Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity

F He, C Zarfl, K Tockner, JD Olden, Z Campos… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Hydropower is a rapidly develo** and globally important source of renewable electricity.
Globally, over 60% of rivers longer than 500 km are already fragmented and thousands of …

Studying interactions among anthropogenic stressors in freshwater ecosystems: A systematic review of 2396 multiple‐stressor experiments

JA Orr, SJ Macaulay, A Mordente, B Burgess… - Ecology …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the interactions among anthropogenic stressors is critical for effective
conservation and management of ecosystems. Freshwater scientists have invested …

Future-proofing the emergency recovery plan for freshwater biodiversity

AJ Lynch, AA Hyman, SJ Cooke… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
Freshwater biodiversity loss is accelerating globally, but humanity can change this trajectory
through actions that enable recovery. To be successful, these actions require coordination …

Assessing the response of an urban stream ecosystem to salinization under different flow regimes

IM Pimentel, D Baikova, D Buchner… - Science of The Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Urban streams are exposed to a variety of anthropogenic stressors. Freshwater salinization
is a key stressor in these ecosystems that is predicted to be further exacerbated by climate …

Chemical mixtures and multiple stressors: Same but different?

RB Schäfer, M Jackson… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Ecosystems are strongly influenced by multiple anthropogenic stressors, including a wide
range of chemicals and their mixtures. Studies on the effects of multiple stressors have …

Differential associations of five riverine organism groups with multiple stressors

W Kaijser, AW Lorenz, VS Brauer… - Science of The Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The decline of river and stream biodiversity results from multiple simultaneous occuring
stressors, yet few studies explore responses explore responses across various taxonomic …

Habitat development and species arrival drive succession of the benthic invertebrate community in restored urban streams

SM Gillmann, D Hering, AW Lorenz - Environmental Sciences Europe, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Urban streams are characterised by species-poor and frequently disturbed
communities. The recovery of heavily polluted urban streams is challenging but the simple …

Multiple stressors affecting microbial decomposer and litter decomposition in restored urban streams: Assessing effects of salinization, increased temperature, and …

GM David, IM Pimentel, PM Rehsen… - Science of the Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
A multitude of anthropogenic stressors impact biological communities and ecosystem
processes in urban streams. Prominent among them are salinization, increased …

How tolerances, competition and dispersal shape benthic invertebrate colonisation in restored urban streams

SM Gillmann, AW Lorenz, W Kaijser, HH Nguyen… - Science of the Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Biotic communities often respond poorly to river restoration activities and the drivers of
community recovery after restoration are not fully understood. According to the Asymmetric …

Stream macroinvertebrate community metrics consistently respond to a spatiotemporal disturbance gradient but composition is more context-dependent

HH Nguyen, J Kiesel, K Peters, D Hering, JS Sinclair… - Landscape …, 2023‏ - Springer
Context Improving our understanding of how riverine communities respond to anthropogenic
change requires spatial comparisons across multiple sites, high-resolution temporal …