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2. Inland navigation and land use interact to impact European freshwater biodiversity

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Sexton, Aaron N., Beisel, Jean-Nicolas, Staentzel, Cybill, Wolter, Christian, Tales, Evelyne, Belliard, Jérôme, Buijse, Anthonie D., Martínez Fernández, Vanesa, Wantzen, Karl M., Jähnig, Sonja C., Garcia de Leaniz, Carlos, Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Haase, Peter, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Archambaud, Gait, Fruget, Jean-François, Dohet, Alain, Evtimova, Vesela, Csabai, Zoltán, Floury, Mathieu, Goethals, Peter, Várbiró, Gábor, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Larrañaga, Aitor, Maire, Anthony, Schäfer, Ralf B., Sinclair, James S., Vannevel, Rudy, Welti, Ellen A. R., and Jeliazkov, Alienor

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2024
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5. Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers

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Welti, Ellen A. R., Bowler, Diana E., Sinclair, James S., Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Archambaud, Gaït, Arrate Jorrín, Iñaki, Aspin, Thomas, Azpiroz, Iker, Baker, Nathan Jay, Bañares, Iñaki, Barquín Ortiz, José, Bodin, Christian L., Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Bottarin, Roberta, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Domisch, Sami, Dörflinger, Gerald, Drohan, Emma, Eikland, Knut A., England, Judy, Eriksen, Tor E., Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forcellini, Maxence, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Friberg, Nikolai, Fruget, Jean-François, Garcia Marquez, Jaime R., Georgieva, Galia, Goethals, Peter, Graça, Manuel A. S., House, Andy, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Jensen, Thomas Correll, Johnson, Richard K., Jones, J. Iwan, Kiesel, Jens, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, L’Hoste, Lionel, Lizée, Marie-Hélène, Lorenz, Armin W., Maire, Anthony, Manzanos Arnaiz, Jesús Alberto, Mckie, Brendan, Millán, Andrés, Muotka, Timo, Murphy, John F., Ozolins, Davis, Paavola, Riku, Paril, Petr, Peñas Silva, Francisco Jesús, Polasek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes, Rubio, Manu, Sánchez Fernández, David, Sandin, Leonard, Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Scotti, Alberto, Shen, Longzhu Q., Skuja, Agnija, Stoll, Stefan, Straka, Michal, Stubbington, Rachel, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta G., Tziortzis, Iakovos, Uzunov, Yordan, van der Lee, Gea H., Vannevel, Rudy, Varadinova, Emilia, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Piet F. M., Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Vidinova, Yanka, Wiberg-Larsen, Peter, and Haase, Peter

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2024
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8. Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics

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Sinclair, James S., Welti, Ellen A. R., Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Aroviita, Jukka, Baker, Nathan J., Barešová, Libuše, Barquín, José, Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Dörflinger, Gerald, Eriksen, Tor E., Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Goethals, Peter L. M., Heino, Jani, Hering, Daniel, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Jähnig, Sonja C., Johnson, Richard K., Kuglerová, Lenka, Kupilas, Benjamin, L’Hoste, Lionel, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, Lorenz, Armin W., McKie, Brendan G., Muotka, Timo, Osadčaja, Diana, Paavola, Riku, Palinauskas, Vaidas, Pařil, Petr, Pilotto, Francesca, Polášek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes J., Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Scotti, Alberto, Skuja, Agnija, Straka, Michal, Stubbington, Rachel, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta, Tziortzis, Iakovos, Vannevel, Rudy, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Vray, Sarah, and Haase, Peter

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2024
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9. The relationships between biotic uniqueness and abiotic uniqueness are context dependent across drainage basins worldwide

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Snåre, Henna, García-Girón, Jorge, Alahuhta, Janne, Bini, Luis Mauricio, Boda, Pál, Bonada, Núria, Brasil, Leandro S., Callisto, Marcos, Castro, Diego M. P., Chen, Kai, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, Domisch, Sami, García-Marquez, Jaime R., Floury, Mathieu, Friberg, Nikolai, Gill, Brian A., González-Trujillo, Juan David, Göthe, Emma, Haase, Peter, Hamada, Neusa, Hill, Matthew J., Hjort, Jan, Juen, Leandro, Jupke, Jonathan F., de Faria, Ana Paula Justino, Li, Zhengfei, Ligeiro, Raphael, Linares, Marden S., Luiza-Andrade, Ana, Macedo, Diego R., Mathers, Kate L., Mellado-Diaz, Andres, Milosevic, Djuradj, Moya, Nabor, Poff, N. LeRoy, Rolls, Robert J., Roque, Fabio O., Saito, Victor S., Sandin, Leonard, Schäfer, Ralf B., Scotti, Alberto, Siqueira, Tadeu, Martins, Renato Tavares, Valente-Neto, Francisco, Wang, Beixin, Wang, Jun, Xie, Zhicai, and Heino, Jani

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2024
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13. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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Haase, Peter, Bowler, Diana E., Baker, Nathan J., Bonada, Núria, Domisch, Sami, Garcia Marquez, Jaime R., Heino, Jani, Hering, Daniel, Jähnig, Sonja C., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Stubbington, Rachel, Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Archambaud-Suard, Gaït, Jorrín, Iñaki Arrate, Aspin, Thomas, Azpiroz, Iker, Bañares, Iñaki, Ortiz, José Barquín, Bodin, Christian L., Bonacina, Luca, Bottarin, Roberta, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Dörflinger, Gerald, Drohan, Emma, Eikland, Knut A., England, Judy, Eriksen, Tor E., Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forcellini, Maxence, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Friberg, Nikolai, Fruget, Jean-François, Georgieva, Galia, Goethals, Peter, Graça, Manuel A. S., Graf, Wolfram, House, Andy, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Jensen, Thomas C., Johnson, Richard K., Jones, J. Iwan, Kiesel, Jens, Kuglerová, Lenka, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, L’Hoste, Lionel, Lizée, Marie-Helène, Lorenz, Armin W., Maire, Anthony, Arnaiz, Jesús Alberto Manzanos, McKie, Brendan G., Millán, Andrés, Monteith, Don, Muotka, Timo, Murphy, John F., Ozolins, Davis, Paavola, Riku, Paril, Petr, Peñas, Francisco J., Pilotto, Francesca, Polášek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes Jessen, Rubio, Manu, Sánchez-Fernández, David, Sandin, Leonard, Schäfer, Ralf B., Scotti, Alberto, Shen, Longzhu Q., Skuja, Agnija, Stoll, Stefan, Straka, Michal, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta G., Tziortzis, Iakovos, Uzunov, Yordan, van der Lee, Gea H., Vannevel, Rudy, Varadinova, Emilia, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Piet F. M., Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Vidinova, Yanka, Wiberg-Larsen, Peter, and Welti, Ellen A. R.

