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-1141 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Peter S. Levi , Piotr Starnawski , Britta Poulsen , Annette Baattrup-Pedersen , Andreas Schramm , Tenna Riis Microbial community diversity and composition varies with habitat characteristics and biofilm function in macrophyte-rich streams 10.1111/oik.03400 Hydrological modeling River Basins Biofilms in streams play an integral role in ecosystem processes and function yet few studies have investigated the broad diversity of these complex prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities. Physical habitat characteristics can affect the composition and abundance of microorganisms in these biofilms by creating microhabitats. Here we describe the prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial diversity of biofilms in sand and macrophyte habitats (i.e. epipsammon and epiphyton, respectively) in five macrophyte‐rich streams in Jutland, Denmark. The macrophyte species varied in growth morphology, C:N stoichiometry, and preferred stream habitat, providing a range in environmental conditions for the epiphyton. Among all habitats and streams, the prokaryotic communities were dominated by common phyla, including Alphaproteobacteria, Bacteriodetes, and Gammaproteobacteria, while the eukaryotic communities were dominated by Stramenopiles (i.e. diatoms). For both the prokaryotes and eukaryotes, the epipsammon were consistently the most diverse communities and the epiphytic communities were generally similar among the four macrophyte species. However, the communities on the least complex macrophyte, Sparganium emersum, had the lowest richness and evenness and fewest unique OTUs, whereas the macrophyte with the most morphological complexity, Callitriche spp., had the highest number of unique OTUs. In general, the microbial taxa were ubiquitously distributed across the relatively homogeneous Danish landscape as determined by measuring the similarity among communities (i.e. Sørensen similarity index). Furthermore, we found significant correlations between microbial diversity (i.e. Chao1 rarefied richness and Pielou's evenness) and biofilm structure and function (i.e. C:N ratio and ammonium uptake efficiency, respectively); communities with higher richness and evenness had higher C:N ratios and lower uptake efficiency. In addition to describing the prokaryotic and eukaryotic community composition in stream biofilms, our study indicates that 1) physical habitat characteristics influence microbial diversity and 2) the variation in microbial diversity may dictate the structural and functional characteristics of stream biofilm communities. 603378
publications-1142 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2018 Sarai Pouso , María C. Uyarra , Ángel Borja The recovery of estuarine quality and the perceived increase of cultural ecosystem services by beach users: A case study from northern Spain 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.033 IoT & Sensors Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1143 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2014 Sebastian Birk , Frauke Ecke The potential of remote sensing in ecological status assessment of coloured lakes using aquatic plants 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.06.035 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1144 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2015 Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber , Daniel Hering www.freshwaterecology.info – An online tool that unifies, standardises and codifies more than 20,000 European freshwater organisms and their ecological preferences 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.02.007 Data Management & Analytics Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1145 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2015 C. Richard Ziegler , J. Angus Webb , Susan B. Norton , Andrew S. Pullin , Andreas H. Melcher Digital repository of associations between environmental variables: A new resource to facilitate knowledge synthesis 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.01.003 Uncategorized Precipitation & Ecological Systems No abstract available 603378
publications-1146 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Janne Alahuhta , Jukka Aroviita Quantifying the relative importance of natural variables, human disturbance and spatial processes in ecological status indicators of boreal lakes 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.12.003 Data Management & Analytics River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1147 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Camino Liquete , Núria Cid , Denis Lanzanova , Bruna Grizzetti , Arnaud Reynaud Perspectives on the link between ecosystem services and biodiversity: The assessment of the nursery function 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.058 Uncategorized River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1148 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Jaana Rääpysjärvi , Heikki Hämäläinen , Jukka Aroviita Macrophytes in boreal streams: Characterizing and predicting native occurrence and abundance to assess human impact 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.01.014 Data Management & Analytics River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1149 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Martin Søndergaard , Søren E. Larsen , Liselotte S. Johansson , Torben L. Lauridsen , Erik Jeppesen Ecological classification of lakes: Uncertainty and the influence of year-to-year variability 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.09.024 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1150 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2016 Annika Vilmi , Satu M. Karjalainen , Seppo Hellsten , Jani Heino Bioassessment in a metacommunity context: Are diatom communities structured solely by species sorting? 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.043 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378