additional, Schäfer, Ralf B., additional, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, additional, Seehausen, Ole, additional, Shah, Deep Narayan, additional, Sharma, Subodh, additional, Soininen, Janne, additional, Sommerwerk, Nike, additional, Stockwell, Jason D., additional, Suhling, Frank, additional, Tachamo Shah, Ram Devi, additional, Tharme, Rebecca E., additional, Thorp, James H., additional, Tickner, David, additional, Tockner, Klement, additional, Tonkin, Jonathan D., additional, Valle, Mireia, additional, Vitule, Jean, additional, Volk, Martin, additional, Wang, Ding, additional, Wolter, Christian, additional, and Worischka, Susanne, additional

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2021
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17. The Biological Assessment and Rehabilitation of the World’s Rivers: An Overview

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Feio, Maria João, primary, Hughes, Robert M., additional, Callisto, Marcos, additional, Nichols, Susan J., additional, Odume, Oghenekaro N., additional, Quintella, Bernardo R., additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Aguiar, Francisca C., additional, Almeida, Salomé F.P., additional, Alonso-EguíaLis, Perla, additional, Arimoro, Francis O., additional, Dyer, Fiona J., additional, Harding, Jon S., additional, Jang, Sukhwan, additional, Kaufmann, Philip R., additional, Lee, Samhee, additional, Li, Jianhua, additional, Macedo, Diego R., additional, Mendes, Ana, additional, Mercado-Silva, Norman, additional, Monk, Wendy, additional, Nakamura, Keigo, additional, Ndiritu, George G., additional, Ogden, Ralph, additional, Peat, Michael, additional, Reynoldson, Trefor B., additional, Rios-Touma, Blanca, additional, Segurado, Pedro, additional, and Yates, Adam G., additional

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2021
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19. Risk to the supply of ecosystem services across aquatic ecosystems

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Culhane, Fiona, Teixeira, Heliana, Nogueira, Antonio J.A., Borgwardt, Florian, Trauner, Daniel, Lillebø, Ana, Piet, GerJan, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, McDonald, Hugh, O'Higgins, Tim, Barbosa, Ana Luisa, van der Wal, Jan Tjalling, Iglesias-Campos, Alejandro, Arevalo-Torres, Juan, Barbière, Julian, and Robinson, Leonie A.

Subjects
Onderzoeksformatie, Coastal, Freshwater, Marine, Sustainability, WIAS, Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based management
Abstract

The capacity of ecosystems to supply ecosystem services is decreasing. Sustaining this supply requires an understanding of the links between the impacts of pressures introduced by human activities and how this can lead to changes in the supply of services. Here, we apply a novel approach, assessing 'risk to ecosystem service supply' (RESS), across a range of aquatic ecosystems in seven case studies. We link aggregate impact risk from human activities on ecosystem components, with a relative score of their potential to supply services. The greatest RESS is found where an ecosystem component with a high potential to supply services is subject to high impact risk. In this context, we explore variability in RESS across 99 types of aquatic ecosystem component from 11 realms, ranging from oceanic to wetlands. We explore some causes of variability in the RESS observed, including assessment area, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and population density. We found that Lakes, Rivers, Inlets and Coastal realms had some of the highest RESS, though this was highly dependent on location. We found a positive relationship between impact risk and service supply potential, indicating the ecosystem components we rely on most for services, are also those most at risk. However, variability in this relationship indicates that protecting the supply of ecosystem services alone will not protect all parts of the ecosystem at high risk. Broad socio-economic factors explained some of the variability found in RESS. For example, RESS was positively associated with GDP and artificial and agricultural land use in most realms, highlighting the need to achieve balance between increasing GDP and sustaining ecosystem health and human wellbeing more broadly. This approach can be used for sustainable management of ecosystem service use, to highlight the ecosystem components most critical to supplying services, and those most at risk. published

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2019
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20. Exploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystems