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2023
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14. The faunal Ponto-Caspianization of central and western European waterways

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Soto, Ismael, Cuthbert, Ross N., Ricciardi, Anthony, Ahmed, Danish A., Altermatt, Florian, Schäfer, Ralf B., Archambaud-Suard, Gaït, Bonada, Núria, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, Dick, Jaimie T. A., Floury, Mathieu, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Forcellini, Maxence, Fruget, Jean-François, Goethals, Peter, Haase, Peter, Hudgins, Emma J., Jones, J. Iwan, Kouba, Antonín, Leitner, Patrick, Lizée, Marie-Helène, Maire, Anthony, Murphy, John F., Ozolins, Davis, Rasmussen, Jes Jessen, Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Skuja, Agnija, Stubbington, Rachel, Van der Lee, Gea H., Vannevel, Rudy, Várbíró, Gábor, Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Wiberg-Larsen, Peter, Haubrock, Phillip J., and Briski, Elizabeta

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2023
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15. Multiple Stressors

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O’Brien, Allyson L., primary, Dafforn, Katherine, additional, Chariton, Anthony, additional, Airoldi, Laura, additional, Schäfer, Ralf B., additional, and Mayer-Pinto, Mariana, additional

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2023
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18. Typical earthworm assemblages of European ecosystem types.

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Jupke, Jonathan F., Scheu, Sebastian, Cameron, Erin K., Eisenhauer, Nico, Phillips, Helen R. P., Römbke, Jörg, Rutgers, Michiel, Schäfer, Ralf B., and Entling, Martin H.

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SOIL biology, LIFE zones, CLIMATIC classification, SOIL classification, NATURE conservation
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For nature conservation and planning, terrestrial ecosystems are commonly classified based on their plant communities. Although soils are fundamental to ecosystem functioning, ecosystem classifications based on soil organisms are rare, and it is poorly understood whether their assemblage compositions follow existing classification schemes. We examined whether commonly used ecosystem types capture variation in earthworm (Lumbricidae) assemblages—a crucial biotic component of soil ecosystems. To this end, we created four ecosystem classifications by combining large‐scale climatic classifications (Biogeographic Regions [BGR] and Holdridge Life Zones [HLZ]) with small‐scale land cover classifications (CORINE Land Cover [CLC] and European Nature Information System [EUNIS]). European earthworm assemblage data from the sWORM and Edaphobase databases were analysed for variation in composition within and among ecosystem types, using Permutational Analysis of Variance and Analysis of Similarities. Additionally, we used Typical Species Analysis to establish typical earthworm assemblages (TAs) for each ecosystem type. Ecosystem classifications using the BGR explained more variance than HLZ, but HLZ showed a higher separation of assemblages between ecosystem types. The differentiation between Atlantic and Continental climates in the BGR could explain the superiority over the HLZ, which had only one category for the cool temperate zone of our study region. The typical assemblages contained on average six species, with some habitat generalists present in most. This study shows that combinations of ecosystem properties from different spatial scales can be used to distinguish between earthworm assemblages at the European level. However, earthworm assemblages across Europe were highly similar due to low species richness and the dominance of a few widespread species. This limits the possibility of applying TAs on large spatial scales, for example, for environmental monitoring. We suggest that future studies should explore the use of more species‐rich groups of soil organisms to characterize ecosystem types. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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19. Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers

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Welti, Ellen A.R., Bowler, Diana E., Sinclair, James S., Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Archambaud, Gaït, Arrate Jorrín, Iñaki, Aspin, Thomas, Azpiroz, Iker, Baker, Nathan Jay, Bañares, Iñaki, Barquín Ortiz, José, Bodin, Christian L., Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Bottarin, Roberta, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Domisch, Sami, Dörflinger, Gerald, Drohan, Emma, Eikland, Knut A., England, Judy, Eriksen, Tor E., Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forcellini, Maxence, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Friberg, Nikolai, Fruget, Jean François, Garcia Marquez, Jaime R., Georgieva, Galia, Goethals, Peter, Graça, Manuel A.S., House, Andy, Huttunen, Kaisa Leena, Jensen, Thomas Correll, Johnson, Richard K., Jones, J.I., Kiesel, Jens, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, L’Hoste, Lionel, Lizée, Marie Hélène, Lorenz, Armin W., Maire, Anthony, Manzanos Arnaiz, Jesús Alberto, Mckie, Brendan, Millán, Andrés, Muotka, Timo, Murphy, John F., Ozolins, Davis, Paavola, Riku, Paril, Petr, Peñas Silva, Francisco Jesús, Polasek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes, Rubio, Manu, Sánchez Fernández, David, Sandin, Leonard, Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Scotti, Alberto, Shen, Longzhu Q., Skuja, Agnija, Stoll, Stefan, Straka, Michal, Stubbington, Rachel, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta G., Tziortzis, Iakovos, Uzunov, Yordan, van der Lee, Gea H., Vannevel, Rudy, Varadinova, Emilia, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Piet F.M., Verdonschot, Ralf C.M., Vidinova, Yanka, Wiberg-Larsen, Peter, Haase, Peter, Welti, Ellen A.R., Bowler, Diana E., Sinclair, James S., Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Archambaud, Gaït, Arrate Jorrín, Iñaki, Aspin, Thomas, Azpiroz, Iker, Baker, Nathan Jay, Bañares, Iñaki, Barquín Ortiz, José, Bodin, Christian L., Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Bottarin, Roberta, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Domisch, Sami, Dörflinger, Gerald, Drohan, Emma, Eikland, Knut A., England, Judy, Eriksen, Tor E., Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forcellini, Maxence, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Friberg, Nikolai, Fruget, Jean François, Garcia Marquez, Jaime R., Georgieva, Galia, Goethals, Peter, Graça, Manuel A.S., House, Andy, Huttunen, Kaisa Leena, Jensen, Thomas Correll, Johnson, Richard K., Jones, J.I., Kiesel, Jens, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, L’Hoste, Lionel, Lizée, Marie Hélène, Lorenz, Armin W., Maire, Anthony, Manzanos Arnaiz, Jesús Alberto, Mckie, Brendan, Millán, Andrés, Muotka, Timo, Murphy, John F., Ozolins, Davis, Paavola, Riku, Paril, Petr, Peñas Silva, Francisco Jesús, Polasek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes, Rubio, Manu, Sánchez Fernández, David, Sandin, Leonard, Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Scotti, Alberto, Shen, Longzhu Q., Skuja, Agnija, Stoll, Stefan, Straka, Michal, Stubbington, Rachel, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta G., Tziortzis, Iakovos, Uzunov, Yordan, van der Lee, Gea H., Vannevel, Rudy, Varadinova, Emilia, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Piet F.M., Verdonschot, Ralf C.M., Vidinova, Yanka, Wiberg-Larsen, Peter, and Haase, Peter

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Freshwater macroinvertebrates are a diverse group and play key ecological roles, including accelerating nutrient cycling, filtering water, controlling primary producers, and providing food for predators. Their differences in tolerances and short generation times manifest in rapid community responses to change. Macroinvertebrate community composition is an indicator of water quality. In Europe, efforts to improve water quality following environmental legislation, primarily starting in the 1980s, may have driven a recovery of macroinvertebrate communities. Towards understanding temporal and spatial variation of these organisms, we compiled the TREAM dataset (Time seRies of European freshwAter Macroinvertebrates), consisting of macroinvertebrate community time series from 1,816 river and stream sites (mean length of 19.2 years and 14.9 sampling years) of 22 European countries sampled between 1968 and 2020. In total, the data include >93 million sampled individuals of 2,648 taxa from 959 genera and 212 families. These data can be used to test questions ranging from identifying drivers of the population dynamics of specific taxa to assessing the success of legislative and management restoration efforts.

