Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Safa Baccour, Jose Albiac, Taher Kahil, Encarna Esteban, Daniel Crespo, Ariel Dinar
Summary: Water scarcity and degradation of water quality are significant challenges faced by many basins globally, particularly in arid and semiarid regions. Agriculture plays a key role in depleting and polluting water resources, as well as contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Effective policies can mitigate the impacts of climate change, enhance water quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improving social welfare.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Swiad Snieder, Cedric M. Griffiths, Amanda Owen, Adrian J. Hartley, John A. Howell
Summary: Using stratigraphic forward modeling to study DFS helps to expand our understanding of its stratigraphic architecture and reduce risks associated with exploration, production, and storage of fluids in subsurface DFS.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Julia von Goenner, Diana E. Bowler, Jonas Groening, Anna-Katharina Klauer, Matthias Liess, Lilian Neuer, Aletta Bonn
Summary: The majority of central European streams are in poor ecological condition due to pesticide inputs from terrestrial habitats, which threaten sensitive insects in streams. Standardized stream monitoring data and societal support are necessary to conserve and restore freshwater habitats. Citizen science (CS) has the potential to complement international freshwater monitoring, although data accuracy concerns exist.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Brian Omondi Oduor, Miguel Angel Campo-Bescos, Noemi Lana-Renault, Javier Casali
Summary: Predicting the response of water quality and quantity to climate change in a watershed is challenging due to complexity and uncertainties. However, hydrological models like the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) can simplify the processes and predict the impacts of agricultural activities. This study evaluated the applicability of SWAT in predicting streamflow and nitrate load in an agricultural Mediterranean watershed and found that the model performed well during calibration and validation. Climate change projections showed a decline in streamflow and nitrate load, with the long-term projection scenario of RCP8.5 being greatly affected.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aleksandra Bawiec, Joanna Kajewska-Szkudlarek, Krzysztof Pulikowski, Katarzyna Paweska
Summary: The study aimed to assess the validity of introducing NVZs in large river catchment areas, with results showing higher N-NO3 concentrations observed in the upper parts of the studied catchments. It is necessary to redefine NVZs to restore water quality.
Article
Environmental Sciences
B. C. Avci, E. Kesgin, M. Atam, R. Tan
Summary: This study aims to simulate surface water quality in the Northern Aegean Watershed over a twenty-year period using the SWAT tool. It evaluates the effectiveness of various potential best management practices (BMPs) in improving water quality and provides guidelines for agricultural activities in the watershed.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Eva M. Garcia-del-Toro, Sara Garcia-Salgado, Luis F. Mateo, M. Angeles Quijano, M. Isabel Mas-Lopez
Summary: Groundwater is an important freshwater resource, but its quality in the Campo de Cartagena region of Spain is problematic. This study proposes two machine learning models to assess and predict groundwater quality for better water resource management.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Javier Perez, Luz Boyero, Ana Raquel Tunon, Brenda Checa, Francisco Correa-Araneda, Alisson Guerra, Anyi Tunon, Dania Castillo, Edgar Perez, Gabriela Garcia, Randhy Rodriguez, Aydee Cornejo
Summary: Stream ecosystems are vulnerable to changes in land use, especially those associated with agriculture. By conducting decomposition experiments, we found that detritivores play a crucial role in assessing the impacts of land use changes on these ecosystems.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rebeca Perez-Gonzalez, Xavier Soria-Perpinya, Juan Soria, Maria D. Sendra, Eduardo Vicente
Summary: This study investigated the physical/chemical factors affecting cyanobacteria in 30 reservoirs in the Ebro River basin in northeastern Spain. The results showed that temperature, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and water residence time were positively correlated with cyanobacteria abundance, while silica was negatively correlated. Remote sensing was used to compare cyanobacteria indicators with empirical measurements, and the results showed that factors such as light availability, nitrogen, and phosphorus were closely related to cyanobacteria abundance, while silica did not show a clear relationship.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Philippe Negrel, Romain Millot
Summary: This study investigates the behavior of lithium and its isotopes in the Ebro River basin, indicating that evaporite weathering plays a crucial role in controlling lithium concentrations. The influence of anthropogenic agricultural and industrial activities on lithium concentrations is minimal. The ratios of Na/Li, Cl/Li, and SO4/Li reflect the types of dissolved salts in different tributaries, with the Ebro River being a mixture of all tributaries.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Water Resources