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Borgwardt, Florian, Robinson, Leonie, Trauner, Daniel, Teixeira, Heliana, Nogueira, Antonio J.A., Lillebø, Ana I., Piet, Gerjan, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, O'Higgins, Tim, McDonald, Hugh, Arevalo-Torres, Juan, Barbosa, Ana Luisa, Iglesias-Campos, Alejandro, Hein, Thomas, Culhane, Fiona, Borgwardt, Florian, Robinson, Leonie, Trauner, Daniel, Teixeira, Heliana, Nogueira, Antonio J.A., Lillebø, Ana I., Piet, Gerjan, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, O'Higgins, Tim, McDonald, Hugh, Arevalo-Torres, Juan, Barbosa, Ana Luisa, Iglesias-Campos, Alejandro, Hein, Thomas, and Culhane, Fiona

Abstract

Aquatic ecosystems are under severe pressure. Human activities introduce an array of pressures that impact ecosystems and their components. In this study we focus on the aquatic domains of fresh, coastal and marine waters, including rivers, lakes and riparian habitats to transitional, coastal as well as shelf and oceanic habitats. In an environmental risk assessment approach, we identified impact chains that link 45 human activities through 31 pressures to 82 ecosystem components. In this linkage framework >22,000 activity-pressure-ecosystem component interactions were found across seven European case studies. We identified the environmental impact risk posed by each impact chain by first categorically weighting the interactions according to five criteria: spatial extent, dispersal potential, frequency of interaction, persistence of pressure and severity of the interaction, where extent, dispersal, frequency and persistence account for the exposure to risk (spatial and temporal), and the severity accounts for the consequence of the risk. After assigning a numerical score to each risk criterion, we came up with an overall environmental impact risk score for each impact chain. This risk score was analysed in terms of (1) the activities and pressures that introduce the greatest risk to European aquatic domains, and (2) the aquatic ecosystem components and realms that are at greatest risk from human activities. Activities related to energy production were relevant across the aquatic domains. Fishing was highly relevant in marine and environmental engineering in fresh waters. Chemical and physical pressures introduced the greatest risk to the aquatic realms. Ecosystem components that can be seen as ecotones between different ecosystems had high impact risk. We show how this information can be used in informing management on trade-offs in freshwater, coastal and marine resource use and aid decision-making

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2019

21. A high-resolution streamflow and hydrological metrics dataset for ecological modeling using a regression model

Author

Irving, Katie, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Kiesel, Jens, Kakouei, Karan, Domisch, Sami, and Jähnig, Sonja C.

Subjects
Statistics and Probability, Data Descriptor, Freshwater ecology, Ecological modelling, Hydrology, Library and Information Sciences, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, high-resolution streamflow, Computer Science Applications, Education, Information Systems
Abstract

Hydrological variables are among the most influential when analyzing or modeling stream ecosystems. However, available hydrological data are often limited in their spatiotemporal scale and resolution for use in ecological applications such as predictive modeling of species distributions. To overcome this limitation, a regression model was applied to a 1 km gridded stream network of Germany to obtain estimated daily stream flow data (m3 s−1) spanning 64 years (1950–2013). The data are used as input to calculate hydrological indices characterizing stream flow regimes. Both temporal and spatial validations were performed. In addition, GLMs using both the calculated and observed hydrological indices were compared, suggesting that the predicted flow data are adequate for use in predictive ecological models. Accordingly, we provide estimated stream flow as well as a set of 53 hydrological metrics at 1 km grid for the stream network of Germany. In addition, we provide an R script where the presented methodology is implemented, that uses globally available data and can be directly applied to any other geographical region.

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2018

24. How to make ecological models useful for environmental management

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Schuwirth, Nele, primary, Borgwardt, Florian, additional, Domisch, Sami, additional, Friedrichs, Martin, additional, Kattwinkel, Mira, additional, Kneis, David, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Langhans, Simone D., additional, Martínez-López, Javier, additional, and Vermeiren, Peter, additional

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2019
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25. Linking biodiversity to ecosystem services supply: Patterns across aquatic ecosystems

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Teixeira, Heliana, primary, Lillebø, Ana I., additional, Culhane, Fiona, additional, Robinson, Leonie, additional, Trauner, Daniel, additional, Borgwardt, Florian, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Barbosa, Ana, additional, McDonald, Hugh, additional, Funk, Andrea, additional, O'Higgins, Tim, additional, Van der Wal, Jan Tjalling, additional, Piet, Gerjan, additional, Hein, Thomas, additional, Arévalo-Torres, Juan, additional, Iglesias-Campos, Alejandro, additional, Barbière, Julian, additional, and Nogueira, António J.A., additional