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2024

20. A conceptual framework for landscape-based environmental risk assessment (ERA) of pesticides

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Tarazona, Jose V., de Alba-Gonzalez, Mercedes, Bedos, Carole, Benoit, Pierre, Bertrand, Colette, Crouzet, Olivier, Dagès, Cécile, Dorne, Jean-Lou C.M., Fernandez-Agudo, Ana, Focks, Andreas, Gonzalez-Caballero, Maria del Carmen, Kroll, Alexandra, Liess, Matthias, Loureiro, Susana, Ortiz-Santaliestra, Manuel E., Rasmussen, Jes J., Royauté, Raphaël, Rundlöf, Maj, Schäfer, Ralf B., Short, Stephen, Siddique, Ayesha, Sousa, José Paulo, Spurgeon, Dave, Staub, Pierre-François, Topping, Chris J., Voltz, Marc, Axelman, Johan, Aldrich, Annette, Duquesne, Sabine, Mazerolles, Vanessa, Devos, Yann, Tarazona, Jose V., de Alba-Gonzalez, Mercedes, Bedos, Carole, Benoit, Pierre, Bertrand, Colette, Crouzet, Olivier, Dagès, Cécile, Dorne, Jean-Lou C.M., Fernandez-Agudo, Ana, Focks, Andreas, Gonzalez-Caballero, Maria del Carmen, Kroll, Alexandra, Liess, Matthias, Loureiro, Susana, Ortiz-Santaliestra, Manuel E., Rasmussen, Jes J., Royauté, Raphaël, Rundlöf, Maj, Schäfer, Ralf B., Short, Stephen, Siddique, Ayesha, Sousa, José Paulo, Spurgeon, Dave, Staub, Pierre-François, Topping, Chris J., Voltz, Marc, Axelman, Johan, Aldrich, Annette, Duquesne, Sabine, Mazerolles, Vanessa, and Devos, Yann

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While pesticide use is subject to strict regulatory oversight worldwide, it remains a main concern for environmental protection, including biodiversity conservation. This is partly due to the current regulatory approach that relies on separate assessments for each single pesticide, crop use, and non-target organism group at local scales. Such assessments tend to overlook the combined effects of overall pesticide usage at larger spatial scales. Integrative landscape-based approaches are emerging, enabling the consideration of agricultural management, the environmental characteristics, and the combined effects of pesticides applied in a same or in different crops within an area. These developments offer the opportunity to deliver informative risk predictions relevant for different decision contexts including their connection to larger spatial scales and to combine environmental risks of pesticides, with those from other environmental stressors. We discuss the needs, challenges, opportunities and available tools for implementing landscape-based approaches for prospective and retrospective pesticide Environmental Risk Assessments (ERA). A set of “building blocks” that emerged from the discussions have been integrated into a conceptual framework. The framework includes elements to facilitate its implementation, in particular: flexibility to address the needs of relevant users and stakeholders; means to address the inherent complexity of environmental systems; connections to make use of and integrate data derived from monitoring programs; and options for validation and approaches to facilitate future use in a regulatory context. The conceptual model can be applied to existing ERA methodologies, facilitating its comparability, and highlighting interoperability drivers at landscape level. The benefits of landscape-based pesticide ERA extend beyond regulation. Linking and validating risk predictions with relevant environmental impacts under a solid science-based approach wil

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2024

21. Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics

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0000-0003-0787-7342, 0000-0001-6944-3422, 0000-0002-4831-6958, 0000-0001-7948-106X, 0000-0003-1897-2636, 0000-0002-4695-5932, 0000-0002-2983-3335, 0000-0003-3864-7451, 0000-0003-1700-2574, 0000-0003-2281-2491, 0000-0003-2962-7387, 0000-0003-0209-4648, 0000-0003-2033-6399, 0000-0002-6358-8011, 0000-0003-0362-6802, 0000-0001-6740-3654, 0000-0002-4952-5807, 0000-0001-6675-4751, 0000-0001-6326-5653, 0000-0003-0488-1274, 0000-0002-6349-9561, 0000-0001-7979-6563, 0000-0003-0239-9468, 0000-0002-0185-9154, 0000-0002-3262-6396, 0009-0006-6199-9200, 0000-0002-4708-1413, 0000-0002-4714-0305, 0000-0002-7471-997X, 0000-0003-1848-3154, 0000-0002-5932-3125, 0000-0001-8839-5913, 0000-0002-5861-7551, 0000-0001-8475-5109, 0000-0002-9315-7773, 0000-0002-5603-271X, 0000-0002-0977-5975, 0000-0002-7385-8302, 0000-0002-9340-0438, Sinclair, James S., Welti, Ellen A. R., Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Aroviita, Jukka, Baker, Nathan J., Barešová, Libuše, Barquín, José, Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Dörflinger, Gerald, Eriksen, Tor E., Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Goethals, Peter L. M., Heino, Jani, Hering, Daniel, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Jähnig, Sonja C., Johnson, Richard K., Kuglerová, Lenka, Kupilas, Benjamin, L'Hoste, Lionel, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, Lorenz, Armin W., McKie, Brendan G., Muotka, Timo, Osadčaja, Diana, Paavola, Riku, Palinauskas, Vaidas, Pařil, Petr, Pilotto, Francesca, Polášek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes J., Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Scotti, Alberto, Skuja, Agnija, Straka, Michal, Stubbington, Rachel, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta, Tziortzis, Iakovos, Vannevel, Rudy, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Vray, Sarah, Haase, Peter, 0000-0003-0787-7342, 0000-0001-6944-3422, 0000-0002-4831-6958, 0000-0001-7948-106X, 0000-0003-1897-2636, 0000-0002-4695-5932, 0000-0002-2983-3335, 0000-0003-3864-7451, 0000-0003-1700-2574, 0000-0003-2281-2491, 0000-0003-2962-7387, 0000-0003-0209-4648, 0000-0003-2033-6399, 0000-0002-6358-8011, 0000-0003-0362-6802, 0000-0001-6740-3654, 0000-0002-4952-5807, 0000-0001-6675-4751, 0000-0001-6326-5653, 0000-0003-0488-1274, 0000-0002-6349-9561, 0000-0001-7979-6563, 0000-0003-0239-9468, 0000-0002-0185-9154, 0000-0002-3262-6396, 0009-0006-6199-9200, 0000-0002-4708-1413, 0000-0002-4714-0305, 0000-0002-7471-997X, 0000-0003-1848-3154, 0000-0002-5932-3125, 0000-0001-8839-5913, 0000-0002-5861-7551, 0000-0001-8475-5109, 0000-0002-9315-7773, 0000-0002-5603-271X, 0000-0002-0977-5975, 0000-0002-7385-8302, 0000-0002-9340-0438, Sinclair, James S., Welti, Ellen A. R., Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Aroviita, Jukka, Baker, Nathan J., Barešová, Libuše, Barquín, José, Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Dörflinger, Gerald, Eriksen, Tor E., Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Goethals, Peter L. M., Heino, Jani, Hering, Daniel, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Jähnig, Sonja C., Johnson, Richard K., Kuglerová, Lenka, Kupilas, Benjamin, L'Hoste, Lionel, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, Lorenz, Armin W., McKie, Brendan G., Muotka, Timo, Osadčaja, Diana, Paavola, Riku, Palinauskas, Vaidas, Pařil, Petr, Pilotto, Francesca, Polášek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes J., Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Scotti, Alberto, Skuja, Agnija, Straka, Michal, Stubbington, Rachel, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta, Tziortzis, Iakovos, Vannevel, Rudy, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Vray, Sarah, and Haase, Peter

