Scientific Results

This catalogue is obtained by conducting a systematic literature review of scientific studies and reviews related to monitoring, forecasting, and simulating the inland water cycle. The analysis maps scientific expertise across research groups and classifies findings by the type of inland water studied, application focus, and geographical scope. A gap analysis will identify missing research areas and assess their relevance to policymaking.

ID â–Č Type Year Authors Title Venue/Journal DOI Research type Water System Technical Focus Abstract Link with Projects Link with Tools Related policies ID
publications-1061 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Yongqiang Zhou , Yunlin Zhang , Erik Jeppesen , Kathleen R. Murphy , Kun Shi , Mingliang Liu , Xiaohan Liu , Guangwei Zhu Inflow rate-driven changes in the composition and dynamics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in a large drinking water lake 10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.021 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1062 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2017 Qiuqi Lin , Lei Xu , Juzhi Hou , Zhengwen Liu , Erik Jeppesen , Bo-Ping Han Responses of trophic structure and zooplankton community to salinity and temperature in Tibetan lakes: Implication for the effect of climate warming 10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.078 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1063 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2017 Yongqiang Zhou , Jianrong Ma , Yunlin Zhang , Boqiang Qin , Erik Jeppesen , Kun Shi , Justin D. Brookes , Robert G.M. Spencer , Guangwei Zhu , Guang G Improving water quality in China: Environmental investment pays dividends 10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.035 Uncategorized River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1064 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2018 Christian K. Feld , Maria do RosĂĄrio Pereira Fernandes , Maria Teresa Ferreira , Daniel Hering , Steve J. Ormerod , Markus Venohr , Cayetano GutiĂ©rr Evaluating riparian solutions to multiple stressor problems in river ecosystems — A conceptual study 10.1016/j.watres.2018.04.014 Uncategorized Uncategorized No abstract available 603378
publications-1065 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Boris Jovanović , Gizem Bezirci , Ali Serhan Çağan , Jan Coppens , Eti E. Levi , Zehra Oluz , EylĂŒl Tuncel , Hatice Duran , Meryem Beklioğlu Food web effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in an outdoor freshwater mesocosm experiment 10.3109/17435390.2016.1140242 Uncategorized River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1066 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2015 Yongqiang Zhou , Erik Jeppesen , Yunlin Zhang , Cheng Niu , Kun Shi , Xiaohan Liu , Guangwei Zhu , Boqiang Qin Chromophoric dissolved organic matter of black waters in a highly eutrophic Chinese lake: Freshly produced from algal scums? 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.06.024 Simulation & Modeling River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1067 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Annette Baattrup-Pedersen , Emma Göthe , Tenna Riis , Dagmar K. Andersen , SĂžren E. Larsen A new paradigm for biomonitoring: an example building on the Danish Stream Plant Index 10.1111/2041-210x.12676 Simulation & Modeling Uncategorized Summary Despite intensive efforts for more than a decade to develop Water Framework‐compliant assessment systems, shortcomings continue to appear. In particular, the lack of reference conditions has hindered the development of assessment systems capturing the heart of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) – that ecological status should be set as the deviation from the natural, undisturbed condition. Recently, the Danish Stream Plant Index (DSPI) was developed. This system contrasts existing systems in that it builds on an expert interpretation of the normative definitions of ecological status classes in the WFD without taking pressure–impact relationships into account. Here, we substantiate the approach taken in the development of DSPI and examine whether the DSPI class decreases with increasing level of anthropogenic stress and, additionally, whether the deviation from the natural undisturbed condition increases with decreasing DSPI class sensu WFD using trait composition of plant assemblages from Danish streams around year 1900 as a reference. We furthermore examine the trait composition of the vegetation in sites classified into different DSPI status classes to explore whether predictable patterns exist that can be used to identify the ultimate cause(s) of failure to meet ecological goals and help guide the selection of appropriate mitigation measures. We observed that DSPI declined with several parameters indicative of environmental stress in Danish streams and, furthermore, that the deviation from the natural undisturbed condition regarding the trait composition of plant communities declined with increasing DSPI, implying that the trait composition of plant communities in the high DSPI status class was most similar to those occurring in Danish streams around year 1900. We also found that trait characteristics capable of disentangling important stressors in Danish streams varied consistently among sites classified into different DSPI classes. Based on our findings, we call for new thinking. We suggest that more effort should be directed at describing reference conditions and interpreting the normative definitions of good, moderate, poor and bad instead of focusing solely on developing assessment systems using pressure–impact frameworks. We find this particularly important with respect to streams as these are seldom impacted by only a single stressor. 603378
