Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics

2024/01/26 by James S. Sinclair, Ellen A. R. Welti, Florian Altermatt +66 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02305-4

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Citations

• Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan
• Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances
• The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

Cited by

• Recovery and Degradation Drive Changes in the Dispersal Capacity of Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities

Discussions

• #9 of our 2024 papers (the final one, and with only a minor role of our group): An analysis of 1365 macroinvertebrate time series in Europe showed that ecological status improved until about 2010, and [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]