• Macroinvertebrate communities along the main stem and tributaries of a pre-Alpine river: composition responds to altitude, richness does not 

      Jacobsen, Dean; Wiberg-Larsen, Peter; Brodersen, Klaus P.; Hansen, Søren Birkholm; Lindegaard, Claus; Friberg, Nikolai; Dall, Peter C.; Kirkegaard, Jørn; Skriver, Jens; Toman, Mihael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      We collected quantitative macroinvertebrate samples and measured environmental and geographical parameters at 13 sites: six along the main stem and seven in tributaries close to the main channel over a 700 m gradient in ...
    • Pesticide risk assessment and management in a globally changing world—report from a European interdisciplinary workshop 

      Babut, Marc; Arts, Gertie H.; Caracciolo, Anna Barra; Carluer, Nadia; Domange, Nicolas; Friberg, Nikolai; Gouy, Vèronique; Grung, Merete; Lagadick, Laurent; Martin-Laurent, Fabrice; Mazzella, Nicolas; Pesce, Stèphane; Real, Benoit; Reichenberger, Stefan; Roex, Erwin W. M.; Romijn, Kees; Röttele, Manfred; Stenrød, Marianne; Tounebize, Julien; Vernier, Francoise; Vindimian, Eric (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
    • Plastic recycling plant as a point source of microplastics to sediment and macroinvertebrates in a remote stream 

      Kallenbach, Emilie; Eriksen, Tor Erik; Hurley, Rachel; Jacobsen, Dean; Singdahl-Larsen, Cecilie; Friberg, Nikolai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Microplastic is now ubiquitous in freshwater, sediment and biota, globally. This is as a consequence of inputs from, for example, waste mismanagement, effluents from wastewater treatment plants and surface runoff from ...
    • Pulse of dissolved organic matter alters reciprocal carbon subsidies between autotrophs and bacteria in stream food webs 

      Demars, Benoît O. L.; Friberg, Nikolai; Thornton, Barry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Soils are currently leaching out dissolved organic matter (DOM) at an increasing pace due to climate and land use change or recovery from acidification. The implications for stream biogeochemistry and food webs remain ...
    • Re-Meandering of lowland streams: Will disobeying the laws of geomorphology have ecological consequences? 

      Pedersen, Morten Lauge; Kristensen, Klaus Kevin; Friberg, Nikolai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      We evaluated the restoration of physical habitats and its influence on macroinvertebrate community structure in 18 Danish lowland streams comprising six restored streams, six streams with little physical alteration and six ...
    • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt 

      Haase, Peter; Bowler, Diana Elizabeth; Baker, Nathan J.; Bonada, Núria; Domisch, Sami; Marquez, Jaime R. Garcia Marquez; Heino, Jani; Hering, Daniel; Jähnig, Sonja C.; Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid; Stubbington, Rachel; Altermatt, Florian; Álvarez-Cabria, Mario; Amatulli, Giuseppe; Angeler, David G.; Archambaud-Suard, Gaït; Jorrín, Iñaki Arrate; Aspin, Thomas; Azpiroz, Iker; Bañares, Iñaki; Ortiz, José Barquín; Bodin, Christian L.; Bonacina, Luca; Bottarin, Roberta; Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel; Csabai, Zoltán; Datry, Thibault; De Eyto, Elvira; Dohet, Alain; Dörflinger, Gerald; Drohan, Emma; Eikland, Knut Andreas; England, Judy; Eriksen, Tor E.; Evtimova, Vesela; Feio, Maria J.; Ferréol, Martial; Floury, Mathieu; Forcellini, Maxence; Forio, Marie Anne Eurie; Fornaroli, Riccardo; Friberg, Nikolai; Fruget, Jean-François; Georgieva, Galia; Goethals, Peter; Graça, Manuel A. S.; Graf, Wolfram; House, Andy; Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Pilotto, Francesca; Rasmussen, Jes Jessen; Sandin, Leonard; Velle, Gaute (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Owing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the most vulnerable to biodiversity loss1. Mitigation measures, including wastewater treatment and hydromorphological restoration, have ...
    • Riparian Vegetation Structure Influences Terrestrial Invertebrate Communities in an Agricultural Landscape 

      Popescu, Cristina; Oprina-Pavelescu, Mihaela; Dinu, Valentin; Cazacu, Constantin; Burdon, Francis J.; Forio, Marie Anne Eurie; Kupilas, Benjamin; Friberg, Nikolai; Goethals, Peter; McKie, Brendan G.; Rîșnoveanu, Geta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Stream and terrestrial ecosystems are intimately connected by riparian zones that support high biodiversity but are also vulnerable to human impacts. Landscape disturbances, overgrazing, and diffuse pollution of agrochemicals ...
    • Small Patches of Riparian Woody Vegetation Enhance Biodiversity of Invertebrates 

