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1. The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity

Author: Johannes Penner, Benjamin Burkhard, William H. McDowell, Martin Musche, Stefan Stoll, Stefan Klotz, Ilse R. Geijzendorffer, Christoph Häuser, Felix Müller, Dirk S. Schmeller, Steffen Zacharias, Mark Frenzel, Ingolf Kühn, Michael Mirtl, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Peter Haase, Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany, University of Duisburg-Essen, Department of River and Floodplain Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Oregon State University (OSU), University of Applied Sciences Trier, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung = Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Avignon Université (AU), Institut de recherche de la Tour du Valat, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), University of New Hampshire (UNH), Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University, Museum für Naturkunde [Berlin], University of Freiburg, Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Department of Conservation Biology, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (ECOLAB), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Project: 654359,H2020,H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015,eLTER(2015), European Project: 308454,EC:FP7:ENV,FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage,EU BON(2012), Barcelo, D., Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (LEFE), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), and Université de Toulouse (UT)
Subjects: 0106 biological sciences, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Ecosystem research, Interoperability, Human herpesvirus 4, Biodiversity, Orbits, LTER, Long-term ecological research, 01 natural sciences, Environmental data, Group On Earth Observations, Individual monitoring, Long‐term ecosystem research, 11. Sustainability, Environmental monitoring, Waste Management and Disposal, Observation networks, Ecology, EBV, Research infrastructure, Site networks, Environmental resource management, Pollution, Environmental Policy, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, ddc:333.7, Biologie, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Engineering, Ecology (disciplines), Decision Making, Ecological monitoring, Harmonization, 010603 evolutionary biology, Ecosystems, ddc:570, Environmental Chemistry, Ecosystem, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, business.industry, 15. Life on land, 13. Climate action, Business, Decision making, ddc:333,7, Group on Earth Observations
Abstract: International audience; Global change effects on biodiversity and human wellbeing call for improved long-term environmental dataas a basis for science, policy and decision making, including increased interoperability, multifunctionality,and harmonization. Based on the example of two global initiatives, the International Long-Term Ecological Research(ILTER) network and the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), we proposemerging the frameworks behind these initiatives, namely ecosystem integrity and essential biodiversity vari-ables, toserve as an improved guideline for future site-based long-term research and monitoring in terrestrial, freshwater andcoastal ecosystems. We derive a list of specific recommendations of what and how to measure at a monitoring site andcall for an integration of sites into co-located site networks across individual monitoring initiatives, and centered onecosystems. This facilitates the generation of linked comprehensive ecosystem mon-itoring data, supports synergies inthe use of costly infrastructures, fosters cross-initiative research and provides a template for collaboration beyond theILTER and GEO BON communities.
Published: 2018
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2. Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Database and Metrics Data of Global Surface Ozone Observations

Author: Schultz, Martin G., Schröder, Sabine, Lyapina, Olga, Cooper, Owen, Galbally, Ian, Petropavlovskikh, Irina, von Schneidemesser, Erika, Tanimoto, Hiroshi, Elshorbany, Yasin, Naja, Ma, Seguel, Rodrigo, Dauert, Ute, Eckhardt, Paul, Feigenspahn, Stefan, Fiebig, Ma, Hjellbrekke, Anne-Gunn, Hong, You-Deog, Christian Kjeld, Peter, Koide, Hiroshi, Lear, Gary, Tarasick, David, Ueno, Mikio, Wallasch, Ma, Baumgardner, Darrel, Chuang, Ming-Tung, Gillett, Robert, Lee, Meehye, Molloy, Suzie, Moolla, Raeesa, Wang, Tao, Sharps, Katrina, Adame, Jose A., Ancellet, Gérard, Apadula, Francesco, Artaxo, Paul, Barlasina, Ma, Bogucka, Ma, Bonasoni, Paolo, Chang, Limseok, Colomb, Aurélie, Cuevas, Emilio, Cupeiro, Ma, Degorska, Anna, Ding, Aijun, Fröhlich, Ma, Frolova, Ma, Gadhavi, Harish, GHEUSI, François, Gilge, Stefan, Gonzalez, Ma, Gros, Valérie, Hamad, Samera H., Helmig, Detlev, Henriques, Diamantino, Hermansen, Ove, Holla, Robert, Huber, Jacques, Im, Ulas, Jaffe, Daniel A., Komala, Ninong, Kubistin, Dagmar, Lam, Ka-Se, Laurila, Tuomas, Lee, Haeyoung, Levy, Ilan, Mazzoleni, Claudio, Mazzoleni, Lynn, McClure-Begley, Audra, Mohamad, Maznorizan, Murovic, Marijana, Navarro-Comas, M., Nicodim, Florin, Parrish, David, Read, Katie A., Reid, Nick, Ries, Ludwig, Saxena, Pallavi, Schwab, James J., Scorgie, Yvonne, Senik, Irina, Simmonds, Peter, Sinha, Vinayak, Skorokhod, Andrey, Spain, Gerard, Spangl, Wolfgang, Spoor, Ronald, Springston, Stephen R., Steer, Kelvyn, Steinbacher, Martin, Suharguniyawan, Eka, Torre, Paul, Trickl, Thomas, Weili, Lin, Weller, Rolf, Xu, Xiaobin, Xue, Likun, Zhiqiang, Ma, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung - Troposphäre (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH | Centre de recherche de Juliers, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association-Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado [Boulder]-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), CSIRO Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies [Potsdam] (IASS), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Centro Nacional de Medio Ambiente (CENMA), German Federal Environmental Agency / Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), National Institute of Environmental Research [South Korea] (NIER), European Environmental Agency (EEA), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environment and Climate Change Canada, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera [Mexico], Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), National Central University [Taiwan] (NCU), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences [Korea], Korea University [Seoul], School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies [Johannesburg] (GAES), University of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg] (WITS), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [Hong Kong] (CEE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University [Hong Kong] (POLYU), Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [Bangor] (CEH), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), TROPO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico (RSE), Instituto de Fisica da Universidade de São Paulo (IFUSP), Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo (USP), Servicio Meteorológico Nacional [Buenos Aires], Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - National Research Institute (IMGW - PIB), CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMet), Iinstitute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute (IOS-PIB), School of Atmospheric Sciences [Nanjing], Nanjing University (NJU), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Latvian Environment Geology and Meteorology Centre (LEGMC), National Atmospheric Research Laboratory [Tirupati] (NARL), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Centre national de recherches météorologiques (CNRM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Zentrum für Medizin-Meteorologische Forschung (ZMMF), Deutscher Wetterdienst [Offenbach] (DWD), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Chimie Atmosphérique Expérimentale (CAE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMD School of Public Health, University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Institute of Arctic Alpine Research [University of Colorado Boulder] (INSTAAR), University of Colorado [Boulder], Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IMPA), Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning (NILU), Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg (MOHp), Department of Environmental Science [Roskilde] (ENVS), Aarhus University [Aarhus], School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [Bothell] (STEM), University of Washington-Bothell, Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), National Institute of Meteorological Sciences (NIMS), Air Quality and Climate Change Division [Jerusalem], Israël Ministry of Environmental Protection, Michigan Technological University (MTU), Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation [Malaysia] (MOSTI), Slovenian Environment Agency, Administratia Nationala de Meteorologie, Department of Chemistry [York, UK], University of York [York, UK], Auckland Council, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany [SUNY], State University of New York (SUNY)-State University of New York (SUNY), New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, A.M.Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), School of Chemistry [Bristol], University of Bristol [Bristol], Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), National University of Ireland [Galway] (NUI Galway), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM), Brookhaven National Laboratory [Upton, NY] (BNL), UT-Battelle, LLC-Stony Brook University [SUNY] (SBU), State University of New York (SUNY)-State University of New York (SUNY)-U.S. Department of Energy [Washington] (DOE), South Australia Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology [Thun] (EMPA), Indonesian Meteorological, Climatologicall and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA ), Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung - Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), China Meteorological Administration (CMA), Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Shandong University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Instituto de Fisica [Sao Paulo], Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory [Tirupathi] (NARL), Météo France-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), U.S. Department of Energy [Washington] (DOE)-UT-Battelle, LLC-Stony Brook University [SUNY] (SBU), and Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Météo France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: lcsh:GE1-350, tropospheric ozone, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph], Monitoring, ground-level ozone, monitoring, database, Tropospheric ozone, Ecology and Environment, Atmospheric Sciences, Database, Earth sciences, ddc:550, Data and Information, Ground-level ozone, lcsh:Environmental sciences
Abstract: In support of the first Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) a relational database of global surface ozone observations has been developed and populated with hourly measurement data and enhanced metadata. A comprehensive suite of ozone data products including standard statistics, health and vegetation impact metrics, and trend information, are made available through a common data portal and a web interface. These data form the basis of the TOAR analyses focusing on human health, vegetation, and climate relevant ozone issues, which are part of this special feature. Cooperation among many data centers and individual researchers worldwide made it possible to build the world’s largest collection of in-situ hourly surface ozone data covering the period from 1970 to 2015. By combining the data from almost 10,000 measurement sites around the world with global metadata information, new analyses of surface ozone have become possible, such as the first globally consistent characterisations of measurement sites as either urban or rural/remote. Exploitation of these global metadata allows for new insights into the global distribution, and seasonal and long-term changes of tropospheric ozone and they enable TOAR to perform the first, globally consistent analysis of present-day ozone concentrations and recent ozone changes with relevance to health, agriculture, and climate. Considerable effort was made to harmonize and synthesize data formats and metadata information from various networks and individual data submissions. Extensive quality control was applied to identify questionable and erroneous data, including changes in apparent instrument offsets or calibrations. Such data were excluded from TOAR data products. Limitations of a posteriori data quality assurance are discussed. As a result of the work presented here, global coverage of surface ozone data for scientific analysis has been significantly extended. Yet, large gaps remain in the surface observation network both in terms of regions without monitoring, and in terms of regions that have monitoring programs but no public access to the data archive. Therefore future improvements to the database will require not only improved data harmonization, but also expanded data sharing and increased monitoring in data-sparse regions. This work is part of the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) which was supported by the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) project, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Forschungszentrum Jülich, and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Many institutions and agencies sup¬ported the implementation of the measurements, and the processing, quality assurance, and submission of the data contained in the TOAR database.
Published: 2017
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3. How to use human biomonitoring in chemical risk assessment: Methodological aspects, recommendations, and lessons learned from HBM4EU