Abstract

Humans impact terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems, yet many broad-scale studies have found no systematic, negative biodiversity changes (for example, decreasing abundance or taxon richness). Here we show that mixed biodiversity responses may arise because community metrics show variable responses to anthropogenic impacts across broad spatial scales. We first quantified temporal trends in anthropogenic impacts for 1,365 riverine invertebrate communities from 23 European countries, based on similarity to least-impacted reference communities. Reference comparisons provide necessary, but often missing, baselines for evaluating whether communities are negatively impacted or have improved (less or more similar, respectively). We then determined whether changing impacts were consistently reflected in metrics of community abundance, taxon richness, evenness and composition. Invertebrate communities improved, that is, became more similar to reference conditions, from 1992 until the 2010s, after which improvements plateaued. Improvements were generally reflected by higher taxon richness, providing evidence that certain community metrics can broadly indicate anthropogenic impacts. However, richness responses were highly variable among sites, and we found no consistent responses in community abundance, evenness or composition. These findings suggest that, without sufficient data and careful metric selection, many common community metrics cannot reliably reflect anthropogenic impacts, helping explain the prevalence of mixed biodiversity trends.

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2024

22. Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers

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European Commision, 0000-0001-6944-3422, 0000-0002-4831-6958, 0000-0001-9493-2279, 0000-0002-2983-3335, 0000-0002-6352-3699, 0000-0003-3864-7451, 0000-0003-1390-6736, 0000-0003-2281-2491, 0000-0003-2962-7387, 0000-0002-8127-9335, 0000-0003-0209-4648, 0000-0001-5037-7509, 0000-0001-6675-4751, 0000-0001-7979-6563, 0000-0002-0185-9154, 0000-0003-0239-9468, 0000-0002-3262-6396, 0000-0003-0920-773X, 0000-0003-0036-363X, 0000-0003-3752-2040, 0000-0002-7471-997X, 0000-0003-3213-7135, 0000-0003-3510-1701, 0000-0001-5629-3007, 0000-0001-8475-5109, 0000-0002-9315-7773, 0000-0002-5603-271X, 0000-0002-4126-7452, 0000-0002-9340-0438, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72], Welti, Ellen A. R., Bowler, Diana E., Sinclair, James S, Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Archambaud, Gaït, Arrate Jorrín, Iñaki, Aspin, Thomas, Azpiroz, Iker, Baker, Nathan Jay, Bañares, Iñaki, Barquín Ortiz, José, Bodin, Christian L., Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Bottarin, Roberta, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Domisch, Sami, Dörflinger, Gerald, Drohan, Emma, Eikland, Knut A, England, Judy, Eriksen, Tor E, Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forcellini, Maxence, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Friberg, Nikolai, Fruget, Jean-François, Garcia Marquez, Jaime R., Georgieva, Galia, Goethals, Peter, Graça, Manuel A. S., House, Andy, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Jensen, Thomas Correll, Johnson, Richard K., Jones, J Iwan, Kiesel, Jens, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, L'Hoste, Lionel, Lizée, Marie-Hélène, Lorenz, Armin W., Maire, Anthony, Manzanos Arnaiz, Jesús Alberto, Mckie, Brendan, Millán, Andrés, Muotka, Timo, Murphy, John F., Ozolins, Davis, Paavola, Riku, Paril, Petr, Peñas Silva, Francisco Jesús, Polasek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes, Rubio, Manu, Sánchez Fernández, David, Sandin, Leonard, Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Scotti, Alberto, Shen, Longzhu Q., Skuja, Agnija, Stoll, Stefan, Straka, Michal, Stubbington, Rachel, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta G., Tziortzis, Iakovos, Uzunov, Yordan, van der Lee, Gea H., Vannevel, Rudy, Varadinova, Emilia, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Piet F. M., Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Vidinova, Yanka, Wiberg-Larsen, Peter, Haase, Peter, European Commision, 0000-0001-6944-3422, 0000-0002-4831-6958, 0000-0001-9493-2279, 0000-0002-2983-3335, 0000-0002-6352-3699, 0000-0003-3864-7451, 0000-0003-1390-6736, 0000-0003-2281-2491, 0000-0003-2962-7387, 0000-0002-8127-9335, 0000-0003-0209-4648, 0000-0001-5037-7509, 0000-0001-6675-4751, 0000-0001-7979-6563, 0000-0002-0185-9154, 0000-0003-0239-9468, 0000-0002-3262-6396, 0000-0003-0920-773X, 0000-0003-0036-363X, 0000-0003-3752-2040, 0000-0002-7471-997X, 0000-0003-3213-7135, 0000-0003-3510-1701, 0000-0001-5629-3007, 0000-0001-8475-5109, 0000-0002-9315-7773, 0000-0002-5603-271X, 0000-0002-4126-7452, 0000-0002-9340-0438, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72], Welti, Ellen A. R., Bowler, Diana E., Sinclair, James S, Altermatt, Florian, Álvarez-Cabria, Mario, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Angeler, David G., Archambaud, Gaït, Arrate Jorrín, Iñaki, Aspin, Thomas, Azpiroz, Iker, Baker, Nathan Jay, Bañares, Iñaki, Barquín Ortiz, José, Bodin, Christian L., Bonacina, Luca, Bonada, Núria, Bottarin, Roberta, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Csabai, Zoltán, Datry, Thibault, de Eyto, Elvira, Dohet, Alain, Domisch, Sami, Dörflinger, Gerald, Drohan, Emma, Eikland, Knut A, England, Judy, Eriksen, Tor E, Evtimova, Vesela, Feio, Maria J., Ferréol, Martial, Floury, Mathieu, Forcellini, Maxence, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Fornaroli, Riccardo, Friberg, Nikolai, Fruget, Jean-François, Garcia Marquez, Jaime R., Georgieva, Galia, Goethals, Peter, Graça, Manuel A. S., House, Andy, Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena, Jensen, Thomas Correll, Johnson, Richard K., Jones, J Iwan, Kiesel, Jens, Larrañaga, Aitor, Leitner, Patrick, L'Hoste, Lionel, Lizée, Marie-Hélène, Lorenz, Armin W., Maire, Anthony, Manzanos Arnaiz, Jesús Alberto, Mckie, Brendan, Millán, Andrés, Muotka, Timo, Murphy, John F., Ozolins, Davis, Paavola, Riku, Paril, Petr, Peñas Silva, Francisco Jesús, Polasek, Marek, Rasmussen, Jes, Rubio, Manu, Sánchez Fernández, David, Sandin, Leonard, Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Scotti, Alberto, Shen, Longzhu Q., Skuja, Agnija, Stoll, Stefan, Straka, Michal, Stubbington, Rachel, Timm, Henn, Tyufekchieva, Violeta G., Tziortzis, Iakovos, Uzunov, Yordan, van der Lee, Gea H., Vannevel, Rudy, Varadinova, Emilia, Várbíró, Gábor, Velle, Gaute, Verdonschot, Piet F. M., Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Vidinova, Yanka, Wiberg-Larsen, Peter, and Haase, Peter

