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  • Programme area:Aquatic Ecosystem Services and Sustainability
September 2024
Functional Ecology. - 38(2024)7, 1523-1536

Multiple-stressor effects on leaf litter decomposition in freshwater ecosystems: A meta-analysis

Graciela Medina Madariaga; Verónica Ferreira; Roshni Arora; India Mansour; Gwendoline M. David; Sonja C. Jähnig; Fengzhi He

By using a meta analytical technique, the authors investigated the effect of multiple-stressors on leaf litter decomposition in freshwaters. The overall interaction between multiple stressors was antagonistic and the magnitude and direction of multiple-stressor interactions depends on factors such as the involvement of macroinvertebrates, habitat type and available resources.

September 2024
Journal of Environmental Management. - 370(2024), Art. 122474

A global systematic map of knowledge of inland commercial navigation effects on freshwater ecosystems

Alienor Jeliazkov; Vanesa Martínez-Fernández; Vassil Y. Altanov; Jean-Nicolas Beisel; Anthonie Dirk Buijse; Sofia Consuegra; Swann Felin; Carlos Garcia de Leaniz; Wolfram Graf; Fengzhi He; Sonja C. Jähnig; Patrick Leitner; Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber j; Aaron N. Sexton; Cybill Staentzel; Evelyne Tales; Karl M. Wantzen; Christian Wolter

The authors conducted a systematic mapping of the published literature (1908–2021) to provide a global synthesis of the effects of inland navigation on the biotic and abiotic components of freshwater ecosystems. Inland navigation impacts rivers through shipping, infrastructure, and waterway management, causing direct (e.g., waves) and indirect effects (habitat loss, invasions). 

September 2024
Limnology and Oceanography. - 69(2024)8, 1882-1899

Migrating ripples create streambed heterogeneity altering microbial diversity and metabolic activity

Anna Oprei; José Schreckinger; Norbert Kamjunke; Anja Worrich; Michael Mutz; Ute Risse-Buhl

The field study compared sediment characteristics as well as multitrophic diversity and function in two vertical layers of migrating ripples and stationary patches in sandy lowland streams. It indicates that migrating bedforms create streambed heterogeneity by modulating the abundance, diversity, and structure of different trophic guilds of microbial communities and their resource acquisition.

September 2024
FEMS Microbiology Ecology. - 100(2024)6, Art. fiae073

Light over mechanics: microbial community structure and activity in simulated migrating bedforms are controlled by oscillating light rather than by mechanical forces

Anna Oprei; José Schreckinger; Insa Franzmann; Hayoung Lee; Michael Mutz; Ute Risse-Buhl

The authors tested the effect of 3 migration velocities as well as oscillating and constant light conditions on the structure and function of the microbial community residing in sediments from migrating ripple and stationary patches: Light oscillation is the predominating environmental factor during ripple migration, resulting in an increased vulnerability of light-dependent photoautotrophs.

September 2024
Nature Sustainability. - 7(2024), 956–963

Recreational killing of wild animals can foster environmental stewardship

Samuel Shephard; Erica von Essen; Thorsten Gieser; Charles J. List; Robert Arlinghaus

The authors add a new perspective to the topic of "recreational use of wild animals". The hypothesis is that an emotionally intense interaction between hunters / anglers and wild animals can create a particularly strong sense of responsibility, described as "environmental stewardship". This in turn would be an incentive for many to commit to lifelong environmental and species protection action. 

September 2024
Current Biology. - 34(2024)16, 3698-3706.e4

The haplotype-resolved Prymnesium parvum (type B) microalga genome reveals the genetic basis of its fish-killing toxins

Heiner Kuhl; Jürgen F. H. Strassert; Dora Čertnerová; Elisabeth Varga; Eva Kreuz; Dunja K. Lamatsch; Sven Wuertz; Jan Köhler; Michael T. Monaghan; Matthias Stöck

The research team has sequenced the complete genome of the microalga from the the Oder disaster 2022 in order to identify future risk factors under which the alga multiplies and produces its toxin. They were able to identify the gene sequences that encode the toxins an important step toward an early warning system. 