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2019
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26. Exploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystems

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Borgwardt, Florian, primary, Robinson, Leonie, additional, Trauner, Daniel, additional, Teixeira, Heliana, additional, Nogueira, Antonio J.A., additional, Lillebø, Ana I., additional, Piet, Gerjan, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, O'Higgins, Tim, additional, McDonald, Hugh, additional, Arevalo-Torres, Juan, additional, Barbosa, Ana Luisa, additional, Iglesias-Campos, Alejandro, additional, Hein, Thomas, additional, and Culhane, Fiona, additional

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2019
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28. Combining eight research areas to foster the uptake of ecosystem‐based management in fresh waters

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Langhans, Simone D., primary, Domisch, Sami, additional, Balbi, Stefano, additional, Delacámara, Gonzalo, additional, Hermoso, Virgilio, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Martin, Romina, additional, Martínez‐López, Javier, additional, Vermeiren, Peter, additional, Villa, Ferdinando, additional, and Jähnig, Sonja C., additional

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2019
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29. Effects of changing climate on European stream invertebrate communities : A long-term data analysis

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Jourdan, Jonas, O’Hara, Robert B., Bottarin, Roberta, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Monteith, Don, Muotka, Timo, Ozoliņš, Dāvis, Paavola, Riku, Pilotto, Francesca, Springe, Gunta, Skuja, Agnija, Sundermann, Andrea, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Haase, Peter, Jourdan, Jonas, O’Hara, Robert B., Bottarin, Roberta, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Monteith, Don, Muotka, Timo, Ozoliņš, Dāvis, Paavola, Riku, Pilotto, Francesca, Springe, Gunta, Skuja, Agnija, Sundermann, Andrea, Tonkin, Jonathan D., and Haase, Peter

Abstract

Long-term observations on riverine benthic invertebrate communities enable assessments of the potential impacts of global change on stream ecosystems. Besides increasing average temperatures, many studies predict greater temperature extremes and intense precipitation events as a consequence of climate change. In this study we examined long-term observation data (10–32years) of 26 streams and rivers from four ecoregions in the European Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) network, to investigate invertebrate community responses to changing climatic conditions. We used functional trait and multi-taxonomic analyses and combined examinations of general long-term changes in communities with detailed analyses of the impact of different climatic drivers (i.e., various temperature and precipitation variables) by focusing on the response of communities to climatic conditions of the previous year. Taxa and ecoregions differed substantially in their response to climate change conditions. We did not observe any trend of changes in total taxonomic richness or overall abundance over time or with increasing temperatures, which reflects a compensatory turnover in the composition of communities; sensitive Plecoptera decreased in response to warmer years and Ephemeroptera increased in northern regions. Invasive species increased with an increasing number of extreme days which also caused an apparent upstream community movement. The observed changes in functional feeding group diversity indicate that climate change may be associated with changes in trophic interactions within aquatic food webs. These findings highlight the vulnerability of riverine ecosystems to climate change and emphasize the need to further explore the interactive effects of climate change variables with other local stressors to develop appropriate conservation measures.

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2018
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30. Modelling approaches for the assessment of projected impacts of drivers of change on biodiversity, ecosystems functions and aquatic ecosystems service delivery Deliverable 7.1 Acknowledgments & Disclaimer

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Domisch, Sami, Langhans, Simone D, Hermoso, Virgilio, Jähnig, Sonja C, Martínez-López, Javier, Balbi, Stefano, Villa, Ferdinando, Schuwirth, Nele, Reichert, Peter, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Vermeiren, Peter, Robinson, Leonie, Culhane, Fiona, Nogueira, Antonio, Heliana Teixeira, Lillebø, Ana, Funk, Andrea, Pletterbauer, Florian, Trauner, Daniel, Hein, Thomas, Schlüter, Maja, Martin, Romina, Hellquist, Katharina Fryers, Delacámara, Gonzalo, Gómez, Carlos M, Piet, Gerjan, and Hal, Ralf Van

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2017
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32. WHICH TRAITS CAN INDUCE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE? AN APPROACH USING DISTRIBUTION PREDICTIONS FOR DRUSINAE (TRICHOPTERA) UNDER FUTURE SCENARIOS

Author

Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Graf, Wolfram, Waringer, Johann, Vitecek, Simon, Kučinić, Mladen, Previšić, Ana, Keresztes, Lujza, Balint, Miklos, and Pauls, Steffen, U.