Author: Tiina Santonen, Selma Mahiout, Paula Alvito, Petra Apel, Jos Bessems, Wieneke Bil, Teresa Borges, Stephan Bose-O'Reilly, Jurgen Buekers, Ana Isabel Cañas Portilla, Argelia Castaño Calvo, Mercedes de Alba González, Noelia Domínguez-Morueco, Marta Esteban López, Ingrid Falnoga, Antje Gerofke, María del Carmen González Caballero, Milena Horvat, Pasi Huuskonen, Normunds Kadikis, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Rosa Lange, Henriqueta Louro, Carla Martins, Matthieu Meslin, Lars Niemann, Susana Pedraza Díaz, Veronika Plichta, Simo P. Porras, Christophe Rousselle, Bernice Scholten, Maria João Silva, Zdenka Šlejkovec, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Agnes Šömen Joksić, Jose V. Tarazona, Maria Uhl, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Susana Viegas, Anne Marie Vinggaard, Marjolijn Woutersen, Greet Schoeters, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health of Helsinki, Instituto Nacional de Saùde Dr Ricardo Jorge [Portugal] (INSA), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies [Aveiro] (CESAM), Universidade de Aveiro, German Federal Environmental Agency / Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM), Directorate-General of Health [Lisbonne], Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology [Tirol] (UMIT), Instituto de Salud Carlos III [Madrid] (ISC), Jozef Stefan Institute [Ljubljana] (IJS), Health Inspectorate (VI), Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA), Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques (DER), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment [Berlin] (BfR), Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), TNO Centre for Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), National Institute of Public Health ( NIJZ), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Laboratoire National de Santé [Luxembourg] (LNS), National Food Institute [Kongens Lyngby, Danemark], Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark (DTU), University of Antwerp (UA), and European Project: 733032,H2020,HBM4EU(2017)
Subjects: HBM4EU, MESH: Humans, Environmental burden of disease, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Exposure biomarkers, MESH: Risk Assessment, Human biomonitoring, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, MESH: Biological Monitoring, [SDV.TOX]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Human medicine, Chemicals, MESH: Mercury, MESH: Policy, MESH: Environmental Monitoring, Risk assessment
Abstract: International audience; One of the aims of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative, HBM4EU, was to provide examples of and good practices for the effective use of human biomonitoring (HBM) data in human health risk assessment (RA). The need for such information is pressing, as previous research has indicated that regulatory risk assessors generally lack knowledge and experience of the use of HBM data in RA. By recognising this gap in expertise, as well as the added value of incorporating HBM data into RA, this paper aims to support the integration of HBM into regulatory RA. Based on the work of the HBM4EU, we provide examples of different approaches to including HBM in RA and in estimations of the environmental burden of disease (EBoD), the benefits and pitfalls involved, information on the important methodological aspects to consider, and recommendations on how to overcome obstacles. The examples are derived from RAs or EBoD estimations made under the HBM4EU for the following HBM4EU priority substances: acrylamide, o-toluidine of the aniline family, aprotic solvents, arsenic, bisphenols, cadmium, diisocyanates, flame retardants, hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)], lead, mercury, mixture of per-/poly-fluorinated compounds, mixture of pesticides, mixture of phthalates, mycotoxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and the UV-filter benzophenone-3. Although the RA and EBoD work presented here is not intended to have direct regulatory implications, the results can be useful for raising awareness of possibly needed policy actions, as newly generated HBM data from HBM4EU on the current exposure of the EU population has been used in many RAs and EBoD estimations.
Published: 2023
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4. A walk in the PARC: developing and implementing 21st century chemical risk assessment in Europe