Abstract

Freshwater macroinvertebrates are a diverse group and play key ecological roles, including accelerating nutrient cycling, filtering water, controlling primary producers, and providing food for predators. Their differences in tolerances and short generation times manifest in rapid community responses to change. Macroinvertebrate community composition is an indicator of water quality. In Europe, efforts to improve water quality following environmental legislation, primarily starting in the 1980s, may have driven a recovery of macroinvertebrate communities. Towards understanding temporal and spatial variation of these organisms, we compiled the TREAM dataset (Time seRies of European freshwAter Macroinvertebrates), consisting of macroinvertebrate community time series from 1,816 river and stream sites (mean length of 19.2 years and 14.9 sampling years) of 22 European countries sampled between 1968 and 2020. In total, the data include >93 million sampled individuals of 2,648 taxa from 959 genera and 212 families. These data can be used to test questions ranging from identifying drivers of the population dynamics of specific taxa to assessing the success of legislative and management restoration efforts.

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2024

23. Inland navigation and land use interact to impact European freshwater biodiversity

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European Commision, 0000-0002-8926-3872, 0000-0003-4360-0631, 0000-0002-2819-2900, 0000-0001-8757-125X, 0000-0002-9759-8189, 0000-0002-6349-9561, 0000-0003-1650-2729, 0000-0001-8839-5913, 0000-0002-9340-0438, 0000-0001-6675-4751, 0000-0001-9493-2279, 0000-0003-2962-7387, 0000-0002-6358-8011, 0000-0003-1700-2574, 0000-0002-4952-5807, 0000-0002-0185-9154, 0000-0003-0920-773X, 0000-0003-3510-1701, 0000-0001-6944-3422, 0000-0001-5765-3721, Sexton, Aaron N., Beisel, Jean-Nicolas, Staentzel, Cybill, Wolter, Christian, Tales, Evelyne, Belliard, Jérôme, Buijse, Anthonie D., Martínez Fernández, Vanesa, Wantzen, Karl M., Jähnig, Sonja C., Garcia de Leaniz, Carlos, Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Haase, Peter, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Archambaud, Gait, Fruget, Jean-François, Dohet, Alain, Evtimova, Vesela, Csabai, Zoltán, Floury, Mathieu, Goethals, Peter, Várbiró, Gábor, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Larrañaga, Aitor, Maire, Anthony, Schäfer, Ralf B., Sinclair, James S., Vannevel, Rudy, Welti, Ellen A. R., Jeliazkov, Alienor, European Commision, 0000-0002-8926-3872, 0000-0003-4360-0631, 0000-0002-2819-2900, 0000-0001-8757-125X, 0000-0002-9759-8189, 0000-0002-6349-9561, 0000-0003-1650-2729, 0000-0001-8839-5913, 0000-0002-9340-0438, 0000-0001-6675-4751, 0000-0001-9493-2279, 0000-0003-2962-7387, 0000-0002-6358-8011, 0000-0003-1700-2574, 0000-0002-4952-5807, 0000-0002-0185-9154, 0000-0003-0920-773X, 0000-0003-3510-1701, 0000-0001-6944-3422, 0000-0001-5765-3721, Sexton, Aaron N., Beisel, Jean-Nicolas, Staentzel, Cybill, Wolter, Christian, Tales, Evelyne, Belliard, Jérôme, Buijse, Anthonie D., Martínez Fernández, Vanesa, Wantzen, Karl M., Jähnig, Sonja C., Garcia de Leaniz, Carlos, Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid, Haase, Peter, Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Archambaud, Gait, Fruget, Jean-François, Dohet, Alain, Evtimova, Vesela, Csabai, Zoltán, Floury, Mathieu, Goethals, Peter, Várbiró, Gábor, Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel, Larrañaga, Aitor, Maire, Anthony, Schäfer, Ralf B., Sinclair, James S., Vannevel, Rudy, Welti, Ellen A. R., and Jeliazkov, Alienor

Abstract

Inland navigation in Europe is proposed to increase in the coming years, being promoted as a low-carbon form of transport. However, we currently lack knowledge on how this would impact biodiversity at large scales and interact with existing stressors. Here we addressed this knowledge gap by analysing fish and macroinvertebrate community time series across large European rivers comprising 19,592 observations from 4,049 sampling sites spanning the past 32 years. We found ship traffic to be associated with biodiversity declines, that is, loss of fish and macroinvertebrate taxonomic richness, diversity and trait richness. Ship traffic was also associated with increases in taxonomic evenness, which, in concert with richness decreases, was attributed to losses in rare taxa. Ship traffic was especially harmful for benthic taxa and those preferring slow flows. These effects often depended on local land use and riparian degradation. In fish, negative impacts of shipping were highest in urban and agricultural landscapes. Regarding navigation infrastructure, the negative impact of channelization on macroinvertebrates was evident only when riparian degradation was also high. Our results demonstrate the risk of increasing inland navigation on freshwater biodiversity. Integrative waterway management accounting for riparian habitats and landscape characteristics could help to mitigate these impacts.