Subjects
distribution modelling, stenotherm endemics, climate change
Abstract

The Drusinae subfamily comprises about 100 species distributed across Europe. Some species are widespread and common, while others are restricted to one of several regional centers of endemism, such as the Alps or the Balkan Highlands. Because they inhabit predominantly montane habitats, the Drusinae are regarded as particularly susceptible to changes in climate. This makes this large, running-water taxon an interesting group to assess climate change vulnerability through species distribution models (SDMs). We collated a dataset summarizing the distribution of 47 of the better investigated species, to project them according to four different future climate scenarios and based on 5 different global climate models. We then analyzed predicted future distribution patterns with regard to ecological characteristics as expressed by three ecological traits: larval feeding guild, stream zonation preference and level of endemism. We identified stream zonation preference, a non-phylogenetic trait, as an indicator of climate change vulnerability, as it was related to significant losses of predicted range, as well as altitudinal and centroid shifts in spring-dwelling species. Drusinae species with this trait are more numerous South of the Alps, specifically in the Balkan Peninsula. Our results underline the importance of continuous monitoring at the species level and highlight the need to draw the attention of freshwater scientists and conservation initiatives towards springs and low order streams. Further, many of the European biodiversity hotspots still require intense research efforts, such as the Balkan region, particularly in the context of environmental change.

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2017

33. Effects of changing climate on European stream invertebrate communities: A long-term data analysis

Author

Jourdan, Jonas, primary, O'Hara, Robert B., additional, Bottarin, Roberta, additional, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Monteith, Don, additional, Muotka, Timo, additional, Ozoliņš, Dāvis, additional, Paavola, Riku, additional, Pilotto, Francesca, additional, Springe, Gunta, additional, Skuja, Agnija, additional, Sundermann, Andrea, additional, Tonkin, Jonathan D., additional, and Haase, Peter, additional

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2018
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35. A suite of essential biodiversity variables for detecting critical biodiversity change

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Schmeller, Dirk S., primary, Weatherdon, Lauren V., additional, Loyau, Adeline, additional, Bondeau, Alberte, additional, Brotons, Lluis, additional, Brummitt, Neil, additional, Geijzendorffer, Ilse R., additional, Haase, Peter, additional, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, additional, Martin, Corinne S., additional, Mihoub, Jean‐Baptiste, additional, Rocchini, Duccio, additional, Saarenmaa, Hannu, additional, Stoll, Stefan, additional, and Regan, Eugenie C., additional

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2017
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37. Distributions of European montane caddisflies in the wake of climate change: the Drusinae (Trichoptera)

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Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Graf, Wolfram, Waringer, Johann, Vitecek, Simon, Kučinić, Mladen, Previšić, Ana, Keresztes, Lujza, Bálint, Miklós, and Pauls, Steffen U.

Subjects
Drusinae, species distribution models, climate change, endemism, range shift
Abstract

The Drusinae subfamily consists of about 100 species distributed across Europe. Some species are widespread and common, while others are restricted to one of several regional centers of endemism, such as in the Alps or the Balkan Highlands. These local and rare species, along with some newly described ones, are known from few confirmed occurrences only. While the full distribution of some species thus remains uncertain, the majority of species in the group are micro and regional endemics. Moreover, and because of the predominantly montane habitats they occupy, Drusinae are particularly susceptible to climate change. These aspects make this larger, running water taxon an interesting group to assess their vulnerability to environmental change through species distribution models (SDMs). Models are applied for individual Drusinae species to describe their current distribution patterns in Europe at a spatial resolution of 1 km. Beyond the usual application of bioclimatic predictors, additional predictors enhance the model: (i) topographical properties are used to approximate position in the catchment (catchment size) and (ii) soil properties indicate the possible composition of the substrate. Distribution predictions are projected for the year 2080 to determine changes in range size, as well as shifts in altitude and latitude/longitude. Projections are based on 5 different future climate models and 4 different future climate scenarios. Results of the first SDM models show mostly shifts towards northern latitudes and higher altitudes, for most of the future climate scenarios.

