• Aquatic biodiversity in sedimentation ponds receiving road runoff - What are the key drivers? 

      Sun, Zhenhua; Brittain, John Edward; Sokolova, Ekaterina; Thygesen, Helene; Saltveit, Svein Jakob; Rauch, Sebastian; Meland, Sondre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Recently, increased attention has been paid to biodiversity conservation provided by blue-green solutions such as engineered ponds that are primarily established for water treatment and flood control. However, little ...
    • A comparative study of macroinvertebrate biodiversity in highway stormwater ponds and natural ponds 

      Meland, Sondre; Sun, Zhenhua; Sokolova, Ekaterina; Rauch, Sébastien; Brittain, John E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The use of stormwater ponds along the highways is shown to be an effective alternative to conventional systems, which are usually sewers. These ponds have the potential to combine their primary function of pollution and ...
    • Impact of environmental factors on aquatic biodiversity in roadside stormwater ponds 

      Sun, Zhenhua; Sokolova, Ekaterina; Brittain, John Edward; Saltveit, Svein Jakob; Rauch, Sébastien; Meland, Sondre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Constructed stormwater ponds mitigate runoff volumes and pollution, and provide other ecosystem services, such as supporting biodiversity, but these services attracted relatively less attention. The impacts of the pollution ...