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2024

25. Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems

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Birk, Sebastian, Chapman, Daniel, Carvalho, Laurence, Spears, Bryan M., Andersen, Hans Estrup, Argillier, Christine, Auer, Stefan, Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette, Banin, Lindsay, Beklioğlu, Meryem, Bondar-Kunze, Elisabeth, Borja, Angel, Branco, Paulo, Bucak, Tuba, Buijse, Anthonie D., Cardoso, Ana Cristina, Couture, Raoul-Marie, Cremona, Fabien, de Zwart, Dick, Feld, Christian K., Ferreira, M. Teresa, Feuchtmayr, Heidrun, Gessner, Mark O., Gieswein, Alexander, Globevnik, Lidija, Graeber, Daniel, Graf, Wolfram, Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano, Hanganu, Jenica, Işkın, Uğur, Järvinen, Marko, Jeppesen, Erik, Kotamäki, Niina, Kuijper, Marijn, Lemm, Jan U., Lu, Shenglan, Solheim, Anne Lyche, Mischke, Ute, Moe, S. Jannicke, Nõges, Peeter, Nõges, Tiina, Ormerod, Steve J., Panagopoulos, Yiannis, Phillips, Geoff, Posthuma, Leo, Pouso, Sarai, Prudhomme, Christel, Rankinen, Katri, Rasmussen, Jes J., Richardson, Jessica, Sagouis, Alban, Santos, José Maria, Schäfer, Ralf B., Schinegger, Rafaela, Schmutz, Stefan, Schneider, Susanne C., Schülting, Lisa, Segurado, Pedro, Stefanidis, Kostas, Sures, Bernd, Thackeray, Stephen J., Turunen, Jarno, Uyarra, María C., Venohr, Markus, von der Ohe, Peter Carsten, Willby, Nigel, and Hering, Daniel

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2020
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27. Similarity of stream insect trait profiles across biogeographic regions.

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Kunz, Stefan, Kefford, Ben J., Usseglio‐Polatera, Philippe, Hawkins, Charles P., Poff, N. LeRoy, Akamagwuna, Frank, Odume, Nelson, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Graf, Wolfram, Metzeling, Leon, Matthaei, Christoph D., Phillips, Ngaire, and Schäfer, Ralf B.

Subjects
INSECTS, RESPIRATION, SPECIES, FAMILIES, HABITATS
Abstract

Aim: Habitat templet theory predicts that the functional niches of species evolved in response to selection pressures imposed by each species' spatial–temporal environment. Consequently, similar environmental conditions should lead to convergence in the biological trait composition of biogeographically independent assemblages. Given their high diversity and ubiquitous occurrence, stream insects represent an ideal group to test convergence. Such an analysis should provide insight into both how spatially variable stream insect traits are and how transferable trait–environment relationships are across large spatial scales. We tested two hypotheses: (1) functional niches of stream insects are similar across Australia, Europe, North America, New Zealand and Southern Africa, and (2) the variability in trait profiles of stream insects is positively related to climatic variability within regions. Location: Australia, Europe, North America, New Zealand and Southern Africa. Methods: We used trait datasets from each region to compare functional niches and to delineate groups of insects with similar trait profiles (hereafter, trait profile groups or TPGs) in each region. We identified the traits most important in separating TPGs. Finally, we assessed if trait profile variability between TPGs was associated with climatic variability within each region. Results: We found that functional niches of families largely overlapped across the regions examined, except for partial deviations of some Australian families, but that only two trait combinations characterized TPGs across all regions. Feeding mode and respiration traits consistently drove the separation of families into TPGs. The variability of trait profiles slightly increased with increasing climatic variability. Main Conclusions: Although our study did not allow to demonstrate mechanisms, it is the first to show large similarities between stream insect functional niches across different biogeographic regions, which might be an indication of their convergence. An important factor shaping stream insect assemblages over these large scales might be climate, indicated by the higher trait profile variation in regions with more diverse climates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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28. Which temperature matters? Effects of origin, rearing and test conditions on the chemical sensitivity of Pardosa amentata.

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Duque, Tomás, Schäfer, Ralf B., and Entling, Martin H.

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*CHEMICAL testing, *EGG cases (Zoology), *TEMPERATE climate, *HUMIDITY, *TEMPERATURE
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Spiders may be adversely affected by pesticides, yet they are not included in regulatory risk assessment and a related standard guideline to test their sensitivity to chemicals is lacking. Different laboratory setups, including test temperature and relative humidity, have been shown to influence the sensitivity of spiders. The climate from which spiders originate and the rearing conditions in the laboratory prior to ecotoxicological testing may also alter their sensitivity to chemicals, potentially in interaction with test conditions. We investigated the influence of population origin, rearing and test temperature on the chemical sensitivity of the spider Pardosa amentata towards lambda‐cyhalothrin. We collected female P. amentata carrying egg sacs from two climates, i.e., boreal and cool temperate. Spiders were kept in the laboratory and their offspring were reared and tested at 15, 20 and 25°C. Hatching of egg sacs largely failed at 15°C, while a moderate spiderling mortality (40%) was recorded at 20°C. At 25°C, mortality increased (63%) and a faster developmental rate was observed. Rearing and test temperature had no significant effects on spider chemical sensitivity. However, spider chemical sensitivity differed between populations, with spiders from boreal climate being 38% more sensitive than spiders from cool temperate climate. A higher sensitivity towards lambda‐cyhalothrin increases the risk of population reduction in treated areas, with potential alterations of ecosystem functions such as biological control. Our results suggest that the climatic origin of test organisms deserves stronger attention in ecotoxicological research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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30. Effects of flow reduction and artificial light at night (ALAN) on litter decomposition and invertebrate communities in streams: A flume experiment

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Juvigny-Khenafou, Noël P.D., primary, Burgazzi, Gemma, additional, Steiner, Nikita, additional, Harvey, Eric, additional, Terui, Akira, additional, Piggott, Jeremy, additional, Manfrin, Alessandro, additional, Feckler, Alexander, additional, Leese, Florian, additional, and Schäfer, Ralf B., additional

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2023
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31. European river typologies fail to capture diatom, fish, and macrophyte community composition

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Jupke, Jonathan F., primary, Birk, Sebastian, additional, Apostolou, Apostolos, additional, Aroviita, Jukka, additional, Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette, additional, Baláži, Peter, additional, Barešová, Libuše, additional, Blanco, Saúl, additional, Borrego-Ramos, María, additional, van Dam, Herman, additional, Dimitriou, Elias, additional, Feld, Christian K., additional, Ferreira, Maria Teresa, additional, Gecheva, Gana, additional, Gomà, Joan, additional, Hanžek, Nikola, additional, Haslev, Ida Marie, additional, Isheva, Tsvetelina, additional, Jamoneau, Aurélien, additional, Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, Jenny, additional, Kahlert, Maria, additional, Karaouzas, Ioannis, additional, Karjalainen, Satu Maaria, additional, Olenici, Adriana, additional, Panek, Piotr, additional, Paril, Petr, additional, Peeters, Edwin T.H.M., additional, Polášek, Marek, additional, Pont, Didier, additional, Pumputyte, Audrone, additional, Sandin, Leonard, additional, Sochuliaková, Lucia, additional, Soininen, Janne, additional, Stanković, Igor, additional, Straka, Michal, additional, Šušnjara, Mirela, additional, Sutela, Tapio, additional, Tison-Rosebery, Juliette, additional, Udovič, Marija Gligora, additional, Verhofstad, Michiel, additional, Žutinić, Petar, additional, and Schäfer, Ralf B., additional

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2023
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39. Sensitivity of spiders from different ecosystems to lambda‐cyhalothrin: effects of phylogeny and climate.