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2015

38. Identifying and applying an optimum set of environmental variables in species distribution models

Author

Irving, Katie, Jähnig, Sonja C., and Kuemmerlen, Mathias

Abstract

ABSTRACTPredictive models such as species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly applied to inform conservation efforts and management decisions. A thoughtful predictor choice, and hence the variable selection process, is a challenge when modeling large communities. Often, variable choice is made for an entire community and not for specific species, resulting in less appropriate predictors for at least some species and affecting model performance and predicted distributions. Using 2 German river catchments as a model system, we investigated (1) application of boosted regression trees (BRTs) as a variable selection procedure to choose the optimal set of environmental predictors and (2) whether model performance is increased by applying custom-made predictor sets to individual species. From a community of 67 benthic macroinvertebrate species, 10 increased in accuracy with the customized predictor set and 10 species decreased in accuracy. Notably, current preference, stream notation, and functional group differed between these species’ groups, which correspond to varied environmental conditions in their known occurrence sites. The species that increased in accuracy showed a preference toward lowland conditions and were far less widespread than the species that decreased in accuracy. We conclude that BRTs are a useful tool for selecting variables for SDMs on large communities. Also, for specialist, rare, or invasive species, determining a species-specific custom-made predictor set may be preferable because species’ preferences may not be representative of the entire study area. Our study describes a structured variable selection approach that can be readily implemented to predict species distributions informative for river management decisions.

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2020
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48. Combining eight research areas to foster the uptake of ecosystem-based management in fresh waters

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Langhans, Simone Daniela, Domisch, Sami, Balbi, Stefano, Delacamara, Gonzalo, Hermoso, Virgilio, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Martin, Romina, Martinez-Lopez, Javier, Vermeiren, Peter, Villa, Ferdinando, and Jähnig, Sonja

Subjects
13. Climate action, 14. Life underwater, 15. Life on land, 6. Clean water, biodiversity, catchment, ecosystem approach, ecosystem services, river, 12. Responsible consumption
Abstract

Freshwater ecosystems are under a constant risk of being irreversibly damaged by human pressures which threaten their biodiversity, the sustainability of ecosystem services (ESS), and human well-being. Despite the implementation of various environmental regulations, the challenges of safeguarding freshwater assets have so far not been tackled successfully. A promising way forward to stop the loss of freshwater biodiversity and to sustain freshwater-based ESS is by implementing ecosystem-based management (EBM), an environmental planning and adaptive management approach that jointly considers social and ecological needs. Responsible for considerable recent success in sustainably managing and conserving marine ecosystems, EBM has not yet been championed for fresh waters. A major reason for EBM’s delayed uptake in fresh waters may likely be its complexity, requiring planners to be familiar with the latest developments in a range of different research areas. EBM would therefore benefit from becoming more tangible to receive attention on-the-ground. To facilitate uptake, eight core research areas for EBM and their innovations are introduced. It is then explained how they feed into a workflow that guides through the EBM-planning stage. The workflow links biodiversity distributions with ESS supply and demand modelling, SMART (specific-measurable-attainable-relevant-timely)-target planning including scenario- and cross-realm perspectives, prioritization of management alternatives, spatial prioritization of biodiversity conservation and ESS areas, and the quantification of uncertainties. Given the extensive resources, time, and technical capacity required to implement the full workflow, a light and an ultralight version of the workflow are provided. Applied in concert, the eight well known research areas allow better planning, operationalizing, and eventually implementing EBM in freshwater ecosystems. EBM has great potential to increase public acceptance by introducing the consideration of human needs and aspirations into typically biodiversity-driven conservation and management approaches. This will ultimately improve the integrity of freshwater ecosystems.