publications-1068 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2017 JosĂ© Antonio Carbonell , Josefa Velasco , AndrĂ©s MillĂĄn , Andy J. Green , Cristina Coccia , Simone Guareschi , Cayetano GutiĂ©rrez-CĂĄnovas Biological invasion modifies the co-occurrence patterns of insects along a stress gradient 10.1111/1365-2435.12884 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies Summary Biological invasions have become one of the most important drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem change world‐wide. However, it is still unclear how invasions may interact with local abiotic stressors, which are expected to increase as global change intensifies. Furthermore, we know little about the response to biological invasions of insects, despite their disproportionate contribution to global animal biodiversity. The aim of the present work is to investigate the impact of an invasive aquatic insect on the co‐occurrence patterns of native species of insects along a salinity gradient, and determine which assembly rules are driving these patterns. First, we characterised the habitat specialisation and functional niches of each species from physiological and biological traits, respectively, and their degree of overlap. Second, we used field data to compare the co‐occurrence patterns of native and invasive species in invaded and non‐invaded areas of southern Iberia and northern Morocco. Finally, we tested if habitat filtering or niche differentiation assembly rules mediate their co‐occurrence. In non‐invaded areas, habitat filtering drives habitat segregation of species along the salinity gradient, with a lower contribution of niche differentiation. The presence of the invasive insect modifies the distribution and co‐occurrence patterns of native species. In invaded areas, niche differentiation seems to be the main mechanism to avoid competition among the invasive and native species, enabling coexistence and resource partitioning. The combined study of functional niche similarity and abiotic stressor tolerance of invasive and native species can improve our understanding of the effects of invasive species along abiotic stress gradients. This approach may increase our capacity to predict the outcomes of biological invasion in a global change context. A lay summary is available for this article. 603378
publications-1069 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Daniel Bruno , Cayetano GutiĂ©rrez-CĂĄnovas , David SĂĄnchez-FernĂĄndez , Josefa Velasco , Christer Nilsson Impacts of environmental filters on functional redundancy in riparian vegetation 10.1111/1365-2664.12619 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies SummaryUnderstanding and predicting ecosystem responses to multiple environmental pressures is a long‐standing interest in ecology and environmental management. However, few studies have examined how the functional features of freshwater biological communities vary along multiple gradients of environmental stress. Furthermore, modelling these functional features for a whole river network constitutes a strong potential basis to improve ecosystem management.We explored how functional redundancy of biological communities (FR, a functional feature related to the stability, resistance and resilience of ecosystems) responds to single and multiple environmental filters. We compared these responses with those of functional richness, evenness and divergence. We used riparian vegetation of a Mediterranean basin, and three of the main environmental filters affecting freshwater communities in such regions, that is drought, flow regulation and agricultural intensity, thus considering the potential effect of natural environmental variability. We also assessed the predictability ofFRand estimated it for the entire river network.We found that all functional measures decreased with increasing environmental filter intensity. However,FRwas more sensitive to single and multiple environmental filters compared to other functional measures. The best‐fitting model explained 59% of theFRvariability and included agriculture, drought and flow regulation and the pairwise interactions of agriculture with drought and flow regulation. The parameters of theFRmodels differed from null model expectations reflecting a non‐random decline along stress gradients.Synthesis and applications. We found non‐random detrimental effects along environmental filters' gradients for riparian functional redundancy (the most sensitive functional index), meaning that increased stress could jeopardize stability, resistance and resilience of these systems. In general, agriculture caused the greatest impact on functional redundancy and functional diversity measures, being the most important stressor for riparian functionality in the study area. Temporary streams flowing through an agricultural, regulated basin had reduced values of functional redundancy, whereas the free‐flowing medium‐sized, perennial water courses flowing through unaltered sub‐basins displayed higher values of functional redundancy and potentially greater stability against human impacts. All these findings along with the predicted basin‐wide variation of functional redundancy can assist environmental managers in improving monitoring and ecosystem management. 603378
publications-1070 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2017 Yongqiang Zhou , Xiaolong Yao , Yibo Zhang , Kun Shi , Yunlin Zhang , Erik Jeppesen , Guang Gao , Guangwei Zhu , Boqiang Qin Potential rainfall-intensity and pH-driven shifts in the apparent fluorescent composition of dissolved organic matter in rainwater 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.048 Uncategorized Hydropower Dams & reservoirs No abstract available 603378