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Duque, Tomás, Chowdhury, Sumaiya, Isaia, Marco, Pekár, Stano, Riess, Kai, Scherf, Gregor, Schäfer, Ralf B, and Entling, Martin H

Subjects
SPIDERS, POLAR climate, PHYLOGENY, WOLF spiders, PEST control, ECOLOGICAL risk assessment
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BACKGROUND: In spite of their importance as arthropod predators, spiders have received little attention in the risk assessment of pesticides. In addition, research has mainly focused on a few species commonly found in agricultural habitats. Spiders living in more natural ecosystems may also be exposed to and affected by pesticides, including insecticides. However, their sensitivity and factors driving possible variations in sensitivity between spider taxa are largely unknown. To fill this gap, we quantified the sensitivity of 28 spider species from a wide range of European ecosystems to lambda‐cyhalothrin in an acute exposure scenario. RESULTS: Sensitivity varied among the tested populations by a factor of 30. Strong differences in sensitivity were observed between families, but also between genera within the Lycosidae. Apart from the variation explained by the phylogeny, spiders from boreal and polar climates were more sensitive than spiders from warmer areas. Overall, the median lethal concentration (LC50) of 85% of species was below the recommended application rate of lambda‐cyhalothrin (75 ng a.i. cm−2). CONCLUSION: Our study underlines the high sensitivity of spiders to lambda‐cyhalothrin, which can lead to unintended negative effects on pest suppression in areas treated with this insecticide. The strong differences observed between families and genera indicate that the functional composition of spider communities would change in affected areas. Overall, the variation in spider sensitivity suggests that multispecies investigations should be more widely considered in pesticide risk assessment. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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41. The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release

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Vos, Matthijs, primary, Hering, Daniel, additional, Gessner, Mark O., additional, Leese, Florian, additional, Schäfer, Ralf B., additional, Tollrian, Ralph, additional, Boenigk, Jens, additional, Haase, Peter, additional, Meckenstock, Rainer, additional, Baikova, Daria, additional, Bayat, Helena, additional, Beermann, Arne, additional, Beisser, Daniela, additional, Beszteri, Bánk, additional, Birk, Sebastian, additional, Boden, Lisa, additional, Brauer, Verena, additional, Brauns, Mario, additional, Buchner, Dominik, additional, Burfeid-Castellanos, Andrea, additional, David, Gwendoline, additional, Deep, Aman, additional, Doliwa, Annemie, additional, Dunthorn, Micah, additional, Enß, Julian, additional, Escobar-Sierra, Camilo, additional, Feld, Christian K., additional, Fohrer, Nicola, additional, Grabner, Daniel, additional, Hadziomerovic, Una, additional, Jähnig, Sonja C., additional, Jochmann, Maik, additional, Khaliq, Shaista, additional, Kiesel, Jens, additional, Kuppels, Annabel, additional, Lampert, Kathrin P., additional, Le, T.T. Yen, additional, Lorenz, Armin W., additional, Madariaga, Graciela Medina, additional, Meyer, Benjamin, additional, Pantel, Jelena H., additional, Pimentel, Iris Madge, additional, Mayombo, Ntambwe Serge, additional, Nguyen, Hong Hanh, additional, Peters, Kristin, additional, Pfeifer, Svenja M., additional, Prati, Sebastian, additional, Probst, Alexander J., additional, Reiner, Dominik, additional, Rolauffs, Peter, additional, Schlenker, Alexandra, additional, Schmidt, Torsten C., additional, Shah, Manan, additional, Sieber, Guido, additional, Stach, Tom Lennard, additional, Tielke, Ann-Kathrin, additional, Vermiert, Anna-Maria, additional, Weiss, Martina, additional, Weitere, Markus, additional, and Sures, Bernd, additional

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2023
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42. Subsidy Quality Affects Common Riparian Web‐Building Spiders: Consequences of Aquatic Contamination and Food Resource

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Pietz, Sebastian, primary, Kolbenschlag, Sara, additional, Röder, Nina, additional, Roodt, Alexis P., additional, Steinmetz, Zacharias, additional, Manfrin, Alessandro, additional, Schwenk, Klaus, additional, Schulz, Ralf, additional, Schäfer, Ralf B., additional, Zubrod, Jochen P., additional, and Bundschuh, Mirco, additional

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2023
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44. Long-term trends in crayfish invasions across European rivers

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Soto, Ismael, primary, Ahmed, Danish A., additional, Beidas, Ayah, additional, Oficialdegui, Francisco J., additional, Tricarico, Elena, additional, Angeler, David G., additional, Amatulli, Giuseppe, additional, Briski, Elizabeta, additional, Datry, Thibault, additional, Dohet, Alain, additional, Domisch, Sami, additional, England, Judy, additional, Feio, Maria J., additional, Forcellini, Maxence, additional, Johnson, Richard K., additional, Jones, J. Iwan, additional, Larrañaga, Aitor, additional, L'Hoste, Lionel, additional, Murphy, John F., additional, Schäfer, Ralf B., additional, Shen, Longzhu Q., additional, Kouba, Antonín, additional, and Haubrock, Phillip J., additional

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2023
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47. SystemLink: Moving beyond Aquatic–Terrestrial Interactions to Incorporate Food Web Studies

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Manfrin, Alessandro, primary, Schirmel, Jens, additional, Mendoza‐Lera, Clara, additional, Ahmed, Adeel, additional, Bohde, Ralf, additional, Brunn, Melanie, additional, Brühl, Carsten A., additional, Buchmann, Christian, additional, Bundschuh, Mirco, additional, Burgis, Florian, additional, Diehl, Dörte, additional, Entling, Martin H., additional, Ganglo, Caroline, additional, Geissler, Sebastian, additional, Gerstle, Verena, additional, Girardi, Johanna P., additional, Graf, Tobias, additional, Huszarik, Maike, additional, Jamin, Jellian, additional, Joschko, Tanja J., additional, Jungkunst, Hermann F., additional, Knäbel, Anja, additional, Kolbenschlag, Sara, additional, Lorke, Andreas, additional, Muñoz, Katherine, additional, Ogbeide, Collins, additional, Osakpolor, Stephen E., additional, Pietz, Sebastian, additional, Riess, Kai, additional, Roodt, Alexis P., additional, Rovelli, Lorenzo, additional, Röder, Nina, additional, Rösch, Verena, additional, Schaumann, Gabriele E., additional, Schäfer, Ralf B., additional, Schmitt, Tobias, additional, Schmitz, Daniel, additional, Schützenmeister, Klaus, additional, Schwenk, Klaus, additional, Stehle, Sebastian, additional, and Schulz, Ralf, additional