49. The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects

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Ecologia, Grigoropoulou, Afroditi, Hamid, Suhaila Ab, Acosta, Raúl, Akindele, Emmanuel Olusegun, Al‐Shami, Salman A., Altermatt, Florian, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Arimoro, Francis O., Aroviita, Jukka, Astorga Roine, Anna, Bastos, Rafael Costa, Bonada Caparrós, Nuria, Boukas, Nikos, Brand, Cecilia, Bremerich, Vanessa, Bush, Alex, Cai, Qinghua, Callisto, Marcos, Chen, Kai, Cruz, Paulo Vilela, Dangles, Oliver, Death, Russell, Deng, Xiling, Domínguez, Eduardo, Dusgeon, David, Eriksen, Tor Erik, de Faria, Ana Paula Justino, Feio, María João, Fernández Aláez, María del Camino, Floury, Mathieu, García Criado, Francisco, García Girón, Jorge, Graf, Wolfram, Grönroos, Mira, Haase, Peter, Hamada, Neusa, He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Holzenthal, Ralph, Huttunen, Kaisa‐Leena, Jacobsen, Dean, Jähnig, Sonja C., Jetz, Walter, Johnson, Richard K., Juen, Leandro, Kalkman, Vincent, Kati, Vassiliki, Astorga‐Roine, Anna, Bonada, Núria, Dangles, Olivier, Dudgeon, David, Faria, Ana Paula J., Feio, Maria João, Fernández‐Aláez, Camino, García‐Criado, Francisco, García‐Girón, Jorge, keke, Unique N., Koroiva, Ricardo, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Langhans, Simone Daniela, Ligeiro, Raphael, Van Looy, Kris, Maasri, Alain, Marchant, Richard, García Márquez, Jaime R., Martins, Renato Tavares, Melo, Adriano S., Metzeling, León, Miserendino, María Laura, Moe, S. Jannicke, Molineri, Carlos, Muotka, Timo, Mustonen, Kaisa‐Riikka, Mykrä, Heikki, Cavalcante do Nascimento, Jeane Marcelle, Valente Neto, Francisco, Neu, Peter J., Nieto, Carolina, Pauls, Steffen U., Paulson, Dennis R., Ríos Touma, Blanca, Rodriguez, Marciel Elio, de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, Salazar Salina, Juan Carlos, Schmera, Dénes, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Shah, Deep Narayan, Simaika, John P., Siqueira, Tadeu, Tachamo‐Shah, Ram Devi, Theischinger, Günther, Thompson, Ross, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Torres Cambas, Yusdiel, Townsend, Colin, Turak, Eren, Twardochleb, Laura, Wang, Beixin, Yanygina, Liubov, Zamora Muñoz, Carmen, Domisch, Sami, Ecologia, Grigoropoulou, Afroditi, Hamid, Suhaila Ab, Acosta, Raúl, Akindele, Emmanuel Olusegun, Al‐Shami, Salman A., Altermatt, Florian, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Arimoro, Francis O., Aroviita, Jukka, Astorga Roine, Anna, Bastos, Rafael Costa, Bonada Caparrós, Nuria, Boukas, Nikos, Brand, Cecilia, Bremerich, Vanessa, Bush, Alex, Cai, Qinghua, Callisto, Marcos, Chen, Kai, Cruz, Paulo Vilela, Dangles, Oliver, Death, Russell, Deng, Xiling, Domínguez, Eduardo, Dusgeon, David, Eriksen, Tor Erik, de Faria, Ana Paula Justino, Feio, María João, Fernández Aláez, María del Camino, Floury, Mathieu, García Criado, Francisco, García Girón, Jorge, Graf, Wolfram, Grönroos, Mira, Haase, Peter, Hamada, Neusa, He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Holzenthal, Ralph, Huttunen, Kaisa‐Leena, Jacobsen, Dean, Jähnig, Sonja C., Jetz, Walter, Johnson, Richard K., Juen, Leandro, Kalkman, Vincent, Kati, Vassiliki, Astorga‐Roine, Anna, Bonada, Núria, Dangles, Olivier, Dudgeon, David, Faria, Ana Paula J., Feio, Maria João, Fernández‐Aláez, Camino, García‐Criado, Francisco, García‐Girón, Jorge, keke, Unique N., Koroiva, Ricardo, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Langhans, Simone Daniela, Ligeiro, Raphael, Van Looy, Kris, Maasri, Alain, Marchant, Richard, García Márquez, Jaime R., Martins, Renato Tavares, Melo, Adriano S., Metzeling, León, Miserendino, María Laura, Moe, S. Jannicke, Molineri, Carlos, Muotka, Timo, Mustonen, Kaisa‐Riikka, Mykrä, Heikki, Cavalcante do Nascimento, Jeane Marcelle, Valente Neto, Francisco, Neu, Peter J., Nieto, Carolina, Pauls, Steffen U., Paulson, Dennis R., Ríos Touma, Blanca, Rodriguez, Marciel Elio, de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, Salazar Salina, Juan Carlos, Schmera, Dénes, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Shah, Deep Narayan, Simaika, John P., Siqueira, Tadeu, Tachamo‐Shah, Ram Devi, Theischinger, Günther, Thompson, Ross, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Torres Cambas, Yusdiel, Townsend, Colin, Turak, Eren, Twardochleb, Laura, Wang, Beixin, Yanygina, Liubov, Zamora Muñoz, Carmen, and Domisch, Sami

