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Unravelling large-scale patterns and drivers of biodiversity in dry rivers
Foulquier, Arnaud; Datry, Thibault; Corti, Roland; von Schiller, Daniel; Tockner, Klement; Stubbington, Rachel; more 86 authorsMore than half of the world’s rivers dry up periodically, but our understanding of the biological communities in dry riverbeds remains limited. Specifically, the roles of dispersal, environmental filtering and biotic interactions in driving biodiversity in dry rivers are poorly understood.Here, we conduct a large-scale coordinated survey of patterns and drivers of biodiversity in dry riverbeds. We focus on eigh...
The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt
Haase, Peter; Bowler, Diana E.; Baker, Nathan J.; Bonada, Núria; Domisch, Sami; Garcia Marquez, Jaime R.; Heino, Jani; Hering, Daniel; Jähnig, Sonja C.Owing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the most vulnerable to biodiversity loss1. Mitigation measures, including wastewater treatment and hydromorphological restoration, have aimed to improve environmental quality and foster the recovery of freshwater biodiversity2. Here, using 1,816 time series of freshwater invertebrate communities collected across 22 European coun...
Disentangling responses to natural stress and human impact gradients in river e...
Stubbington, Rachel; Sarremejane, Romain; Laini, Alex; Cid, Nuria; Csabai, Zoltan; England, Judy; Munné, Antoni; Aspin, Tom; Bonada, Nuria; ...1. Rivers are dynamic ecosystems in which both human impacts and climate-driven drying events are increasingly common. These anthropogenic and natural stress ors interact to influence the biodiversity and functioning of river ecosystems. Disentangling ecological responses to these interacting stressors is necessary to guide management actions that support ecosystems adapting to global change. 2. We analysed the...
Invasion impacts and dynamics of a European-wide introduced species
Haubrock, Phillip J.; Ahmed, Danish A.; Cuthbert, Ross N.; Stubbington, Rachel; Domisch, Sami; Marquez, Jaime R. G.; Beidas, Ayah; Amatulli, GiuseppeGlobalization has led to the introduction of thousands of alien species worldwide. With growing impacts by invasive species, understanding the invasion process remains critical for predicting adverse effects and informing efficient management. Theoretically, invasion dynamics have been assumed to follow an "invasion curve" (S-shaped curve of available area invaded over time), but this dynamic has lacked empiric...
Disentangling responses to natural stress and human impact gradients in river e...
Stubbington, Rachel; Sarremejane, Romain; Laini, Alex; Cid, Nuria; Csabai, Zoltan; England, Judy; Munné, Antoni; Aspin, Tom; et al.Rivers are dynamic ecosystems in which both human impacts and climate-driven drying events are increasingly common. These anthropogenic and natural stress-ors interact to influence the biodiversity and functioning of river ecosystems. Disentangling ecological responses to these interacting stressors is necessary to guide management actions that support ecosystems adapting to global change. We analysed the indep...
Community Ecology and Biomonitoring in IRES
Stubbington, Rachel; Barthès, Amélie; Bercea, Silviu; Morais, Manuela; et alIntermittent rivers and Ephemeral Streams (IRES) are river water bodies characterised by temporary flow. They are widespread across the EU and a significant proportion of them is expected to increase due to climate change scenarios and rising water demands. The purpose of this handbook is to help water managers to understand the natural processes prevailing in IRES and their importance for biodiversity and loca...
Accounting for flow intermittency in environmental flows design
Acuña, Vicenç; Jorda‐Capdevila, Dídac; Vezza, Paolo; De Girolamo, Anna Maria; McClain, Michael E.; Stubbington, Rachel; Pastor, Amandine V.River ecosystems world‐wide are affected by altered flow regimes, and advanced science and practice of environmental flows have been developed to understand and reduce these impacts. But most environmental flows approaches ignore flow intermittency, which is a natural feature of 30% of the global river network length. Ignoring flow intermittency when setting environmental flows in naturally intermittent rivers ...
Biomonitoring of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams in Europe: Current p...
Stubbington, Rachel; Chadd, Richard; Cid, Núria; Csabai, Zoltán; Miliša, Marko; Morais, Manuela; Munné, Antoni; Pařil, Petr; Pešić, VladimirIntermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are common across Europe and dominate some Mediterranean river networks, supporting high biodiversity and providing ecosystem services in all climate zones. As dynamic ecosystems that transition between flowing, pool, and dry states, IRES are typically poorly represented in biomonitoring programmes implemented to characterize EU Water Framework Directive 'ecologi...