Author: P. Marx-Stoelting, G. Rivière, M. Luijten, K. Aiello-Holden, N. Bandow, K. Baken, A. Cañas, A. Castano, S. Denys, C. Fillol, M. Herzler, I. Iavicoli, S. Karakitsios, J. Klanova, M. Kolossa-Gehring, A. Koutsodimou, J. Lobo Vicente, I. Lynch, S. Namorado, S. Norager, A. Pittman, S. Rotter, D. Sarigiannis, M. J. Silva, J. Theunis, T. Tralau, M. Uhl, J. van Klaveren, L. Wendt-Rasch, E. Westerholm, C. Rousselle, P. Sanders, Unión Europea. Comisión Europea. Horizonte Europa, Marx-Stoelting, P., Riviere, G., Luijten, M., Aiello-Holden, K., Bandow, N., Baken, K., Canas, A., Castano, A., Denys, S., Fillol, C., Herzler, M., Iavicoli, I., Karakitsios, S., Klanova, J., Kolossa-Gehring, M., Koutsodimou, A., Vicente, J. L., Lynch, I., Namorado, S., Norager, S., Pittman, A., Rotter, S., Sarigiannis, D., Silva, M. J., Theunis, J., Tralau, T., Uhl, M., van Klaveren, J., Wendt-Rasch, L., Westerholm, E., Rousselle, C., Sanders, P., German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment [Berlin] (BfR), Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques (DER), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM), German Federal Environmental Agency / Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Instituto de Salud Carlos III [Madrid] (ISC), Santé publique France - French National Public Health Agency [Saint-Maurice, France], University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), General Chemical State Laboratory, Β’Chemical Service of Athens, An. Tsocha 16, Athens, Greece, European Environment Agency (EEA), School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences [Birmingham], University of Birmingham [Birmingham], Instituto Nacional de Saùde Dr Ricardo Jorge [Portugal] (INSA), European Commission - DG Research and Innovation, Direction des affaires européennes et internationales (DAEI), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Swedish Chemicals Agency, Direction de la Stratégie et des Programmes (DSP), and European Project: 101057014,Horizon Europe,PARC(2022)
Subjects: Hazard characterisation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Chemical, General Medicine, Toxicology, Risk Assessment, New approach methods (NAM), Europe, Next-generation risk assessment (NGRA), Safety assessment, [SDV.TOX]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology, Exposure assessment, Humans, Chemicals, Human biomonitoring (HBM)
Abstract: Current approaches for the assessment of environmental and human health risks due to exposure to chemical substances have served their purpose reasonably well. Nevertheless, the systems in place for different uses of chemicals are faced with various challenges, ranging from a growing number of chemicals to changes in the types of chemicals and materials produced. This has triggered global awareness of the need for a paradigm shift, which in turn has led to the publication of new concepts for chemical risk assessment and explorations of how to translate these concepts into pragmatic approaches. As a result, next-generation risk assessment (NGRA) is generally seen as the way forward. However, incorporating new scientific insights and innovative approaches into hazard and exposure assessments in such a way that regulatory needs are adequately met has appeared to be challenging. The European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) has been designed to address various challenges associated with innovating chemical risk assessment. Its overall goal is to consolidate and strengthen the European research and innovation capacity for chemical risk assessment to protect human health and the environment. With around 200 participating organisations from all over Europe, including three European agencies, and a total budget of over 400 million euro, PARC is one of the largest projects of its kind. It has a duration of seven years and is coordinated by ANSES, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. The European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101057014. Co-funding for the UK contribution via Innovate UK project ID 1752317 as part of the Horizon Europe Guarantee fund. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily refect those of the European Union or the Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Sí
Published: 2023
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5. Evaluation of the MACC operational forecast system – potential and challenges of global near-real-time modelling with respect to reactive gases in the troposphere

Author: S. Gilge, A. Wagner, Ludwig Ries, Idir Bouarar, Cathy Clerbaux, Rolf Weller, W. Spangl, M. Cupeiro, J. Kapsomenakis, E.-G. Brunke, Andreas Richter, Anne-Marlene Blechschmidt, O. Stein, Christos Zerefos, Harald Flentje, Henk Eskes, Antje Inness, Maya George, Johannes Flemming, Andreas Hilboll, Paolo Cristofanelli, Deutscher Wetterdienst [Offenbach] (DWD), Institute of Environmental Physics [Bremen] (IUP), University of Bremen, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, TROPO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), South African Weather Service (SAWS), National Meteorological Service [Ushuaia], CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology [Athens], Academy of Athens, GAW Global Station Zugspitze/Hohenpeissenberg, German Federal Environmental Agency / Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung - Troposphäre (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH | Centre de recherche de Juliers, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association-Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), and Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria
Subjects: Atmospheric Science, Ozone, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, 010501 environmental sciences, Atmospheric sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, lcsh:Chemistry, Troposphere, Atmosphere, chemistry.chemical_compound, medicine, ddc:550, media_common.cataloged_instance, Nitrogen dioxide, European union, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, media_common, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph], Seasonality, medicine.disease, lcsh:QC1-999, Aerosol, lcsh:QD1-999, chemistry, [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology, 13. Climate action, Climatology, Environmental science, Satellite, lcsh:Physics
Abstract: The Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate (MACC) project represents the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) (http://www.copernicus.eu/), which became fully operational during 2015. The global near-real-time MACC model production run for aerosol and reactive gases provides daily analyses and 5-day forecasts of atmospheric composition fields. It is the only assimilation system worldwide that is operational to produce global analyses and forecasts of reactive gases and aerosol fields. We have investigated the ability of the MACC analysis system to simulate tropospheric concentrations of reactive gases covering the period between 2009 and 2012. A validation was performed based on carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) surface observations from the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) network, the O3 surface observations from the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and, furthermore, NO2 tropospheric columns, as well as CO total columns, derived from satellite sensors. The MACC system proved capable of reproducing reactive gas concentrations with consistent quality; however, with a seasonally dependent bias compared to surface and satellite observations – for northern hemispheric surface O3 mixing ratios, positive biases appear during the warm seasons and negative biases during the cold parts of the year, with monthly modified normalised mean biases (MNMBs) ranging between −30 and 30 % at the surface. Model biases are likely to result from difficulties in the simulation of vertical mixing at night and deficiencies in the model's dry deposition parameterisation. Observed tropospheric columns of NO2 and CO could be reproduced correctly during the warm seasons, but are mostly underestimated by the model during the cold seasons, when anthropogenic emissions are at their highest level, especially over the US, Europe and Asia. Monthly MNMBs of the satellite data evaluation range from values between −110 and 40 % for NO2 and at most −20 % for CO, over the investigated regions. The underestimation is likely to result from a combination of errors concerning the dry deposition parameterisation and certain limitations in the current emission inventories, together with an insufficiently established seasonality in the emissions.
Published: 2015
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6. Global CO 2 fluxes inferred from surface air-sample measurements and from TCCON retrievals of the CO 2 total column