Dale R. Van Stempvoort, D. Ross MacKay, Pamela Collins, Geoff Koehler
Summary: Nutrient concentrations in riparian groundwater vary, making it difficult to quantify nutrient fluxes from groundwater discharge to headwater streams. This study uses a different method to estimate groundwater discharge and nutrient loading by analyzing stream discharge data and samples collected during a specific period. The findings suggest that groundwater discharge plays an important role in nutrient loading to headwater streams and supports previous studies on the influence of legacy reservoirs on nutrient loads in similar agricultural catchments.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mette Vodder Carstensen, Dominik Zak, Sofie Gyritia Madsen van't Veen, Kamila Wisniewska, Niels Bering Ovesen, Brian Kronvang, Joachim Audet
Summary: Integrated buffer zones (IBZ) are effective in reducing nitrogen loading from agricultural fields to streams by providing a favorable environment for denitrification. However, there is a risk of increasing emissions of greenhouse gases nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). The study found that IBZs can efficiently remove nitrogen while also emitting greenhouse gases, but the emissions are comparable to those of natural wetlands and other mitigation measures.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Gulshan Kumar Sharma, Shakeel A. Khan, Manoj Shrivastava, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Anil Sharma, Navindu Gupta, Arti Bhatia
Summary: In this study, the researchers used phycoremediation of sewage wastewater to reduce nitrate leaching and evaluated its impact on spinach crops. The application of microalgal manure significantly reduced nitrate leaching and ammonium content in spinach after harvest compared to chemically fertilized treatment.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jose Luis Pena-Monne, Maria Marta Sampietro-Vattuone, Jesus Picazo-Millan
Summary: The polyphasic evolution of testimonial buttes in the central area of the Ebro basin (Los Monegros) is analyzed in this study. The results show that the present arrangement of talus flatiron rings is the result of environmental cycles represented by aggradation and degradation processes. The study also reveals the impact of stable climate conditions, ancient human activities, and erosion on the landscape.
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jose Maria Orellana-Macias, Maria Jesus Perles Rosello, Jesus Causape
Summary: This study introduces a Nitrogen Input Hazard Index, which successfully estimates the influence of nitrogen input on groundwater nitrate concentration and creates hazard maps. It serves as a useful tool to support risk analyses of agricultural activities in vulnerable areas where nitrate pollution may threaten human water supply.
Article
Limnology
Marie-Pier Hebert, Celia C. Symons, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles, Shelley E. Arnott, Alison M. Derry, Vincent Fugere, William D. Hintz, Stephanie J. Melles, Louis Astorg, Henry K. Baker, Jennifer A. Brentrup, Amy L. Downing, Zeynep Ersoy, Carmen Espinosa, Jaclyn M. Franceschini, Angelina T. Giorgio, Norman Gobeler, Derek K. Gray, Danielle Greco, Emily Hassal, Mercedes Huynh, Samuel Hylander, Kacie L. Jonasen, Andrea Kirkwood, Silke Langenheder, Ola Langvall, Hjalmar Laudon, Lovisa Lind, Maria Lundgren, Alexandra McClymont, Lorenzo Proia, Rick A. Relyea, James A. Rusak, Matthew S. Schuler, Catherine L. Searle, Jonathan B. Shurin, Christopher F. Steiner, Maren Striebel, Simon Thibodeau, Pablo Urrutia Cordero, Lidia Vendrell-Puigmitja, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, Beatrix E. Beisner
Summary: This study conducted a large-scale mesocosm experiment across multiple sites in North America and Europe to investigate the response of lake zooplankton communities to varying chloride concentrations. The findings suggest that crustaceans are more sensitive to elevated chloride levels than rotifers, and that there is a consistent decrease in abundance and taxon richness with increasing salinity across different taxonomic groups. However, functional diversity shows a weaker loss compared to taxonomic diversity.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Shelley E. Arnott, Vincent Fugere, Celia C. Symons, Stephanie J. Melles, Beatrix E. Beisner, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles, Marie-Pier Hebert, Jennifer A. Brentrup, Amy L. Downing, Derek K. Gray, Danielle Greco, William D. Hintz, Alexandra McClymont, Rick A. Relyea, James A. Rusak, Catherine L. Searle, Louis Astorg, Henry K. Baker, Zeynep Ersoy, Carmen Espinosa, Jaclyn M. Franceschini, Angelina T. Giorgio, Norman Gobeler, Emily Hassal, Mercedes Huynh, Samuel Hylander, Kacie L. Jonasen, Andrea Kirkwood, Silke Langenheder, Ola Langvall, Hjalmar Laudon, Lovisa Lind, Maria Lundgren, Emma R. Moffett, Lorenzo Proia, Matthew S. Schuler, Jonathan B. Shurin, Christopher F. Steiner, Maren Striebel, Simon Thibodeau, Pablo Urrutia Cordero, Lidia Vendrell-Puigmitja, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, Alison M. Derry
