A5035712715- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Research in Social Sciences
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Forest Management and Policy
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
Finnish Environment Institute
2015-2024
Ecological Society of America
2018
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2018
University of Oulu
2011-2016
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2016
University of Jyväskylä
2007-2010
Summary DNA metabarcoding holds great promise for the assessment of macroinvertebrates in stream ecosystems. However, few large‐scale studies have compared performance with that routine morphological identification. We performed using four primer sets on macroinvertebrate samples from 18 sites across Finland. The were collected 2013 and identified based morphology as part a Finnish monitoring program. Specimens morphologically classified, following standardised protocols, to lowest taxonomic...
An experiment in >1000 river and riparian sites found spatial patterns controls of carbon processing at the global scale.
Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (i.e., β-diversity) is at heart of ecology. A common approach to examine β-diversity evaluate directional by measuring decay similarity among pairs communities along spatial or environmental distance. We provide first global synthesis taxonomic functional distance analysing 148 datasets comprising different types organisms environments.
Abstract Metacommunity studies commonly use spatial distances or, more recently, landscape resistance measures between study sites as a surrogate for connectivity. However, local communities are connected to many other sources of colonisation than the included in study, and availability distance potential may be better surrogates dispersal sampling sites. Here we test effect habitat connectivity on assembly stream‐riffle macroinvertebrates with different abilities, after controlling...
Abstract Riparian forests are commonly advocated as a key management option to mitigate the effects of agriculture on headwater stream biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, benefits riparian might be reduced by uninterrupted catchment‐scale pollution. We studied land use multiple ecological endpoints in streams an agricultural landscape. habitat characteristics, water temperature algal accrual, macrophyte, benthic macroinvertebrate fish communities 11 paired forested open reaches...
Summary 1. Many studies have shown traditional species diversity indices to perform poorly in discriminating anthropogenic influences on biodiversity. By contrast, marine systems, taxonomic distinctness that take into account the relatedness of been discriminate effects. However, few examined performance freshwater systems. 2. We studied four and for detecting effects stream macroinvertebrate assemblages. Further, we catchment type area, as well two variables (pH total phosphorus)...
Summary Restoration of river hydromorphology often has limited detected effects on biota. One frequently discussed reason is that the restored length insufficient to allow populations develop and give room for geomorphological processes occur. We investigated ten pairs sections which one was a large project involving long, intensively section represented smaller restoration effort. The effect quantified by comparing each an upstream non‐restored section. sampled following response variables:...
Rivers and streams contribute to global carbon cycling by decomposing immense quantities of terrestrial plant matter. However, decomposition rates are highly variable large-scale patterns drivers this process remain poorly understood. Using a cellulose-based assay reflect the primary constituent detritus, we generated predictive model (81% variance explained) for cellulose across 514 globally distributed streams. A large number variables were important predicting decomposition, highlighting...
Abstract Aim Conserving freshwater biodiversity in a rapidly changing world requires updated planning schemes and research efforts. Geodiversity – the diversity of Earth surface forms, materials processes are interlinked at fundamental level. This relationship is being considered growing number studies, yet from environments scarce. We used geodiversity (rock‐type, soil‐type geomorphological richness), local climatic variables to explore whether can be as surrogate for aquatic plant species...
Abstract Warming in the Arctic is predicted to change freshwater biodiversity through loss of unique taxa and northward range expansion lower latitude taxa. Detecting such changes requires establishing circumpolar baselines for diversity, understanding primary drivers diversity. We examined benthic macroinvertebrate diversity using a dataset >1,500 lake river sites. Rarefied α within catchments was assessed along temperature gradients. Community composition region‐scale analysis β its...
There is an urgent need for planning actions to mitigate biodiversity loss worldwide, which involves developing assessment methods help decision-makers identifying areas most at risk and prioritizing action.  This requires robust data analyses but it also implies thinking about realistic cost-effective measures. Fresh waters host important part of global freshwater organisms are expected be profoundly impacted by the predicted increase in water temperatures discharge alterations...
Summary 1. River InVertebrate Prediction and Classification System (RIVPACS)‐type predictive models are increasingly used to assess the biological condition of freshwaters, but management schemes may also be based on a priori groupings similar water bodies (typologies) control for natural variation in biota. The two approaches lead disagreements status site, depending on, example, spatial scale at which assessments conducted. 2. We data from 96 reference 134 potentially impacted sites...
Summary Forestry can have detrimental impacts on stream ecosystems, particularly via excessive sedimentation. A key challenge to management is therefore identify the best restoration practices mitigate harmful of fine sediments biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. We studied effects sediment‐impacted headwater streams habitat structure, hydrologic retention, (microbes, bryophytes, benthic macroinvertebrates, riparian plants) functions (periphyton accrual rate leaf breakdown) by comparing...