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October 2024
Nature Reviews : Earth & Environment. - 5(2024), 755-772

Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity

Fengzhi He; Christiane Zarfl; Klement Tockner; Julian D. Olden; Zilca Campos; Fábio Muniz; Jens-Christian Svenning; Sonja C. Jähnig

The authors discuss the impacts of hydropower on aquatic and semi-aquatic species and how the impacts accumulate spatially and temporally across basins. They recommend the STREAM framework: Systematic planning, Tracking hydropower impacts, Responsive adaptive management strategies, Elimination of hydropower infrastructure, Assessment of socioecological trade-offs, and Multi-actor decision-making.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Savety
October 2024
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. - 286(2024), Art. 117149

Cigarette butts enable toxigenic cyanobacteria growth by inhibiting their lethal fungal infections

Nele Guttmann; Justyna Wolinska; Stephanie Spahr; Erika Berenice Martínez-Ruiz

Many freshwater ecosystems contain significant amounts of nicotine and other chemicals from cigarette butts that are toxic to aquatic life. This study shows that some organisms may benefit indirectly: toxic cyanobacteria. This is because cigarette butts in the water harm their parasites by inhibiting infection by chytrid fungi. This promotes the growth of the cyanobacteria.