A comparative review of recovery processes in rivers, lakes, estuarine and coastal waters

PFM Verdonschot, BM Spears, CK Feld, S Brucet… - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The European Water Framework Directive aims to improve ecological status within
river basins. This requires knowledge of responses of aquatic assemblages to recovery …

Ecological stoichiometry, biogeochemical cycling, invasive species, and aquatic food webs: San Francisco Estuary and comparative systems

PM Glibert, D Fullerton, JM Burkholder… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Eutrophication has altered food webs across aquatic systems, but effects of nutrient
stoichiometry (varying nutrient ratios) on ecosystem structure and function have received …

[HTML][HTML] River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors

D Von Schiller, V Acuña, I Aristi, M Arroita… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
River ecosystems are subject to multiple stressors that affect their structure and functioning.
Ecosystem structure refers to characteristics such as channel form, water quality or the …

Long term change of nutrient concentrations of rivers discharging in European seas

F Bouraoui, B Grizzetti - Science of the Total Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Cases of severe eutrophication are still observed in European surface waters even though
tough regulation has been in place since the beginning of the 1990s to control nutrient …

Large-scale patterns of river inputs in southwestern Europe: seasonal and interannual variations and potential eutrophication effects at the coastal zone

E Romero, J Garnier, L Lassaletta, G Billen… - Biogeochemistry, 2013 - Springer
We provide data on nutrient export for 28 rivers in southwestern Europe and analyze long-
term changes in the context of anthropogenic pressures and regulation policies. Special …

Towards the conservation of freshwater fish: Iberian Rivers as an example of threats and management practices

A Maceda-Veiga - Reviews in Fish biology and Fisheries, 2013 - Springer
The current freshwater fish fauna crisis is such that natural resource managers urgently
need to identify priorities and understand the management consequences of actions aimed …

Effects of large river dam regulation on bacterioplankton community structure

C Ruiz-González, L Proia, I Ferrera… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Large rivers are commonly regulated by damming, yet the effects of such disruption on
prokaryotic communities have seldom been studied. We describe the effects of the three …

Flow regime and nutrient-loading trends from the largest South European watersheds: Implications for the productivity of mediterranean and Black Sea's Coastal …

S Cozzi, C Ibáñez, L Lazar, P Raimbault, M Giani - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the last century, large watersheds in Southern Europe have been impacted by a
combination of anthropogenic and climatic pressures, which have rapidly evolved to change …

Ecosystem‐level effects of re‐oligotrophication and N: P imbalances in rivers and estuaries on a global scale

C Ibáñez, N Caiola, J Barquín, O Belmar… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trends and ecological consequences of phosphorus (P) decline and increasing nitrogen (N)
to phosphorus (N: P) ratios in rivers and estuaries are reviewed and discussed. Results …

Agriculture-induced increase in nitrate concentrations in stream waters of a large Mediterranean catchment over 25 years (1981–2005)

L Lassaletta, H García-Gómez, BS Gimeno… - Science of the Total …, 2009 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities influence past and present nitrate levels recorded in European
stream waters, posing a threat to aquatic biota and human beings. Scarce information on …