Author: Chevallier, F., Deutscher, N., Conway, T., Ciais, P., Ciattaglia, L., Dohe, S., Frohlich, M., Gomez-Pelaez, A., Griffith, D., Hase, F., Haszpra, L., Krummel, P., Kyro, E., Labuschagne, C., Langenfelds, R., Machida, T., Maignan, F., Matsueda, H., Morino, I., Notholt, J., Ramonet, M., Sawa, Y., Schmidt, M., Sherlock, V., Steele, P., Strong, K., Sussmann, R., Wennberg, P., Wofsy, S., Worthy, D., Wunch, D., Zimnoch, M., Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Modélisation INVerse pour les mesures atmosphériques et SATellitaires (SATINV), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Institute of Environmental Physics [Bremen] (IUP), University of Bremen, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ICOS-ATC (ICOS-ATC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia [Santa Cruz de Tenerife] (INM), School of Chemistry [Wollongong], University of Wollongong [Australia], Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK), Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSz), Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWCR), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), South African Weather Service (SAWS), CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CSIRO-MAR), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Modélisation des Surfaces et Interfaces Continentales (MOSAIC), Meteorological Research Institute [Tsukuba] (MRI), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Institut für Umweltphysik [Bremen] (IUP), Universität Bremen, ICOS-RAMCES (ICOS-RAMCES), National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [Wellington] (NIWA), Department of Physics [Toronto], University of Toronto, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung - Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Harvard University [Cambridge], Environment and Climate Change Canada, AGH University of Science and Technology [Krakow, PL] (AGH UST), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ), and Harvard University
Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere, [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract: International audience
Published: 2011
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7. CO2 surface fluxes at grid point scale estimated from a global 21 year reanalysis of atmospheric measurements

Author: Ray L. Langenfelds, Bruce E. Anderson, S. C. Wofsy, Douglas E. J. Worthy, A. J. Gomez-Pelaez, Thomas J. Conway, Paul B. Krummel, Markus Leuenberger, Antony Gomez, M. Fröhlich, L. Ciattaglia, Yousuke Sawa, Philippe Ciais, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Philippe Bousquet, Martina Schmidt, L. Rivier, Fabienne Maignan, L. P. Steele, Philippe Peylin, T. Aalto, Hitoshi Mukai, László Haszpra, Stephanie A. Vay, J. A. Morguí, Frédéric Chevallier, H. Matsueda, Michel Ramonet, Toshinobu Machida, Alex Vermeulen, Y. Esaki, E. G. Brunke, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Modélisation INVerse pour les mesures atmosphériques et SATellitaires (SATINV), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ICOS-ATC (ICOS-ATC), NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), South African Weather Service (SAWS), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [Wellington] (NIWA), Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia [Santa Cruz de Tenerife] (INM), Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ), Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWCR), CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CSIRO-MAR), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), Climate and Environmental Physics [Bern] (CEP), Physikalisches Institut [Bern], Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE)-Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE), Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Modélisation des Surfaces et Interfaces Continentales (MOSAIC), Meteorological Research Institute [Tsukuba] (MRI), Group of Climatology [Barcelona], University of Barcelona, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), ICOS-RAMCES (ICOS-RAMCES), The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU), Chemistry and Dynamics Branch [LaRC], NASA Langley Research Center [Hampton] (LaRC), Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Harvard University, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSz), Universität Bern [Bern]-Universität Bern [Bern], and Harvard University [Cambridge]
Subjects: Atmospheric Science, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Meteorology, Eddy covariance, Soil Science, Forecast skill, Aquatic Science, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, Oceanography, Atmospheric sciences, 01 natural sciences, Latitude, Troposphere, Geochemistry and Petrology, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Mixing ratio, [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, Flux inversion, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology, [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere, Ecology, Northern Hemisphere, Paleontology, Forestry, Inversion (meteorology), Boundary layer, Geophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Environmental science, CO2
Abstract: This paper documents a global Bayesian variational inversion of CO2 surface fluxes during the period 1988–2008. Weekly fluxes are estimated on a 3.75° × 2.5° (longitude-latitude) grid throughout the 21 years. The assimilated observations include 128 station records from three large data sets of surface CO2 mixing ratio measurements. A Monte Carlo approach rigorously quantifies the theoretical uncertainty of the inverted fluxes at various space and time scales, which is particularly important for proper interpretation of the inverted fluxes. Fluxes are evaluated indirectly against two independent CO2 vertical profile data sets constructed from aircraft measurements in the boundary layer and in the free troposphere. The skill of the inversion is evaluated by the improvement brought over a simple benchmark flux estimation based on the observed atmospheric growth rate. Our error analysis indicates that the carbon budget from the inversion should be more accurate than the a priori carbon budget by 20% to 60% for terrestrial fluxes aggregated at the scale of subcontinental regions in the Northern Hemisphere and over a year, but the inversion cannot clearly distinguish between the regional carbon budgets within a continent. On the basis of the independent observations, the inversion is seen to improve the fluxes compared to the benchmark: the atmospheric simulation of CO2 with the Bayesian inversion method is better by about 1 ppm than the benchmark in the free troposphere, despite possible systematic transport errors. The inversion achieves this improvement by changing the regional fluxes over land at the seasonal and at the interannual time scales. This work was performed using HPC resources from GENCI‐ (CCRT/CINES/IDRIS; grant 2009‐ t2009012201). It was cofunded by the European Commission under the EU Seventh Research Framework Programme (grant agreements 212196, COCOS, and 218793, MACC).
Published: 2010
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8. Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats

