Effects of agricultural land use on river biota: a meta-analysis

C Schürings, CK Feld, J Kail, D Hering - Environmental Sciences Europe, 2022 - Springer
Agriculture, the world's most dominant land use type, burdens freshwater biodiversity with a
multitude of stressors such as diffuse pollution and hydromorphological alteration. However …

Conservation and management of isolated pools in temporary rivers

N Bonada, M Cañedo-Argüelles, F Gallart… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Temporary rivers are characterized by shifting habitats between flowing, isolated pools, and
dry phases. Despite the fact that temporary rivers are currently receiving increasing attention …

Water quality deterioration remains a major stressor for macroinvertebrate, diatom and fish communities in German rivers

N Markert, B Guhl, CK Feld - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
About 60% of Europe's rivers fail to meet ecological quality standards derived from
biological criteria. The causes are manifold, but recent reports suggest a dominant role of …

Threshold responses of riverine fish communities to land use conversion across regions of the world

K Chen, JD Olden - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The growing human enterprise has sparked greater interest in identifying ecological
thresholds in land use conversion beyond which populations or communities demonstrate …

Contribution of organic toxicants to multiple stress in river ecosystems

RB Schäfer, B Kühn, E Malaj, A König… - Freshwater …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
River ecosystems are threatened by multiple stressors, including habitat degradation,
pollution and invasive species. However, freshwater ecologists have largely disregarded the …

Direct and indirect effects of multiple stressors on stream invertebrates across watershed, reach and site scales: A structural equation modelling better informing on …

B Villeneuve, J Piffady, L Valette, Y Souchon… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of our approach was to take into account the nested spatial scales driving
stream functioning in the description of pressures/ecological status links by analysing the …

Upstream river morphology and riparian land use overrule local restoration effects on ecological status assessment

AW Lorenz, CK Feld - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
River restoration is a central issue of present-day River Basin Management. Unfortunately,
many studies have shown limited ecological improvements, hypothesizing catchment …

Additive effects prevail: The response of biota to multiple stressors in an intensively monitored watershed

A Gieswein, D Hering, CK Feld - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Freshwater ecosystems are impacted by a range of stressors arising from diverse human-
caused land and water uses. Identifying the relative importance of single stressors and …

Effects of multiple stressors on benthic invertebrates using Water Framework Directive monitoring data

S Heß, D Hof, M Oetken, A Sundermann - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiple stressors affect freshwater systems and cause a deficient ecological status
according to the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). To select effective mitigation …

Combined effects of water stress and pollution on macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in a Mediterranean intermittent river

E Kalogianni, A Vourka, I Karaouzas… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water stress is a key stressor in Mediterranean intermittent rivers exacerbating the negative
effects of other stressors, such as pollutants, with multiple effects on different river biota. The …