Summary: The salinization of freshwaters poses a global threat to aquatic biodiversity. The study quantified the variation in chloride (Cl-) tolerance among 19 freshwater zooplankton species in four countries. The results showed high variation in Cl- tolerance among populations, with zooplankton community composition being the only factor that explained this variation. The large intraspecific variation in Cl- tolerance suggests that water quality guidelines should consider multiple populations and communities.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
(2023)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Carles Ibanez, Nuno Caiola, Jose Barquin, Oscar Belmar, Xavier Benito-Granell, Frederic Casals, Siobhan Fennessy, Jocelyne Hughes, Margaret Palmer, Josep Penuelas, Estela Romero, Jordi Sardans, Michael Williams
Summary: The decline in phosphorus and the increase in nitrogen to phosphorus ratios have resulted in re-oligotrophication in rivers and estuaries of high-income countries, while widespread eutrophication occurs in low-income countries. The biotic response and ecological effects of these changes, as well as the N:P imbalance, need further investigation. The regime shift from phytoplankton to macrophyte dominance, documented in shallow lakes, is less observed in rivers and estuaries.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Alvaro Javier Moyano Salcedo, Edurne Estevez, Humbert Salvado, Jose Barquin, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of human activities on the temporal dynamics of electrical conductivity in Spanish rivers. The results show strong evidence that human activities disrupt the temporal dynamics of salinity, which could have significant effects on aquatic biodiversity. The study suggests incorporating this impact into monitoring and management plans.
Editorial Material
Limnology
Stephanie J. Melles, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles, Alison M. Derry
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ismael Soto, Ross N. Cuthbert, Anthony Ricciardi, Danish A. Ahmed, Florian Altermatt, Ralf B. Schaefer, Gait Archambaud-Suard, Nuria Bonada, Miguel Canedo-Argueelles, Zoltan Csabai, Thibault Datry, Jaimie T. A. Dick, Mathieu Floury, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Maxence Forcellini, Jean-Francois Fruget, Peter Goethals, Peter Haase, Emma J. Hudgins, J. Iwan Jones, Antonin Kouba, Patrick Leitner, Marie-Helene Lizee, Anthony Maire, John F. Murphy, Davis Ozolins, Jes Jessen Rasmussen, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Agnija Skuja, Rachel Stubbington, Gea H. van der Lee, Rudy Vannevel, Gabor Varbiro, Ralf C. M. Verdonschot, Peter Wiberg-Larsen, Phillip J. Haubrock, Elizabeta Briski
Summary: Understanding the dynamics and trends of invasive species population is crucial for comprehending the changing global species compositions. The Ponto-Caspian region has been a significant contributor to aquatic invasive species in Europe. Over a span of 52 years, Ponto-Caspian macroinvertebrates in central and western European countries increased from two to 29 species. The invasion rates and richness of Ponto-Caspian invaders also exhibited significant increase over time.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Daniel Hernandez-Carrasco, David Cunillera-Montcusi, Maria Anton-Pardo, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles, Maria Bas-Silvestre, Jordi Compte, Stephanie Gascon, Xavier D. Quintana, Dani Boix
Summary: Ecological recovery is often evaluated based on species diversity and composition, but recent studies suggest that considering biotic interaction networks can enhance long-term recovery success. In this study, we analyzed zooplankton community recovery in newly created lagoons using beta diversity approaches and inferred interaction networks. We found that differences in community structure between new and old lagoons increased over time, and the overall interaction network was more complex in new lagoons. Interestingly, the network structure in old lagoons became more complex after restoration.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
David Cunillera-Montcusi, Jose Maria Fernandez-Calero, Sebastian Poelsterl, Roger Argelich, Pau Fortuno, Nuria Cid, Nuria Bonada, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles
Summary: This study presents a framework for evaluating spatiotemporal connectivity using two new measures: spatiotemporal connectivity (STcon) and spatiotemporal connectivity matrix (STconmat). The results show that spatiotemporal connectivity differs not only within but also among streams, and is related to macroinvertebrate community structure and composition. The framework can be applied to assess spatiotemporal patterns in different ecosystems by considering different time windows and/or network structures.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Miguel Canedo-Argüelles, Ana C. Brito, Indra Sen, Rajdeep Roy
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Erik Jeppesen, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles, Sally Entrekin, S. S. S. Sarma, Judit Padisak
Article
Zoology
Karen Velasquez-Rodriguez, Xiao-long Lin, Pamela Sanchez-Vendizu, Raul Loayza-Muro, Ana Huamantinco, Narcis Prat
Summary: In this study, the immature stages of Symbiocladius (Acletus) wygodzinskyi were found in the Churup stream in the Andes Cordillera (Peru), feeding on nymphs of Leptophlebiidae. A morphological description of the immature stages and the COX1 gene sequence of S. (A.) wygodzinskyi were provided. The genetic analysis also revealed a 23% difference between S. (A.) wygodzinskyi and Symbiocladius (Symbiocladius) rhithrogenae.