Author: Ingmar R. Staude, Henrique M. Pereira, Gergana N. Daskalova, Markus Bernhardt‐Römermann, Martin Diekmann, Harald Pauli, Hans Van Calster, Mark Vellend, Anne D. Bjorkman, Jörg Brunet, Pieter De Frenne, Radim Hédl, Ute Jandt, Jonathan Lenoir, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Kris Verheyen, Sonja Wipf, Monika Wulf, Christopher Andrews, Peter Barančok, Elena Barni, José‐Luis Benito‐Alonso, Jonathan Bennie, Imre Berki, Volker Blüml, Markéta Chudomelová, Guillaume Decocq, Jan Dick, Thomas Dirnböck, Tomasz Durak, Ove Eriksson, Brigitta Erschbamer, Bente Jessen Graae, Thilo Heinken, Fride Høistad Schei, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Martin Kopecký, Thomas Kudernatsch, Martin Macek, Marek Malicki, František Máliš, Ottar Michelsen, Tobias Naaf, Thomas A. Nagel, Adrian C. Newton, Lena Nicklas, Ludovica Oddi, Adrienne Ortmann‐Ajkai, Andrej Palaj, Alessandro Petraglia, Petr Petřík, Remigiusz Pielech, Francesco Porro, Mihai Puşcaş, Kamila Reczyńska, Christian Rixen, Wolfgang Schmidt, Tibor Standovár, Klaus Steinbauer, Krzysztof Świerkosz, Balázs Teleki, Jean‐Paul Theurillat, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Tudor‐Mihai Ursu, Thomas Vanneste, Philippine Vergeer, Ondřej Vild, Luis Villar, Pascal Vittoz, Manuela Winkler, Lander Baeten, Seabloom, Eric, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, University of Edinburgh, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena [Jena, Germany], University of Bremen, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Département de biologie [Sherbrooke] (UdeS), Faculté des sciences [Sherbrooke] (UdeS), Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS)-Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), University of Gothenburg (GU), Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Palacky University Olomouc, Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés - UMR CNRS 7058 (EDYSAN), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung = Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology [University of Turin], Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Jolube Consultor Botánico, University of Exeter, Institute of Environmental and Earth Sciences [Sopron] (NRRC), University of West Hungary [Sopron], University of Osnabrueck, Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Rzeszow University of Technology, Stockholm University, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck - University of Innsbruck, Norwegian University of Science and Technology [Trondheim] (NTNU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam, Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi=Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), University of Warsaw (UW), Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IB / CAS), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft - Bavarian State Institute of Forestry (LWF), Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen (TUZVO), University of Ljubljana, Bournemouth University [Poole] (BU), University of Pecs, Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma (UNIPR), University of Wrocław [Poland] (UWr), AGH University of Science and Technology [Krakow, PL] (AGH UST), Università degli Studi di Pavia = University of Pavia (UNIPV), Babes-Bolyai University [Cluj-Napoca] (UBB), Laboratoire de cristallographie et sciences des matériaux (CRISMAT), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (IRMA), Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences appliquées Rouen Normandie (INSA Rouen Normandie), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), University of Debrecen Egyetem [Debrecen], Centre alpien de Phytogéographie (CAP), Fondation Jean-Marcel Aubert, Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologìa = Pyrenean Institute of Ecology [Zaragoza] (IPE - CSIC), and Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL)
Subjects: 0106 biological sciences, sprememba habitata, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], DIVERSITY, NICHE BREADTH, species turnover, LOCAL BIODIVERSITY CHANGE, Forests, rastline, 01 natural sciences, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Grassland, Plants, GLORIA, alpine, biodiversity change, forest, forestREplot, grassland, homogenization, resurvey, winner and loser species, R PACKAGE, razširjenost, Ecology, SPECIES RICHNESS, grassland homogenization, PE&RC, habitat change, resurvey winner and loser species, Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer, ABUNDANCE, Evolution, POSITIVE INTERACTIONS, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, INDICATOR VALUES, 010603 evolutionary biology, Ecology and Environment, Behavior and Systematics, udc:630*18, species displacements, habitats, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, NITROGEN DEPOSITION, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Biology and Life Sciences, 15. Life on land, SIZE, premiki vrst
Abstract: International audience; Species turnover is ubiquitous. However, it remains unknown whether certain types of species are consistently gained or lost across different habitats. Here, we analysed the trajectories of 1827 plant species over time intervals of up to 78 years at 141 sites across mountain summits, forests, and lowland grasslands in Europe. We found, albeit with relatively small effect sizes, displacements of smaller- by larger-ranged species across habitats. Communities shifted in parallel towards more nutrient-demanding species, with species from nutrient-rich habitats having larger ranges. Because these species are typically strong competitors, declines of smaller-ranged species could reflect not only abiotic drivers of global change, but also biotic pressure from increased competition. The ubiquitous component of turnover based on species range size we found here may partially reconcile findings of no net loss in local diversity with global species loss, and link community-scale turnover to macroecological processes such as biotic homogenisation.
Published: 2021
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9. Biological Invasions in Conservation Planning: A Global Systematic Review

Author: Paolo G. Albano, Mohammed Ramdani, Stelios Katsanevakis, Vasilis Trygonis, Slavica Petović, Ioannis Giovos, X. Corrales, Vesna Mačić, Vasiliki Almpanidou, Salit Kark, Olivera Marković, Carlos Jiménez, Antonios D. Mazaris, Marina Panayotova, Gil Rilov, Franz Essl, Joachim Claudet, Elena Tricarico, Tomás Vega Fernández, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Athanasios Evagelopoulos, Maria Sini, Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir, University of Montenegro (UCG), Department of Palaeontology, Universität Wien, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL (LabEX CORAIL), Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut d'écologie et environnement-Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (UNC)-Université de la Polynésie Française (UPF)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre de recherches insulaires et observatoire de l'environnement (CRIOBE), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Marine Sciences / Institut de Ciències del Mar [Barcelona] (ICM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Department of Marine Sciences [Aegean], University of the Aegean, Universidad de Antioquia = University of Antioquia [Medellín, Colombia], Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland [Brisbane], Institute of Oceanology of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Department of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation, Environment Agency Austria, Faculte des sciences et Techniques Mohammedia [Casablanca] (FSTM), Université Hassan II [Casablanca] (UH2MC), University of Haifa [Haifa], Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI), CNR Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of marine biology, Umweltbundesamt, Department of Ecology, Systematics and Evolution. The Institute of Live Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Department of Ecology, School of Biology, National Institute of Oceanography [India] (NIO), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Université de la Polynésie Française (UPF)-Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (UNC)-Institut d'écologie et environnement-Université des Antilles (UA), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence (UniFI), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Rannsóknasetur á Vestfjörðum (HÍ), Research Centre in the West Fjords (UI), Háskóli Íslands (HÍ), and University of Iceland (UI)
Subjects: 0106 biological sciences, Management actions, lcsh:QH1-199.5, Mitigation, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Biodiversity, Invasive alien species, Vistfræði, Ocean Engineering, [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity, Alien, lcsh:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, Aquatic Science, Oceanography, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Sjávarlíffræði, mitigation, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, Dýr, Systematic conservation planning, Marine ecosystem, Ecosystem, 14. Life underwater, lcsh:Science, Environmental planning, non-indigenous species, Water Science and Technology, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, Estimation, Conservation planning, Global and Planetary Change, invasive alien species, management actions, [SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE], 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, 15. Life on land, Geography, Habitat, 13. Climate action, Non-indigenous species, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, lcsh:Q, Terrestrial ecosystem, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, systematic conservation planning, [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Symbiosis
Abstract: Publisher's version (útgefin grein). The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars. 2018.00178/full#supplementary-material, Biological invasions threaten biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, requiring substantial conservation and management efforts. To examine how the conservation planning literature addresses biological invasions and if planning in the marine environment could benefit from experiences in the freshwater and terrestrial systems, we conducted a global systematic review. Out of 1,149 scientific articles mentioning both “conservation planning” and “alien” or any of its alternative terms, 70 articles met our selection criteria. Most of the studies were related to the terrestrial environment, while only 10% focused on the marine environment. The main conservation targets were species (mostly vertebrates) rather than habitats or ecosystems. Apart from being mentioned, alien species were considered of concern for conservation in only 46% of the cases, while mitigation measures were proposed in only 13% of the cases. The vast majority of the studies (73%) ignored alien species in conservation planning even if their negative impacts were recognized. In 20% of the studies, highly invaded areas were avoided in the planning, while in 6% of the cases such areas were prioritized for conservation. In the latter case, two opposing approaches led to the selection of invaded areas: either alien and native biodiversity were treated equally in setting conservation targets, i.e., alien species were also considered as ecological features requiring protection, or more commonly invaded sites were prioritized for the implementation of management actions to control or eradicate invasive alien species. When the “avoid” approach was followed, in most of the cases highly impacted areas were either excluded or invasive alien species were included in the estimation of a cost function to be minimized. Most of the studies that followed a “protect” or “avoid” approach dealt with terrestrial or freshwater features but in most cases the followed approach could be transferred to the marine environment. Gaps and needs for further research are discussed and we propose an 11-step framework to account for biological invasions into the systematic conservation planning design., European Cooperation in Science and Technology. This article was undertaken in the framework of COST Action 15121 “Advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas” (MarCons; http://www.marcons-cost.eu; Katsanevakis et al., 2017)—supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology, CA15121). We thank the participants of the MarCons workshop in Zagreb on 13-14 October 2016 for sharing their ideas.
Published: 2018
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10. A simple rain collector preventing water re-evaporation dedicated for δ18O and δ2H analysis of cumulative precipitation samples