May 2024
Nature Food. - 5(2024), 433-443

Inland recreational fisheries contribute nutritional benefits and economic value but are vulnerable to climate change

Abigail J. Lynch; Holly S. Embke; Elizabeth A. Nyboer; Louisa E. Wood; Andy Thorpe; Sui C. Phang; Daniel F. Viana; Christopher D. Golden; Marco Milardi; Robert Arlinghaus; Claudio Baigun; T. Douglas Beard Jr.; Steven J. Cooke; Ian G. Cowx; John D. Koehn; Roman Lyach; Warren Potts; Ashley M. Robertson; Josef Schmidhuber; Olaf L. F. Weyl

The research team estimates that recreational fishing in lakes and rivers accounts for more than 11 per cent of the annually reported catches in inland fisheries worldwide. The analyzed total consumption value of harvested fish is around 10 billion US dollars per year. Due to climate change and direct human impacts on freshwater ecosystems, the productivity of important fish species is declining.

October 2023
Biogeochemistry. - XX(2023), XX

Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale

Budiman Minasny; Diana Vigah Adetsu; Matt Aitkenhead; Rebekka R. E. Artz; Nikki Baggaley; Alexandra Barthelmes; Amélie Beucher; Jean Caron; Giulia Conchedda; John Connolly; Raphaël Deragon; Chris Evans; Kjetil Fadnes; Dian Fiantis; Zisis Gagkas; Louis Gilet; Alessandro Gimona; Stephan Glatzel; Mogens H. Greve; Wahaj Habib; Kristell Hergoualc’h; Cecilie Hermansen; Darren B. Kidd; Triven Koganti; Dianna Kopansky; David J. Large; Tuula Larmola; Allan Lilly; Haojie Liu; Matthew Marcus; Maarit Middleton; Keith Morrison; Rasmus Jes Petersen; Tristan Quaife; Line Rochefort; Rudiyanto; Linda Toca; Francesco N. Tubiello; Peter Lystbæk Weber; Simon Weldon; Wirastuti Widyatmanti; Jenny Williamson; Dominik Zak

This paper reviews the current state of knowledge on mapping and monitoring peatlands from field sites to the globe and identifies areas where further research is needed. Simple peat characteristics such as degree of humification, dry bulk density or stoichiometry can be used as a proxy to estimate the carbon and nutrient fluxes in different degraded peatlands. 

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
October 2023
Methods in Ecology and Evolution. - 14(2023)10, S. 2514-2530

Positioning aquatic animals with acoustic transmitters

Robert J. Lennox; Kim Aarestrup; Josep Alós; Robert Arlinghaus; Eneko Aspillaga; Michael G. Bertram; Kim Birnie-Gauvin; Tomas Brodin; Steven J. Cooke; Lotte S. Dahlmo; Félicie Dhellemmes; Karl Ø. Gjelland; Gustav Hellström; Henry Hershey; Christopher Holbrook; Thomas Klefoth; Susan Lowerre-Barbieri; Christopher T. Monk; Cecilie Iden Nilsen; Ine Pauwels; Renanel Pickholtz; Marie Prchalová; Jan Reubens; Milan Říha; David Villegas-Ríos; Knut Wiik Vollset; Samuel Westrelin; Henrik Baktoft

The paper offers an introduction to novel methods of high-resolution positional telemetry that provide guidance to practioners. It presents a summary of all techniques for fine-scale positioning of the movements of fish.

Review_Fish_Biology&Fisheries
June 2023
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. - 33(2023), 1095–1111

Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by recreational anglers: considerations for developing more resilient and sustainable fisheries

J. Robert Britton; Adrian C. Pinder; Josep Alós; Robert Arlinghaus; Andy J. Danylchuk; Wendy Edwards; Kátia M. F. Freire; Casper Gundelund; Kieran Hyder; Ivan Jarić; Robert Lennox; Wolf‑Christian Lewin; Abigail J. Lynch; Stephen R. Midway; Warren M. Potts; Karina L. Ryan; Christian Skov; Harry V. Strehlow; Sean R. Tracey; Jun‑ichi Tsuboi; Paul A. Venturelli; Jessica L. Weir; Marc Simon Weltersbach; Steven J. Cooke

The study investigated the impact of COVID on recreational fisheries across the globe.The authors found COVID to increase local recreational fisheries participation but to reduce touristic recreational fisheries where travel restrictions were in place.