• Assessing critical load exceedances and ecosystem impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen and sulphur deposition at unmanaged forested catchments in Europe 

      Forsius, Martin; Posch, Maximilian; Holmberg, Maria; Vuorenmaa, Jussi; Kleemola, Sirpa; Augustaitis, Algirdas; Beudert, Burkhard; Bochenek, Witold; Clarke, Nicholas; de Wit, Heleen; Dirnböck, Thomas; Frey, Jane; Grandin, Ulf; Hakola, Hannele; Kobler, Johannes; Krám, Pavel; Lindroos, Antti-Jussi; Löfgren, Stefan; Pecka, Tomasz; Rönnback, Pernilla; Skotak, Krzysztof; Szpikowski, Józef; Ukonmaanaho, Liisa; Valinia, Salar; Váňa, Milan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) compounds and their long-range transport have caused widespread negative impacts on different ecosystems. Critical loads (CLs) are deposition thresholds used to ...
    • 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 ...
    • Long-term changes (1990–2015) in the atmospheric deposition and runoff water chemistry of sulphate, inorganic nitrogen and acidity for forested catchments in Europe in relation to changes in emissions and hydrometeorological conditions 

      Vuorenmaa, Jussi; Augustaitis, Algirdas; Beudert, Burkhard; Bochenek, Witold; Clarke, Nicholas; de Wit, Heleen A; Dirnböck, Thomas; Frey, Jane; Hakola, Hannele; Kleemola, Sirpa; Kobler, Johannes; Krám, Pavel; Lindroos, Antti-Jussi; Lundin, Lars; Löfgren, Stefan; Marchetto, Aldo; Pecka, Tomasz; Schulte-Bisping, Hubert; Skotak, Krzysztof; Srybny, Anatoly; Szpikowski, Józef; Ukonmaanaho, Liisa; Váňa, Milan; Åkerblom, Staffan; Forsius, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The international Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER) encompasses hundreds of long-term research/monitoring sites located in a wide array of ecosystems that can help us understand environmental change across the ...
    • Long-term rise in riverine dissolved organic carbon concentration is predicted by electrolyte solubility theory 

      Monteith, Donald T.; Henrys, Peter A.; Hruška, Jakub; de Wit, Heleen; Krám, Pavel; Moldan, Filip; Posch, Maximilian; Räike, Antti; Stoddard, John L.; Shilland, Ewan M.; Gloria Pereira, Pereira; Evans, Chris D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The riverine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) flux is of similar magnitude to the terrestrial sink for atmospheric CO2, but the factors controlling it remain poorly determined and are largely absent from Earth system models ...
    • Long-term rise in riverine dissolved organic carbon concentration is predicted by electrolyte solubility theory 

      Monteith, Donald T.; Henrys, Peter A.; Hruška, Jakub; de Wit, Heleen; Krám, Pavel; Moldan, Filip; Posch, Maximilian; Räike, Antti; Stoddard, John L.; Shilland, Ewan M.; Pereira, M. Gloria; Evans, Chris D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The riverine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) flux is of similar magnitude to the terrestrial sink for atmospheric CO2, but the factors controlling it remain poorly determined and are largely absent from Earth system models ...
    • Modelling study of soil C, N and pH response to air pollution and climate change using European LTER site observations 

      Holmberg, Maria; Aherne, Julian; Austnes, Kari; Beloica, Jelena; De Marco, Alessandra; Dirnböck, Thomas; Fornasier, Maria Francesca; Goergen, Klaus; Futter, Martyn; Lindroos, Antti-Jussi; Krám, Pavel; Neirynck, Johan; Nieminen, Tiina Maileena; Pecka, Tomasz; Posch, Maximilian; Pröll, Gisela; Rowe, Ed C.; Scheuschner, Thomas; Schlutow, Angela; Valinia, Salar; Forsius, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Current climate warming is expected to continue in coming decades, whereas high N deposition may stabilize, in contrast to the clear decrease in S deposition. These pressures have distinctive regional patterns and their ...
    • Recovery of benthic algal assemblages from acidification: how long does it take, and is there a link to eutrophication? 

      Schneider, Susanne Claudia; Oulehle, Filip; Krám, Pavel; Hruška, Jakub (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Acidification has adversely affected freshwater ecosystems in many areas, and recovery from acidification is often interrupted by acidic events. We lack detailed information about how benthic algae react to short-term ...
    • 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 ...