Reviving Europe's rivers: Seven challenges in the implementation of the Nature Restoration Law to restore free‐flowing rivers

T Stoffers, F Altermatt, D Baldan… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The EU Nature Restoration Law represents an important opportunity for freshwater
habitat restoration and, consequently, freshwater biodiversity protection. However, a number …

Metacommunity theory and metabarcoding reveal the environmental, spatial, and biotic drivers of meiofaunal communities in sandy beaches

JN Macher, M Pichler, S Creer, A Martínez… - BioR**v, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Sandy beaches are important ecosystems providing coastal protection and recreation, but
they face significant threats from human activities and sea level rise. They are inhabited by …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale morphological trajectories to support management of free-flowing rivers: the Vjosa in South-East Europe

M Crivellaro, L Serrao, W Bertoldi, S Bizzi, A Vitti… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Free-flowing rivers (FFRs) are fundamental references for river management, providing the
opportunity to investigate river functioning under minimal anthropic disturbance. However …

[HTML][HTML] A new species of Protonemura Kempny, 1898 (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from Albania

P Teufl, W Graf - Biodiversity Data Journal, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Although studies of the entomofauna of the Balkan Peninsula have increased in
quantity and intensity over the course of the last decades, many areas are still not fully …