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 ▲ Type Year Authors Title Venue/Journal DOI Research type Water System Technical Focus Abstract Link with Projects Link with Tools Related policies ID
publications-1071 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2017 Ivan González-Bergonzoni , Kasper L. Johansen , Anders Mosbech , Frank Landkildehus , Erik Jeppesen , Thomas A. Davidson Small birds, big effects: the little auk ( Alle alle ) transforms high Arctic ecosystems 10.1098/rspb.2016.2572 Uncategorized River Basins In some arctic areas, marine-derived nutrients (MDN) resulting from fish migrations fuel freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems, increasing primary production and biodiversity. Less is known, however, about the role of seabird-MDN in shaping ecosystems. Here, we examine how the most abundant seabird in the North Atlantic, the little auk (Alle alle), alters freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems around the North Water Polynya (NOW) in Greenland. We compare stable isotope ratios (δ15N andδ13C) of freshwater and terrestrial biota, terrestrial vegetation indices and physical–chemical properties, productivity and community structure of fresh waters in catchments with and without little auk colonies. The presence of colonies profoundly alters freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems by providing nutrients and massively enhancing primary production. Based on elevatedδ15N in MDN, we estimate that MDN fuels more than 85% of terrestrial and aquatic biomass in bird influenced systems. Furthermore, by using different proxies of bird impact (colony distance, algalδ15N) it is possible to identify a gradient in ecosystem response to increasing bird impact. Little auk impact acidifies the freshwater systems, reducing taxonomic richness of macroinvertebrates and truncating food webs. These results demonstrate that the little auk acts as an ecosystem engineer, transforming ecosystems across a vast region of Northwest Greenland. 603378
publications-1072 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2017 Sandra Brucet , Ignasi Arranz , Thomas Mehner , Christine Argillier , Meryem Beklioğlu , Lluís Benejam , Thomas Boll , Kerstin Holmgren , Torben L. Size diversity and species diversity relationships in fish assemblages of Western Palearctic lakes 10.1111/ecog.03255 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies Body size, coupled with abundance and taxonomy, may help to understand the mechanisms shaping community structure. Since the body size of fish is closely related to their trophic niche, size diversity (based on individual body size) of fish communities may capture intraspecific variations in fish trophic niches that are not detected by species diversity. Thus, the relationship between size diversity and species diversity may help to integrate variation at both intraspecific and interspecific levels. We studied the relationship between species diversity and size diversity as a measure of the degree of overlap in size among species and thereby the potential overlap in niches in a community. We hypothesized that the relationship between size diversity and species would be different across the European continent due to different levels of size overlap in fish communities. The data were derived from samplings of fish communities using standardised benthic gill nets in 363 lakes. At the continental scale, size diversity increased with species diversity; at the ecoregion scale, the slope of the relation changed across the continent, with the greatest mismatch occurring in northern Europe where communities comprised only one or a few species, but each of which exhibited a great range in size. There was an increase in slope towards the south with significant relations for four out of six ecoregions. The steeper size diversity‐species diversity slope at lower latitudes is attributable to a lower overlap in fish size and thus likely to finer niche separation. Our results also suggest that size diversity is not a strong surrogate for species diversity in European lake fish communities. Thus, particularly in fish communities composed of few species, measuring size diversity may help to detect potential functional variation which may be neglected by measuring species diversity alone. 603378
publications-1073 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2015 Daniel Hering , Laurence Carvalho , Christine Argillier , Meryem Beklioglu , Angel Borja , Ana Cristina Cardoso , Harm Duel , Teresa Ferreira , Lidija Managing aquatic ecosystems and water resources under multiple stress — An introduction to the MARS project 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.106 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1074 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Annette Baattrup-Pedersen , Emma Göthe , Tenna Riis , Matthew T. OHare Functional trait composition of aquatic plants can serve to disentangle multiple interacting stressors in lowland streams 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.027 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1075 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze , Stefanie Maier , Doris Schönauer , Nicolas Bahl , Thomas Hein Antagonistic and synergistic effects on a stream periphyton community under the influence of pulsed flow velocity increase and nutrient enrichment 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.158 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1076 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 M.J. Bowes , M. Loewenthal , D.S. Read , M.G. Hutchins , C. Prudhomme , L.K. Armstrong , S.A. Harman , H.D. Wickham , E. Gozzard , L. Carvalho Identifying multiple stressor controls on phytoplankton dynamics in the River Thames (UK) using high-frequency water quality data 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.239 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1077 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Paulo Branco , José M. Santos , Susana Amaral , Filipe Romão , António N. Pinheiro , Maria T. Ferreira Potamodromous fish movements under multiple stressors: Connectivity reduction and oxygen depletion 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.070 Uncategorized River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1078 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 D. Bruno , C. Gutiérrez-Cánovas , J. Velasco , D. Sánchez-Fernández Functional redundancy as a tool for bioassessment: A test using riparian vegetation 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.186 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1079 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Gianbattista Bussi , Paul G. Whitehead , Michael J. Bowes , Daniel S. Read , Christel Prudhomme , Simon J. Dadson Impacts of climate change, land-use change and phosphorus reduction on phytoplankton in the River Thames (UK) 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.109 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1080 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Jan Coppens , Arda Özen , Ü. Nihan Tavşanoğlu , Şeyda Erdoğan , Eti E. Levi , Ceylan Yozgatlıgil , Erik Jeppesen , Meryem Beklioğlu Impact of alternating wet and dry periods on long-term seasonal phosphorus and nitrogen budgets of two shallow Mediterranean lakes 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.028 Uncategorized River Basins No abstract available 603378