Article
Biology
Zulema Varela, Javier Martinez-Abaigar, Rafael Tomas-Las-Heras, Jose Angel Fernandez, Maria-Angeles Del-Castillo-Alonso, Encarnacion Nunez-Olivera
Summary: Air pollution in urban areas is a major environmental risk. This study aimed to test the suitability of Ligustrum lucidum physiological variables as proxies for heavy metal and platinum group element pollution. The results showed that the physiological variables of Ligustrum lucidum trees had only a slight response to heavy metals and platinum group elements.
Article
Ecology
Tadeu Siqueira, Charles P. Hawkins, Julian D. Olden, Jonathan Tonkin, Lise Comte, Victor S. Saito, Thomas L. Anderson, Gedimar P. Barbosa, Nuria Bonada, Claudia C. Bonecker, Miguel Canedo-Argueelles, Thibault Datry, Michael B. Flinn, Pau Fortuno, Gretchen A. Gerrish, Peter Haase, Matthew J. Hill, James M. Hood, Kaisa-Leena Huttunen, Michael J. Jeffries, Timo Muotka, Daniel R. O'Donnell, Riku Paavola, Petr Paril, Michael J. Paterson, Christopher J. Patrick, Gilmar Perbiche-Neves, Luzia C. Rodrigues, Susanne C. Schneider, Michal Straka, Albert Ruhi
Summary: Temporal variability in ecological structure and processes tends to decrease with increasing spatial scales and levels of biological organization. However, the patterns and mechanisms of variability across trophic levels remain poorly understood. In this study, we analyzed abundance time series data from spatially structured communities and found that temporal variability in abundance decreases from producers to tertiary consumers, mainly at the local scale. Synchrony within sites increases with trophic level, while synchrony among communities decreases.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Damiano Baldan, David Cunillera-Montcusi, Andrea Funk, Mikolaj Piniewski, Miguel Canedo-Argueelles, Thomas Hein
Summary: The loss of longitudinal connectivity is a major contributor to the freshwater biodiversity crisis, affecting river systems globally. Barriers such as dams alter the dispersal of aquatic organisms and disrupt metacommunity dynamics. This study investigates the response of fish communities to network position and dam-induced fragmentation, and finds that the effects of network centrality on biodiversity may be masked by dam fragmentation in highly fragmented catchments.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Marc Franch, Gustavo A. Llorente, Maria Rieradevall, Albert Montori, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles
Summary: The degradation of wetlands globally has led to increased vulnerability to invasions, which is influenced by the overlap of native and invasive species. This study examines the coexistence of the native Mediterranean stripe-necked terrapin and the invasive Red-eared Slider in a coastal wetland. The analysis reveals low niche overlap between the species, with distinct responses to environmental and landscape factors. Landscape attributes primarily influence the distribution of the Red-eared Slider, while the distribution of the Mediterranean stripe-necked terrapin is partially explained by these factors and may be influenced by competitive exclusion processes. Both species exhibit a wide tolerance range for eutrophication and salinity but show different environmental preferences. The findings suggest that management strategies, such as removing invasive species and promoting habitat heterogeneity, are necessary to protect the native species and prevent local extinctions.