Author: L. Pöltenstein, Zvjezdana Roller-Lutz, M. Kralik, Hans Otto Lutz, L. Gourcy, Manfred Gröning, Environment Laboratories (IAEA), International Atomic Energy Agency [Vienna] (IAEA), Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Environment Agency, Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM), Physics Faculty, and Universität Bielefeld
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, δ18O, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Sample (material), Evaporation, 0207 environmental engineering, Precipitation, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, Rainwater harvesting, Fractionation, [SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology, 020701 environmental engineering, Stable isotopes, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Water Science and Technology, Isotope analysis, Hydrology, Stable isotope ratio, Sampling (statistics), 6. Clean water, 13. Climate action, Environmental science, Rain collector
Abstract: International audience; A simple rainwater collector has been developed that allows virtually evaporation-free rain sampling for subsequent water stable isotope analysis. It is designed for collecting composite monthly samples as required for global monitoring networks of the isotopic composition in precipitation. The new collector has the advantages to minimize necessary staff time for sampling by easy and fast changes of sample bottles, to avoid any need of oil for prevention of evaporation, to be cheap in construction, and to be easily installed and used in remote areas (unattended during 1 month). Tests performed at the IAEA have proven that water stored in the sampler for nearly 1 year did not suffer significantly from any evaporation effect. Further comparisons performed at sampling stations of the Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP) show excellent performance of the new collector with advantages over some conventional precipitation samplers. Slightly more negative delta-values observed in the new collector than in conventional sampler types could indicate lower evaporation effects.
Published: 2012
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11. International regulatory needs for development ofan IATA for non-genotoxic carcinogenic chemical substances

Author: Kimmo Louekari, Annamaria Colacci, Paule Vasseur, Betty C. Hakkert, Mirjam Luijten, Miriam N. Jacobs, Martin Paparella, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England [London], ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente, European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM), Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Terre et Environnement de Lorraine (OTELo), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Internationality, Carcinogenicity Tests, In vitro genotoxicity, Animal Testing Alternatives, medicine.disease_cause, Hazardous Substances, 03 medical and health sciences, Screening method, medicine, Animals, Guideline development, Animal testing, Carcinogen, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Pharmacology, Mutagenicity Tests, General Medicine, Integrated approach, 3. Good health, Medical Laboratory Technology, 030104 developmental biology, Risk analysis (engineering), [SDV.TOX]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology, Carcinogens, Biological Assay, Non genotoxic, Business, Genotoxicity
Abstract: Although regulatory requirements for carcinogenicity testing of chemicals vary according to product sector and regulatory jurisdiction, the standard approach starts with a battery of genotoxicity tests. If any of the in vivo genotoxicity tests are positive, a lifetime rodent cancer bioassay may be requested, which allows the detection of non-genotoxic carcinogens (NGTxC). However, under most chemical regulations the cancer bioassay is rarely requested, specific requests to obtain information on non-genotoxic mechanisms of carcinogenicity are few, and there are no OECD approved screening methods. When the in vitro genotoxicity battery is negative, usually no further carcinogenicity testing is requested. Consequently NGTxC might remain unidentified and therefore the risks they may pose to human health will not be managed. In contrast to genotoxic carcinogens NGTxCact through a large variety of specific mechanisms, and a panel of tests covering multiple biological traits will be needed. The development of an Integrated Approach to Testing and Assessment (IATA) of NGTxC could assist regulatory decision makers. We examine what NGTxC are and discuss chemical regulatory requirements and limitations. With a strong drive to reduce animal testing and costs in mind, it is essential that proper and robust alternatives for animal testing (3Rs) methods for addressing non-genotoxic modes of action are developed and used. Therefore relevant in vitro mechanisms and assays are described and tentatively organized in levels of information, indicating both a possible structure of the future IATA for NGTxC and associated OECD Test Guideline development priorities.
Published: 2016
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12. The EASIN Editorial Board: quality assurance, exchange and sharing of alien species information in Europe