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2023
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49. Long-term trends in crayfish invasions across European rivers

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Soto, Ismael, Ahmed, Danish A., Beidas, Ayah, Oficialdegui, Francisco J., Tricarico, Elena, Angeler, David G., Amatulli, Giuseppe, Briski, Elizabeta, Datry, Thibault, Dohet, Alain, Domisch, Sami, England, Judy, Feio, Maria J., Forcellini, Maxence, Johnson, Richard K., Jones, J. Iwan, Larrañaga, Aitor, L'Hoste, Lionel, Murphy, John F., Schäfer, Ralf B., Shen, Longzhu Q., Kouba, Antonín, Haubrock, Phillip J., Soto, Ismael, Ahmed, Danish A., Beidas, Ayah, Oficialdegui, Francisco J., Tricarico, Elena, Angeler, David G., Amatulli, Giuseppe, Briski, Elizabeta, Datry, Thibault, Dohet, Alain, Domisch, Sami, England, Judy, Feio, Maria J., Forcellini, Maxence, Johnson, Richard K., Jones, J. Iwan, Larrañaga, Aitor, L'Hoste, Lionel, Murphy, John F., Schäfer, Ralf B., Shen, Longzhu Q., Kouba, Antonín, and Haubrock, Phillip J.

Abstract

Europe has experienced a substantial increase in non-indigenous crayfish species (NICS) since the mid-20th century due to their extensive use in fisheries, aquaculture and, more recently, pet trade. Despite relatively long invasion histories of some NICS and negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, large spatio-temporal analyses of their occurrences are lacking. Here, we used a large freshwater macroinvertebrate database to evaluate what information on NICS can be obtained from widely applied biomonitoring approaches and how usable such data is for descriptions of trends in identified NICS species. We found 160 time-series containing NICS between 1983 and 2019, to infer temporal patterns and environmental drivers of species and region-specific trends. Using a combination of meta-regression and generalized linear models, we found no significant temporal trend for the abundance of any species (Procambarus clarkii, Pacifastacus leniusculus or Faxonius limosus) at the European scale, but identified species-specific predictors of abundances. While analysis of the spatial range expansion of NICS was positive (i.e. increasing spread) in England and negative (significant retreat) in northern Spain, no trend was detected in Hungary and the Dutch-German-Luxembourg region. The average invasion velocity varied among countries, ranging from 30 km/year in England to 90 km/year in Hungary. The average invasion velocity gradually decreased over time in the long term, with declines being fastest in the Dutch-German-Luxembourg region, and much slower in England. Considering that NICS pose a substantial threat to aquatic biodiversity across Europe, our study highlights the utility and importance of collecting high resolution (i.e. annual) biomonitoring data using a sampling protocol that is able to estimate crayfish abundance, enabling a more profound understanding of NICS impacts on biodiversity.

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2023
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50. Tracking a killer shrimp: Dikerogammarus villosus invasion dynamics across Europe

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Soto, Ismael, Cuthbert, Ross N., Ahmed, Danish A., Kouba, Antonín, Domisch, Sami, Marquez, Jaime R. G., Beidas, Ayah, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Kiesel, Jens, Shen, Longzhu Q., Florencio, Margarita, Lima, Herlander, Briski, Elizabeta, Altermatt, Florian, Archambaud‐Suard, Gaït, Borza, Peter, Csabai, Zoltan, Datry, Thibault, Floury, Mathieu, Forcellini, Maxence, Fruget, Jean‐François, Leitner, Patrick, Lizée, Marie‐Hélène, Maire, Anthony, Ricciardi, Anthony, Schäfer, Ralf B., Stubbington, Rachel, Van der Lee, Gea H., Várbíró, Gábor, Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Haase, Peter, Haubrock, Phillip J., Soto, Ismael, Cuthbert, Ross N., Ahmed, Danish A., Kouba, Antonín, Domisch, Sami, Marquez, Jaime R. G., Beidas, Ayah, Amatulli, Giuseppe, Kiesel, Jens, Shen, Longzhu Q., Florencio, Margarita, Lima, Herlander, Briski, Elizabeta, Altermatt, Florian, Archambaud‐Suard, Gaït, Borza, Peter, Csabai, Zoltan, Datry, Thibault, Floury, Mathieu, Forcellini, Maxence, Fruget, Jean‐François, Leitner, Patrick, Lizée, Marie‐Hélène, Maire, Anthony, Ricciardi, Anthony, Schäfer, Ralf B., Stubbington, Rachel, Van der Lee, Gea H., Várbíró, Gábor, Verdonschot, Ralf C. M., Haase, Peter, and Haubrock, Phillip J.

Abstract

Aim: Invasive alien species are a growing problem worldwide due to their ecological, economic and human health impacts. The “killer shrimp” Dikerogammarus villosus is a notorious invasive alien amphipod from the Ponto-Caspian region that has invaded many fresh and brackish waters across Europe. Understandings of large-scale population dynamics of highly impactful invaders such as D. villosus are lacking, inhibiting predictions of impact and efficient timing of management strategies. Hence, our aim was to assess trends and dynamics of D. villosus as well as its impacts in freshwater rivers and streams. Location: Europe. Methods: We analysed 96 European time series between 1994 and 2019 and identified trends in the relative abundance (i.e. dominance %) of D. villosus in invaded time series, as well as a set of site-specific characteristics to identify drivers and determinants of population changes and invasion dynamics using meta-regression modelling. We also looked at the spread over space and time to estimate the invasion speed (km/year) of D. villosus in Europe. We investigated the impact of D. villosus abundance on recipient community metrics (i.e. abundance, taxa richness, temporal turnover, Shannon diversity and Pielou evenness) using generalized linear models. Results: Population trends varied across the time series. Nevertheless, community dominance of D. villosus increased over time across all time series. The frequency of occurrences (used as a proxy for invader spread) was well described by a Pareto distribution, whereby we estimated a lag phase (i.e. the time between introduction and spatial expansion) of approximately 28 years, followed by a gradual increase before new occurrences declined rapidly in the long term. D. villosus population change was associated with decreased taxa richness, community turnover and Shannon diversity. Main Conclusion: Our results show that D. villosus is well-established in European waters and its abundance significantly alter

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2023
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