• Biodiversity in freshwaters: temporal trends and response to water chemistry (ICP Waters report 114/2013) 

      Velle, Gaute; Telford, Richard J.; Curtis, Chris; Eriksson, Lars; Fjellheim, Arne; Frolova, Marina; Fölster, Jens; Grudule, Natalja; Halvorsen, Godtfred A.; Hildrew, Alan; Hoffmann, Andreas; Indriksone, Iveta; Kamasová, Lenka; Kopáèek, Jiøí; Orton, Stuart; Krám, Pavel; Monteith, Don T.; Senoo, Takaaki; Shilland, Ewan M.; Stuchlík, Evžen; Wiklund, Magda-Lena; de Wit, Heleen; Skjelkvaale, Brit Lisa (NIVA-rapport;6580, Research report, 2013-10)
      This report describes trends in biological diversity of benthic invertebrates from acid-sensitive lakes and rivers sampled between 1982 and 2011 in the Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and the UK. The results ...
    • Biodiversity of macro-invertebrates in acid-sensitive waters: trends and relations to water chemistry and climate. ICP Waters report 127/2016 

      Velle, Gaute; Mahlum, Shad; Monteith, Don T.; de Wit, Heleen; Arle, Jens; Eriksson, Lars; Fjellheim, Arne; Frolova, Marina; Fölster, Jens; Grudule, Natalja; Halvorsen, Godtfred A.; Hildrew, Alan; Hruška, Jakub; Indriksone, Iveta; Kamasová, Lenka; Kopáček, Jiří; Krám, Pavel; Orton, Stuart; Senoo, Takaaki; Shilland, Ewan M.; Stuchlík, Evžen; Telford, Richard J.; Ungermanová, Lenka; Wiklund, Magda-Lena; Wright, Richard F. (NIVA-rapport;7077, Research report, 2016-09)
      This is a study of the international impact of acid emission reductions on vulnerable freshwater biodiversity of benthic macroinvertebrates. In order to properly attribute impacts it is necessary to also incorporate the ...
    • Cleaner air reveals growing influence of climate on dissolved organic carbon trends in northern headwaters 

      de Wit, Heleen; Stoddard, John L.; Monteith, Donald T.; Sample, James E.; Austnes, Kari; Couture, Suzanne; Fölster, Jens; Higgins, Scott N.; Houle, Daniel; Hruška, Jakub; Krám, Pavel; Kopáček, Jiří; Paterson, Andrew M.; Valinia, Salar; Van Dam, Herman; Vuorenmaa, Jussi; Evans, Chris D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Surface water browning, the result of increasing concentrations of dissolved organic matter (DOM), has been widespread in northern ecosystems in recent decades. Here, we assess a database of 426 undisturbed headwater lakes ...
    • Comparing in situ turbidity sensor measurements as a proxy for suspended sediments in North-Western European streams 

      Skarbøvik, Eva; Gyritia Madsen van't Veen, Sofie; Lannergård, Emma E.; Wenng, Hannah Tabea; Stutter, Marc; Bieroza, Magdalena; Atcheson, Kevin; Jordan, Philip; Fölster, Jens; Mellander, Per-Erik; Kronvang, Brian; Marttila, Hannu; Kaste, Øyvind; Lepistö, Ahti; Kämäri, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Climate change in combination with land use alterations may lead to significant changes in soil erosion and sediment fluxes in streams. Optical turbidity sensors can monitor with high frequency and can be used as a proxy ...
    • Comparing nutrient reference concentrations in Nordic countries with focus on lowland rivers 

      Skarbøvik, Eva; Aroviita, Jukka; Fölster, Jens; Solheim, Anne Lyche; Kyllmar, Katarina; Rankinen, Katri; Kronvang, Brian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Reference conditions of water bodies are defined as the natural or minimal anthropogenically disturbed state. We compared the methods for determining total phosphorus and total nitrogen concentrations in rivers in Finland, ...
    • Proceedings of the 33rd Task Force meeting of the ICP Waters Programme in Uppsala, May 9-11, 2017 

      Garmo, Øyvind Aaberg; de Wit, Heleen; Fölster, Jens; Garmo, Øyvind - Project manager (NIVA-rapport;7178, Research report, 2017)
      Proceedings of the 33rd Task Force meeting of the ICP Waters Programme in Uppsala, May 9-11, 2017. National contributions from Russia, Switzerland, and Moldova.
    • Regional assessment of the current extent of acidification of surface waters in Europe and North America 

