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–² Type Year Authors Title Venue/Journal DOI Research type Water System Technical Focus Abstract Link with Projects Link with Tools Related policies ID
publications-1201 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2017 Andreas H. Melcher , Tor H. Bakken , Thomas Friedrich , Franz Greimel , Nona Humer , Stefan Schmutz , Bernhard Zeiringer , J. Angus Webb Drawing together multiple lines of evidence from assessment studies of hydropeaking pressures in impacted rivers 10.1086/690295 Data Management & Analytics River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1202 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2018 Petr Zajicek , Christian Wolter The gain of additional sampling methods for the fish-based assessment of large rivers 10.1016/j.fishres.2017.09.018 Simulation & Modeling River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1203 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2014 Leonard Sandin , Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber , Jens-Christian Svenning , Erik Jeppesen , Nikolai Friberg A trait-based approach to assess climate change sensitivity of freshwater invertebrates across Swedish ecoregions 10.1093/czoolo/60.2.221 Data Management & Analytics River Basins Abstract Freshwater habitats and organisms are among the most threatened on Earth, and freshwater ecosystems have been subject to large biodiversity losses. We developed a Climate Change Sensitivity (CCS) indicator based on trait information for a selection of stream- and lake-dwelling Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera taxa. We calculated the CCS scores based on ten species traits identified as sensitive to global climate change. We then assessed climate change sensitivity between the six main ecoregions of Sweden as well as the three Swedish regions based on Illies. This was done using biological data from 1, 382 stream and lake sites where we compared large-scale (ecoregional) patterns in climate change sensitivity with potential future exposure of these ecosystems to increased temperatures using ensemble-modelled future changes in air temperature. Current (1961~1990) measured temperature and ensemble-modelled future (2100) temperature showed an increase from the northernmost towards the southern ecoregions, whereas the predicted temperature change increased from south to north. The CCS indicator scores were highest in the two northernmost boreal ecoregions where we also can expect the largest global climate change-induced increase in temperature, indicating an unfortunate congruence of exposure and sensitivity to climate change. These results are of vital importance when planning and implementing management and conservation strategies in freshwater ecosystems, e.g., to mitigate increased temperatures using riparian buffer strips. We conclude that traits information on taxa specialization, e.g., in terms of feeding specialism or taxa having a preference for high altitudes as well as sensitivity to changes in temperature are important when assessing the risk from future global climate change to freshwater ecosystems. 603378
publications-1204 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2017 Nils Teichert , Stéphanie Pasquaud , Angel Borja , Guillem Chust , Ainhize Uriarte , Mario Lepage Living under stressful conditions: Fish life history strategies across environmental gradients in estuaries 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.02.006 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378
publications-1205 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2015 G. Cavalli , A. Baattrup-Pedersen , T. Riis Nutrient availability and nutrient use efficiency in plants growing in the transition zone between land and water 10.1111/plb.12397 Uncategorized Natural Water Bodies AbstractThe transition zone between terrestrial and freshwater habitats is highly dynamic, with large variability in environmental characteristics. Here, we investigate how these characteristics influence the nutritional status and performance of plant life forms inhabiting this zone. Specifically, we hypothesised that: (i) tissue nutrient content differs among submerged, amphibious and terrestrial species, with higher content in submerged species; and (ii) PNUE gradually increases from submerged over amphibious to terrestrial species, reflecting differences in the availability of N and P relative to inorganic C across the land–water ecotone. We found that tissue nutrient content was generally higher in submerged species and C:N and C:P ratios indicated that content was limiting for growth for ca. 20% of plant individuals, particularly those belonging to amphibious and terrestrial species groups. As predicted, the PNUE increased from submerged over amphibious to terrestrial species. We suggest that this pattern reflects that amphibious and terrestrial species allocate proportionally more nutrients into processes of importance for photosynthesis at saturating CO2 availability, i.e. enzymes involved in substrate regeneration, compared to submerged species that are acclimated to lower availability of CO2 in the aquatic environment. Our results indicate that enhanced nutrient loading may affect relative abundance of the three species groups in the land–water ecotone of stream ecosystems. Thus, species of amphibious and terrestrial species groups are likely to benefit more from enhanced nutrient availability in terms of faster growth compared to aquatic species, and that this can be detrimental to aquatic species growing in the land–water ecotone, e.g. Ranunculus and Callitriche. 603378
publications-1206 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2014 Yu Cao , Wei Li , Erik Jeppesen The response of two submerged macrophytes and periphyton to elevated temperatures in the presence and absence of snails: a microcosm approach 10.1007/s10750-014-1914-5 Data Management & Analytics River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1207 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2014 Qiuqi Lin , Xiaojun Jiang , Bo-Ping Han , Erik Jeppesen Does stocking of filter-feeding fish for production have a cascading effect on zooplankton and ecological state? A study of fourteen (sub)tropical Chinese reservoirs with contrasting nutrient concentrations 10.1007/s10750-014-1896-3 Uncategorized River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1208 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2014 Arda Özen , Tuba Bucak , Ülkü Nihan Tavşanoğlu , Ayşe İdil Çakıroğlu , Eti Ester Levi , Jan Coppens , Erik Jeppesen , Meryem Beklioğlu Water level and fish-mediated cascading effects on the microbial community in eutrophic warm shallow lakes: a mesocosm experiment 10.1007/s10750-014-1934-1 Data Management & Analytics River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1209 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2014 Karl E. Havens , Ricardo Motta Pinto-Coelho , Meryem BeklioÄŸlu , Kirsten S. Christoffersen , Erik Jeppesen , Torben L. Lauridsen , Asit Mazumder , Gi Temperature effects on body size of freshwater crustacean zooplankton from Greenland to the tropics 10.1007/s10750-014-2000-8 Data Management & Analytics River Basins No abstract available 603378
publications-1210 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2015 Erik Jeppesen , Sandra Brucet , Luigi Naselli-Flores , Eva Papastergiadou , Kostas Stefanidis , Tiina Nõges , Peeter Nõges , José Luiz Attayde , Ta Ecological impacts of global warming and water abstraction on lakes and reservoirs due to changes in water level and related changes in salinity 10.1007/s10750-014-2169-x Data Management & Analytics Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 603378