Author: Andreas Zikos, Gergely Király, Ioan Sîrbu, Noa Shenkar, Elena Tricarico, Michel Bariche, Ivan Deriu, Melih Ertan Çinar, Stelios Katsanevakis, Eugenio Gervasini, Argyro Zenetos, Stefano Piraino, Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad, Marco Faasse, Thierry Backeljau, Fabio Crocetta, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Vadim E. Panov, Jean-Lou Justine, Fabio D’Amico, Konstantinos Tsiamis, Alain Roques, Giovanna Curto, Giuseppe Brundu, Assunta Bertaccini, Martina Carrete, Andrea Vannini, Martin R. Langer, Ioannis Bazos, Margarita Arianoutsou, Ya'Arit Levitt, Riccardo Scalera, European Commission, Department of Marine Sciences [Aegean], University of the Aegean, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), American University of Beirut [Beyrouth] (AUB), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Department of Agriculture, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Nematology Laboratory, USDA-ARS : Agricultural Research Service, eCOAST Marine Research, Partenaires INRAE, Netherland Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, University of West Hungary [Sopron], Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Tel Aviv University [Tel Aviv], Museum of Natural History, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre, Università del Salento, Environment Agency Austria, Unité de recherche Zoologie Forestière (URZF), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Species Survival Commission, University of Sibiu, Universtiy of Florence, Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems, Tuscia University, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences [Oslo], Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO)-Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Naturalis Biodiversity Center [Leiden], Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Tel Aviv University (TAU), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence (UniFI), Università degli studi della Tuscia [Viterbo], Tsiamis, Konstantino, Gervasini, Eugenio, D’Amico, Fabio, Deriu, Ivan, Katsanevakis, Stelio, Crocetta, Fabio, Zenetos, Argyro, Arianoutsou, Margarita, Backeljau, Thierry, Bariche, Michel, Bazos, Ioanni, Bertaccini, Assunta, Brundu, Giuseppe, Carrete, Martina, Çinar, Melih, Curto, Giovanna, Faasse, Marco, Justine, Jean Lou, Király, Gergely, Langer, Martin, Levitt, Ya'Arit, Panov, Vadim, Piraino, Stefano, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Roques, Alain, Scalera, Riccardo, Shenkar, Noa, Sîrbu, Ioan, Tricarico, Elena, Vannini, Andrea, Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn, Zikos, Andrea, Cardoso, Ana Cristina, Tsiamis, K., Gervasini, E., D’Amico, F., Deriu, I., Katsanevakis, S., Crocetta, F., Zenetos, A., Arianoutsou, M., Backeljau, T., Bariche, M., Bazos, I., Bertaccini, A., Brundu, G., Carrete, M., Ertan Çinar, M., Curto, G., Faasse, M., Justine, J-L., Király, G., Langer, M.R., Levitt, Y., Panov, V.E., Piraino, S., Rabitsch, W., Roques, A., Scalera, R., Shenkar, N., Sîrbu, I., Tricarico, E., Vannini, A., Vøllestad, L.A., Zikos, A., Cardoso, A.C., Tsiamis, Konstantinos, and Ege Üniversitesi
Subjects: 0106 biological sciences, invasive alien species, web platform, Knowledge management, Ecology, business.industry, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Editorial board, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, data quality, database, information system, data quality, database, information system, invasive alien species, web platform, Data quality, Information system, business, Alien species, Biology, Quality assurance, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract: WOS: 000422633100002, The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) aims to facilitate the exploration of alien species information in Europe, and is recognized as the information system supporting European Union Member States in the implementation of the recently published Invasive Alien Species Regulation. In this paper, we present the role and activities of the EASIN Editorial Board (EB), which is responsible for the quality assurance, safeguarding and constant improvement of EASIN. The EB is supported by a web platform that facilitates online discussions about alien species. This platform creates a virtual community by providing a forum-like interface that is moderated by the EB Members but is freely accessible to the scientific community and the general public. It allows all registered users to make comments, raise questions and share experience and expertise on alien species in Europe. Moreover, it provides a means for exchanging opinions and solving disputes in a transparent way. The overall EB activity is commonly agreed upon procedures and standards., European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), The authors wish to thank the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) for their support. We thank also the anonymous reviewers for their useful comments and corrections.
Published: 2016
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13. Multi-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS): promising materials for surface chemistry

Author: Lorret, O., Kastner, J., Dittert, B., Salaun, M., Zelsmann, M., Kosmala, B., A. Morris, M., Mühlberger, M., Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria, Laboratoire des technologies de la microélectronique (LTM), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University College Cork (UCC), Clot, Marielle, and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: [SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics], [SPI] Engineering Sciences [physics], [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], [PHYS.COND] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract: International audience
Published: 2013

14. ENVIROFI - Bringing Biodiversity to the Future Internet

Author: Katharina Schleidt, Nina Laurenne, Denis Havlik, Andrea Giacomelli, Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, Aalto University, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Roma] (CNR), Austrian Institute of Technology [Vienna] (AIT), Jiří Hřebíček, Gerald Schimak, Miroslav Kubásek, Andrea E. Rizzoli, TC 5, and WG 5.11
Subjects: Computer science, business.industry, Environmental resource management, 0207 environmental engineering, Biodiversity, 02 engineering and technology, Data science, Domain (software engineering), Order (business), [INFO]Computer Science [cs], The Internet, 020701 environmental engineering, business, Mobile device
Abstract: Part 1: Environmental Application in the Scope of the Future Internet; International audience; In order to meet the requirements for observational biodiversity data, new sources of data must be enabled; for this purpose, new tools will be required. In order to effectively implement such tools, standardized building blocks such as the enablers defined by the FI will be very valuable. Thus, it is of utmost urgency that the requirements posed by the biodiversity sector are clearly structured and made available for implementation of environmental enablers within the FI. The ENVIROFI project has gone to great lengths so provide these requirements for various environmental domains; of specific relevant to this paper being the biodiversity domain. We hope to successfully contribute to the future of e-Environment in this manner.
Published: 2013
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15. Changes in ozone over Europe: Analysis of ozone measurements from sondes, regular aircraft (MOZAIC) and alpine surface sites

Author: Logan J. A., Staehelin J., Megretskaia I. A., Cammas J. P., Thouret V., Claude H., De Backer H., Steinbacher M., Scheel H. E., Stuebi R., Froehlich M., Derwent R., Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University [Cambridge], Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science [Zürich] (IAC), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Ozone et Précurseurs (O3P ), Laboratoire d'aérologie (LAERO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg (MOHp), Deutscher Wetterdienst [Offenbach] (DWD), Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique [Bruxelles] (IRM), Laboratory of Air Pollution and Environmental Technology, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology [Thun] (EMPA), Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung - Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Payerne Aerological Station, Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Air Pollution Control and Climate Change Mitigation, Environment Agency Austria, Rdscientific [Newbury], Harvard University, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique [Bruxelles] - Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM), Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology [Dübendorf] (EMPA), and Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria
Subjects: [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]
Abstract: International audience; We use ozone observations from sondes, regular aircraft, and alpine surface sites in a self-consistent analysis to determine robust changes in the time evolution of ozone over Europe. The data are most coherent since 1998, with similar interannual variability and trends. Ozone has decreased slowly since 1998, with an annual mean trend of −0.15 ppb yr−1 at ∼3 km and the largest decrease in summer. There are some substantial differences between the sondes and other data, particularly in the early 1990s. The alpine and aircraft data show that ozone increased from late 1994 until 1998, but the sonde data do not. Time series of differences in ozone between pairs of locations reveal inconsistencies in various data sets. Differences as small as few ppb for 2-3 years lead to different trends for 1995-2008, when all data sets overlap. Sonde data from Hohenpeissenberg and in situ data from nearby Zugspitze show ozone increased by ∼1 ppb yr−1 during 1978-1989. We construct a mean alpine time series using data for Jungfraujoch, Zugspitze, and Sonnblick. Using Zugspitze data for 1978-1989, and the mean time series since 1990, we find that the ozone increased by 6.5-10 ppb in 1978-1989 and 2.5-4.5 ppb in the 1990s and decreased by 4 ppb in the 2000s in summer with no significant changes in other seasons. It is hard to reconcile all these changes with trends in emissions of ozone precursors, and in ozone in the lowermost stratosphere. We recommend data sets that are suitable for evaluation of model hindcasts.
Published: 2012
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16. Best Practice Network GS SOIL Promoting Access to European, Interoperable and INSPIRE Compliant Soil Information