Abstract

[EN] Motivation: Aquatic insects comprise 64% of freshwater animal diversity and are widely used as bioindicators to assess water quality impairment and freshwater ecosystem health, as well as to test ecological hypotheses. Despite their importance, a comprehensive, global database of aquatic insect occurrences for mapping freshwater biodiversity in macroecological studies and applied freshwater research is missing. We aim to fill this gap and present the Global EPTO Database, which includes worldwide geo-referenced aquatic insect occurrence records for four major taxa groups: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata (EPTO). Main type of variables contained: A total of 8,368,467 occurrence records globally, of which 8,319,689 (99%) are publicly available. The records are attributed to the corresponding drainage basin and sub-catchment based on the Hydrography90m dataset and are accompanied by the elevation value, the freshwater ecoregion and the protection status of their location. Spatial location and grain: The database covers the global extent, with 86% of the observation records having coordinates with at least four decimal digits (11.1 m precision at the equator) in the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) coordinate reference system. Time period and grain: Sampling years span from 1951 to 2021. Ninety-nine percent of the records have information on the year of the observation, 95% on the year and month, while 94% have a complete date. In the case of seven sub-datasets, exact dates can be retrieved upon communication with the data contributors. Major taxa and level of measurement: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata, standardized at the genus taxonomic level. We provide species names for 7,727,980 (93%) records without further taxonomic verification

50. A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.

Author

Maasri A, Jähnig SC, Adamescu MC, Adrian R, Baigun C, Baird DJ, Batista-Morales A, Bonada N, Brown LE, Cai Q, Campos-Silva JV, Clausnitzer V, Contreras-MacBeath T, Cooke SJ, Datry T, Delacámara G, De Meester L, Dijkstra KB, Do VT, Domisch S, Dudgeon D, Erös T, Freitag H, Freyhof J, Friedrich J, Friedrichs-Manthey M, Geist J, Gessner MO, Goethals P, Gollock M, Gordon C, Grossart HP, Gulemvuga G, Gutiérrez-Fonseca PE, Haase P, Hering D, Hahn HJ, Hawkins CP, He F, Heino J, Hermoso V, Hogan Z, Hölker F, Jeschke JM, Jiang M, Johnson RK, Kalinkat G, Karimov BK, Kasangaki A, Kimirei IA, Kohlmann B, Kuemmerlen M, Kuiper JJ, Kupilas B, Langhans SD, Lansdown R, Leese F, Magbanua FS, Matsuzaki SS, Monaghan MT, Mumladze L, Muzon J, Mvogo Ndongo PA, Nejstgaard JC, Nikitina O, Ochs C, Odume ON, Opperman JJ, Patricio H, Pauls SU, Raghavan R, Ramírez A, Rashni B, Ross-Gillespie V, Samways MJ, Schäfer RB, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Seehausen O, Shah DN, Sharma S, Soininen J, Sommerwerk N, Stockwell JD, Suhling F, Tachamo Shah RD, Tharme RE, Thorp JH, Tickner D, Tockner K, Tonkin JD, Valle M, Vitule J, Volk M, Wang D, Wolter C, and Worischka S

Subjects
Biodiversity, Fresh Water, Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecosystem
Abstract

Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this crisis requires bold goals and the mobilisation of substantial resources. While the reasons are varied, investments in both research and conservation of freshwater biodiversity lag far behind those in the terrestrial and marine realms. Inspired by a global consultation, we identify 15 pressing priority needs, grouped into five research areas, in an effort to support informed stewardship of freshwater biodiversity. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated actions towards its sustainable management and conservation., (© 2021 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

Published
2022
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