      Austnes, Kari; Aherne, Julian; Arle, Jens; Čičendajeva, Marina; Couture, Suzanne; Fölster, Jens; Garmo, Øyvind Aaberg; Hruska, Jakub; Monteith, Don; Posch, Max; Rogora, Michaela; Sample, James Edward; Skjelkvåle, Brit Lisa; Steingruber, Sandra; Stoddard, John L.; Ulańczyk, Rafał; Van Dam, Herman; Velasco, Manuel Toro; Vuorenmaa, Jussi; Wright, Richard Frederic; de Wit, Heleen (NIVA-rapport;7268, Research report, 2018)
      The current status of surface water acidification related to air pollution in Europe and North America has been assessed using country reports, monitoring data, critical loads and exceedance data, acid sensitivity and ...
    • Responses of benthic invertebrates to chemical recovery from acidification 

      Velle, Gaute; Bodin, Christian Lucien; Arle, Jens; Austnes, Kari; Boggero, Angela; Bojkova, Jindriska; Fornaroli, Riccardo; Fölster, Jens; Goedkoop, Willem; Jones, Iwan; Juggins, Steve; Lau, Danny C.P.; Monteith, Don; Murphy, John; Musazzi, Simona; Shilland, Ewan; Steingruber, Sandra; Wiklund, Magda-Lena; de Wit, Heleen (NIVA-rapport;7881-2023, Research report, 2023)
      The report provides an assessment of biological recovery from acidification in freshwater environments in Europe. The report consists of two parts, a regional data analysis based on an international dataset of biological ...
    • Trends and patterns in surface water chemistry in Europe and North America between 1990 and 2016, with particular focus on changes in land use as a confounding factor for recovery 

      Garmo, Øyvind Aaberg; Kaste, Øyvind; Arle, Jens; Austnes, Kari; de Wit, Heleen; Fölster, Jens; Houle, Daniel; Hruska, Jakub; Indriksone, Iveta; Monteith, Don; Rogora, Michaela; Sample, James Edward; Steingruber, Sandra; Stoddard, John L.; Talkop, Reet; Trodd, Wayne; Ulańczyk, Rafał Piotr; Vuorenmaa, Jussi (NIVA-rapport;7479, Research report, 2020)
      The report presents trends in sulphate, nitrate, chloride, base cations, ANC (acid neutralising capacity), pH and DOC at circa 500 ICP Waters sites in Europe and North America for the period 1990-2016. Time series were ...
    • Trends and patterns in surface water chemistry in Europe and North America between 1990 and 2020, with a focus on calcium 

      Vogt, Rolf David; Agnieszka, Kolada; Arle, Jens; Austnes, Kari; Van Dam, Herman; Futter, Martyn; Fölster, Jens; Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Higgins, Scott N.; Houle, Daniel; Hruska, Jakub; Monteith, Don; Paterson, Andrew; Rogora, Michela; Sample, James Edward; Stoddard, John; Steingruber, Sandra; Ulanczyk, Rafak; Vuorenmaa, Jussi; de Wit, Heleen (NIVA-rapport;7931-2024, Research report, 2024)
      The report presents trends in major anions and cations, pH, TOC and bicarbonate in surface waters in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2020. Special attention is given to trends in calcium, which showed some unexpected ...
    • Trends in surface water chemistry in acidified areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008 

      Garmo, Øyvind Aaberg; Skjelkvåle, Brit Lisa; de Wit, Heleen; Colombo, Luca; Curtis, Chris; Fölster, Jens; Hoffmann, Andreas; Hruška, Jakub; Høgåsen, Tore; Jeffries, Dean S.; Keller, W. Bill; Krám, Pavel; Majer, Vladimir; Monteith, Don T.; Paterson, Andrew M.; Rogora, Michela; Rzychon, Dorota; Steingruber, Sandra; Stoddard, John L.; Vuorenmaa, Jussi; Worsztynowicz, Adam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Acidification of lakes and rivers is still an environmental concern despite reduced emissions of acidifying compounds. We analysed trends in surface water chemistry of 173 acid-sensitive sites from 12 regions in Europe and ...