Author: Einar Eberhardt, Fred A. Kruse, Herbert Schentz, Tomáš Řezník, Rainer Baritz, Katharina Feiden, Petr Kubíček, Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection, Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), Umweltbundesamt GmbH/Environment Agency Austria, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Jiří Hřebíček, Gerald Schimak, Ralf Denzer, TC 5, and WG 5.11
Subjects: thesaurus, Knowledge management, geoportal, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Computer science, Data management, Interoperability, application schema, 0211 other engineering and technologies, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS, World Wide Web, Deliverable, 11. Sustainability, data quality, [INFO]Computer Science [cs], INSPIRE, 021101 geological & geomatics engineering, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Thesaurus (information retrieval), Spatial data infrastructure, business.industry, data specification, metadata, spatial data infrastructure, 15. Life on land, Metadata, 13. Climate action, Data quality, business, soil data, Geoportal, controlled vocabulary
Abstract: Part 3: Environmental Information Systems and Services – Infrastructures and Platforms; International audience; INSPIRE provides the framework for the establishment of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure. The cross-border use and applicability of data requires that specific standards and rules are fulfilled by data providers. Such rules are currently being developed as data specifications. Soil as a theme in the INSPIRE annex III is included in this process, and was selected as the target theme for the EU best practice network GS SOIL ”Assessment and strategic development of INSPIRE compliant Geodata-Services for European soil data”. The project contributes to the harmonization and provision of interoperable soil geodata in Europe. The main deliverable of the project is the web portal http://gssoil-portal.eu/, which provides information, data management tools and links to data sources. Examples are the soil specific multilingual thesaurus, a metadata editor and catalogue service, provision of WMS and prototype WFS.
Published: 2011
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17. Regional invasion history and land use shape the prevalence of non-native species in local assemblages.

Author: Liu D, Essl F, Lenzner B, Moser D, Semenchuk P, Blackburn TM, Cassey P, Biancolini D, Capinha C, Dawson W, Dyer EE, Guénard B, Economo EP, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, van Kleunen M, Rondinini C, Seebens H, Weigelt P, Winter M, Purvis A, and Dullinger S
Subjects: Animals, Plants, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Conservation of Natural Resources, Introduced Species, Mammals, Birds
Abstract: The ecological impact of non-native species arises from their establishment in local assemblages. However, the rates of non-native spread in new regions and their determinants have not been comprehensively studied. Here, we combined global databases documenting the occurrence of non-native species and residence of non-native birds, mammals, and vascular plants at regional and local scales to describe how the likelihood of non-native occurrence and their proportion in local assemblages relate with their residence time and levels of human usage in different ecosystems. Our findings reveal that local non-native occurrence generally increases with residence time. Colonization is most rapid in croplands and urban areas, while it is slower and variable in natural or semi-natural ecosystems. Notably, non-native occurrence continues to rise even 200 years after introduction, especially for birds and vascular plants, and in other land-use types rather than croplands and urban areas. The impact of residence time on non-native proportions is significant only for mammals. We conclude that the continental exchange of biotas requires considerable time for effects to manifest at the local scale across taxa and land-use types. The unpredictability of future impacts, implied by the slow spread of non-native species, strengthens the call for stronger regulations on the exchange of non-native species to reduce the long-lasting invasion debt looming on ecosystems' future., (© 2024 The Author(s). Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Published: 2024
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18. Green Swans countering chemical pollution.

Author: Posthuma L, Bloor M, Campos B, Groh K, Leopold A, Sanderson H, Schreiber H, Schür C, and Thomas P
Subjects: Animals, Environmental Pollution, Birds
Published: 2024
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19. Herbicide resistance and biodiversity: agronomic and environmental aspects of genetically modified herbicide-resistant plants.

Author: Schütte G, Eckerstorfer M, Rastelli V, Reichenbecher W, Restrepo-Vassalli S, Ruohonen-Lehto M, Saucy AW, and Mertens M
Abstract: Farmland biodiversity is an important characteristic when assessing sustainability of agricultural practices and is of major international concern. Scientific data indicate that agricultural intensification and pesticide use are among the main drivers of biodiversity loss. The analysed data and experiences do not support statements that herbicide-resistant crops provide consistently better yields than conventional crops or reduce herbicide amounts. They rather show that the adoption of herbicide-resistant crops impacts agronomy, agricultural practice, and weed management and contributes to biodiversity loss in several ways: (i) many studies show that glyphosate-based herbicides, which were commonly regarded as less harmful, are toxic to a range of aquatic organisms and adversely affect the soil and intestinal microflora and plant disease resistance; the increased use of 2,4-D or dicamba, linked to new herbicide-resistant crops, causes special concerns. (ii) The adoption of herbicide-resistant crops has reduced crop rotation and favoured weed management that is solely based on the use of herbicides. (iii) Continuous herbicide resistance cropping and the intensive use of glyphosate over the last 20 years have led to the appearance of at least 34 glyphosate-resistant weed species worldwide. Although recommended for many years, farmers did not counter resistance development in weeds by integrated weed management, but continued to rely on herbicides as sole measure. Despite occurrence of widespread resistance in weeds to other herbicides, industry rather develops transgenic crops with additional herbicide resistance genes. (iv) Agricultural management based on broad-spectrum herbicides as in herbicide-resistant crops further decreases diversity and abundance of wild plants and impacts arthropod fauna and other farmland animals. Taken together, adverse impacts of herbicide-resistant crops on biodiversity, when widely adopted, should be expected and are indeed very hard to avoid. For that reason, and in order to comply with international agreements to protect and enhance biodiversity, agriculture needs to focus on practices that are more environmentally friendly, including an overall reduction in pesticide use. (Pesticides are used for agricultural as well non-agricultural purposes. Most commonly they are used as plant protection products and regarded as a synonym for it and so also in this text.).
Published: 2017
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1. The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity

2. Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Database and Metrics Data of Global Surface Ozone Observations

3. How to use human biomonitoring in chemical risk assessment: Methodological aspects, recommendations, and lessons learned from HBM4EU

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10. A simple rain collector preventing water re-evaporation dedicated for δ18O and δ2H analysis of cumulative precipitation samples

11. International regulatory needs for development ofan IATA for non-genotoxic carcinogenic chemical substances

12. The EASIN Editorial Board: quality assurance, exchange and sharing of alien species information in Europe

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19. Herbicide resistance and biodiversity: agronomic and environmental aspects of genetically modified herbicide-resistant plants.

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