      Forio, Marie Anne Eurie; De Troyer, Niels; Lock, Koen; Witing, Felix; Baert, Lotte; de Saeyer, Nancy; Risnoveanu, Geta; Popescu, Cristina; Burdon, Francis J.; Kupilas, Benjamin; Friberg, Nikolai; Boets, Pieter; Volk, Martin; McKie, Brendan G.; Goethals, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Patches of riparian woody vegetation potentially help mitigate environmental impacts of agriculture and safeguard biodiversity. We investigated the effects of riparian forest on invertebrate diversity in coupled stream-riparian ...
    • Stable isotope analysis indicates positive effects of river restoration on aquatic-terrestrial linkages 

      Kupilas, Benjamin; McKie, Brendan G; Januschke, Kathrin; Friberg, Nikolai; Hering, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Hydromorphological river restoration can significantly alter habitat configuration and modify invertebrate assemblages of rivers and floodplains. However, the consequences of these changes for ecosystem functioning and ...
    • Stream Macroinvertebrates and Carbon Cycling in Tangled Food Webs 

      Demars, Benoît Olivier Laurent; Kemp, Joanna Lynn; Marteau, Baptiste; Friberg, Nikolai; Thornton, Barry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The annual global loss of organic carbon from terrestrial ecosystems into rivers is similar to the organic carbon stored in soils each year. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) flows through the food web to macroinvertebrates, ...
    • Stream restoration and ecosystem functioning in lowland streams 

      Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Alnoe, Anette Baisner; Rasmussen, Jes Jessen; Levi, Peter S.; Friberg, Nikolai; Riis, Tenna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Restoration has been increasingly applied over the last decades as a way to improve the ecological conditions in stream ecosystems, but documentation of the impact of restoration on ecosystem functions is sparse. Here, we ...
    • Temperature and spatial connectivity drive patterns in freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity across the Arctic 

      Lento, Jennifer; Culp, Joseph M; Levenstein, Brianna; Aroviita, Jukka; Baturina, Maria A.; Bogan, Daniel; Brittain, John E; Chin, Krista; Christoffersen, Kirsten S.; Docherty, Catherine; Friberg, Nikolai; Ingimarsson, Finnur; Jacobsen, Dean; Lau, Danny Chun Pong; Loskutova, Olga A.; Milner, Alexander; Mykrä, Heikki; Novichkova, Anna A.; Ólafsson, Jón S.; Schartau, Ann Kristin; Shaftel, Rebecca; Goedkoop, Willem (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      1. Warming in the Arctic is predicted to change freshwater biodiversity through loss of unique taxa and northward range expansion of lower latitude taxa. Detecting such changes requires establishing circumpolar baselines ...
    • Trait‐based ecology at large scales: Assessing functional trait correlations, phylogenetic constraints and spatial variability using open data 

      Wilkes, Martin A.; Edwards, Francois; Jones, J Iwan; Murphy, John F; England, Judy; Friberg, Nikolai; Hering, Daniel; Poff, N LeRoy; Usseglio-Polatera, Phillippe; Verberk, Wilco CEP; Webb, Jon; Brown, Lee E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The growing use of functional traits in ecological research has brought new insights into biodiversity responses to global environmental change. However, further progress depends on overcoming three major challenges involving ...
    • Two different approaches of microbial community structure characterization in riverine epilithic biofilms under multiple stressors conditions: Developing molecular indicators 

      Pin, Lorenzo; Eiler, Alexander; Fazi, Stefano; Friberg, Nikolai (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Microbial communities are major players in the biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning of river networks. Despite their importance in the ecosystem, biomonitoring tools relying on prokaryotes are still lacking. ...
    • Using Food Webs and Metabolic Theory to Monitor, Model, and Manage Atlantic Salmon—A Keystone Species Under Threat 

      Woodward, Guy; Morris, Olivia; Barquín, José; Belgrano, Andrea; Bull, Colin; de Eyto, Elvira; Friberg, Nikolai; Guðbergsson, Guðni; Layer-Dobra, Katrin; Lauridsen, Rasmus B.; Lewis, Hannah M.; McGinnity, Philip; Pawar, Samraat; Rosindell, James; O'Gorman, Eoin J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Populations of Atlantic salmon are crashing across most of its natural range: understanding the underlying causes and predicting these collapses in time to intervene effectively are urgent ecological and socioeconomic ...
    • Vurdering av kunnskapsgrunnlag for leirpåvirkede elver 

      Eriksen, Tor Erik; Lindholm, Markus; Kile, Maia Røst; Solheim, Anne Lyche; Friberg, Nikolai (NIVA-rapport;6792, Research report, 2015)
      Denne rapporten vurderer hvorvidt de to biologiske indeksene ASPT for bunnfauna og PIT for begroingsalger kan brukes til å tilstandsklassifisere leirvassdrag i henhold til Vannforskriften. Vi gjør dette ved å analysere ...