Principal threats to the conservation of freshwater habitats in the continental biogeographical region of Central Europe

M Grzybowski, K Glińska-Lewczuk - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, we discuss the threats to freshwater habitats that are highly important to the
European Community in the Continental Biogeographical Region of Europe, specifically in …

Responses of multi-faceted benthic macroinvertebrates alpha and beta diversity to flooding in a highland floodplain

Y Hou, B Pan, H Yang, P Zhu, Z Huang, G Zhao… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flooding is an important process in natural fluvial floodplains. How the flood shapes aquatic
community diversity in highland floodplains is still poorly understood. The aim of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Elodeids, but not helophytes, increase community diversity and reduce trophic state: Case study with rotifer indices in field ponds

N Kuczyńska-Kippen, M Špoljar, M Mleczek… - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the large number of ponds scattered across the landscape, there is still insufficient
recognition of their functioning. This would require the development of methods for …

The influence of land use in the catchment area of small waterbodies on the quality of water and plant species composition

B Szpakowska, D Świerk, A Dudzińska… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Land use significantly affects the function of waterbodies in landscape. Although there have
been numerous studies on the influence of the catchment area on the trophic and ecological …

Verifying the usefulness of macrophytes as an indicator of the status of small waterbodies

B Szpakowska, D Świerk, M Pajchrowska… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Small waterbodies are characterised by a high variability of physicochemical parameters.
This has an impact on aquatic macrophytes, which are functional components of aquatic …

Density and Diversity Differences of Contemporary and Subfossil Cladocera Assemblages: A Case Study in an Oxbow Lake

U Tumurtogoo, A Figler, J Korponai, Z Sajtos… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cladocerans are biological indicators of environmental changes. Their remains provide
information on past changes in lake environments. We studied the correspondence between …

Response of macrophyte diversity in coastal lakes to watershed land use and salinity gradient

M Grzybowski, P Burandt, K Glińska-Lewczuk… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coastal lakes are subject to multiple stressors, among which land use, hydrological
connectivity, and salinity have the greatest effect on their biodiversity. We studied the effects …

State of the small rivers of the Volga basin within the lower Volga

AS Ovchinnikov, VF Loboyko… - … Series: Earth and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Nowadays the water management measures are ineffective. The field trips of 2017-2018 are
carried out. The Lower Volga is drained by 37 watercourses, 34 of them belong to small …

[HTML][HTML] Aquatic vegetation mapping with UAS-cameras considering phenotypes

L Szabó, L Bertalan, G Szabó, I Grigorszky… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aquatic vegetation species at the genus level in an oxbow lake were identified in Hungary
based on a multispectral Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) survey within an elongated oxbow …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation between catchment land use/cover and macrophyte assessment of lake ecological status

M Grzybowski, G Furgała-Selezniow, J Koszałka… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) provides the basis for developing a system
to protect and restore the aquatic environment. Macrophytes are one of the groups of …