• Small circles: The role of physical distance in plastics recycling 

      Havas, Vilma; Falk-Andersson, Jannike; Deshpande, Paritosh (Journal article, 2022)
      Circular economy (CE) strategies are central in solving the waste management challenges of today, yet the global nature of the waste trade results in emissions and the export of negative environmental externalities to ...
    • 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 ...
    • Small watersheds may play a disproportionate role in arctic land-ocean fluxes 

      Vonk, J.E.; Speetjens, N.J.; Poste, Amanda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      While over 99% of coastal arctic rivers drain small catchments, future projections of landocean fluxes are based on data from large rivers. We encourage inclusion of and increased focus on smaller catchments to support ...
    • Smoltutvandring i Nidelva 2014-Utprøving av tiltak for nedvandrende smolt ved Rygene kraftverk 

      Haraldstad, Tormod; Guttrup, Jim; Haugen, Thrond Oddvar (NIVA-rapport;6760, Research report, 2014)
      Antall pre-smolt oppstrøms Rygene, 3546 (3083-4214), er lavere en hva en kunne forvente utfra antall oppvandrende gytefisk og egnet gyte- og oppvekstareal i elva. I tillegg estimeres et betydelig tap av smolt under ...
    • Social, demographic, and economic correlates of food and chemical consumption measured by wastewater-based epidemiology 

      Choi, Phil M; Tscharke, Benjamin; Samanipour, Saer; Hall, Wayne D; Gartner, Coral E; Mueller, Jochen F; Thomas, Kevin V; O'Brien, Jake W (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Wastewater is a potential treasure trove of chemicals that reflects population behavior and health status. Wastewater-based epidemiology has been employed to determine population-scale consumption of chemicals, particularly ...
    • Soft bottom benthos and responses to climate variation and eutrophication in Skagerrak 

      Trannum, Hilde Cecilie; Gundersen, Hege; Oug, Eivind; Rygg, Brage; Norderhaug, Kjell Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Skagerrak has been subject to several anthropogenic influences over the past decades, with climate change and eutrophication being considered as the most serious and large-scale disturbance factors. The present study reports ...
    • Songeelva som potensiell lakseprodusent og kalkingslokalitet 

      Høgberget, Rolf (NIVA-rapport;6597, Research report, 2014)
      Songeelva er en periodisk sur sideelv til Nidelva i Arendalsvassdraget. Elva er under utredning av kalkingsstiftelsen som mulig framtidig lakseprodusent. Automatiske pH- og vannstandsmålinger i 2013 har avdekket et dynamisk ...
    • Sources of skill in lake temperature, discharge and ice-off seasonal forecasting tools 

      Clayer, Francois; Jackson-Blake, Leah; Mercado-Bettín, Daniel; Shikhani, Muhammed; French, Andrew; Moore, Tadhg; Sample, James; Norling, Magnus; Frias, Maria-Dolores; Herrera, Sixto; de Eyto, Elvira; Jennings, Eleanor; Rinke, Karsten; van der Linden, Leon; Marcé, Rafael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Despite high potential benefits, the development of seasonal forecasting tools in the water sector has been slower than in other sectors. Here we assess the skill of seasonal forecasting tools for lakes and reservoirs set ...
    • Spatial and temporal trends of mercury in freshwater fish in Fennoscandia (1965-2015) 

      Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Åkerblom, Staffan; de Wit, Heleen; Skotte, Gunnar; Rask, Martti; Vuorenmaa, Jussi; Kahilainen, Kimmo K.; Malinen, Tommi; Rognerud, Sigurd; Lydersen, Espen; Amundsen, Per-Arne; Kashulin, Nicholas; Kashulina, Tatiana; Terentyev, Petr; Christensen, Guttorm; Jackson-Blake, Leah Amber; Lund, Espen; Rosseland, Bjørn Olav (NIVA-rapport;7179, Research report, 2017-09)
      Mercury (Hg) emissions to the atmosphere cause elevated Hg levels in fish, even in many remote regions of the world. Here we present an extensive database of more than 50 000 measurements of Hg in fish, including 2 775 ...
    • Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis 

      Ort, Christoph; van Nuijs, Alexander L. N.; Berset, Jean-Daniel; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Castiglioni, Sara; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; Emke, Erik; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Griffiths, Paul; Hernández, Félix; González-Mariño, Iria; Grabic, Roman; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Mastroianni, Nicola; Meierjohann, Axel; Nefau, Thomas; Östman, Marcus; Pico, Yolanda; Racamonde, Ines; Reid, Malcolm James; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Terzic, Senka; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Thomas, Kevin V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Spatial Variation in Contaminant Occurrence in Marine Fishes and Prawns from Coastal Tanzania 

      Haarr, Ane; Mwakalapa, Eliezer B.; Lyche, Jan Ludvig; Mmochi, Aviti J.; Polder, Anuschka; Ruus, Anders; Borgå, Katrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      There are limited data on organic contaminants in marine biota from coastal Tanzania, especially on the occurrence of industrial-use contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers ...
    • Spatio-temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring 

      González-Mariño, Iria; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Andres-Costa, Maria Jesus; Bade, Richard; Bannwarth, Anne; Barron, Leon-P; Been, Frederic; Benaglia, Lisa; Berset, Jean-Daniel; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Bodík, Igor; Brenner, Asher; Brock, Andreas L.; Burgard, Dan; Castrignanò, Erika; Celma, Alberto; Christophoridis, Christophoros; Covaci, Adrian; Emke, Erik; Devault, Damien A.; Dias, Mário J.; Esseiva, Pierre; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Fedorova, Ganna; Fytianos, Konstantinos; Gerber, Cobus; Grabic, Roman; Gracia-Lor, Emma; Grüner, Stefan; Gunnar, Teemu; Hapeshi, Evroula; Heath, Ester; Helm, Björn; Hernández, Félix; Kankaanpaa, Aino; Karolak, Sara; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Krizman-Matasic, Ivona; Lai, Foon Yin; Lechowicz, Wojciech; Lopes, Alvaro; de Alda, Miren López; López-García, Ester; Löve, Arndís S. C.; Mastroianni, Nicola; McEneff, Gillian L.; Montes, Rosa; Munro, Kelly; Nefau, Thomas; Oberacher, Herbert; O'Brien, Jake; Oertel, Reinhard; Ólafsdóttir, Kristín; Pico, Yolanda; Plósz, Benedek G.; Polesel, Fabio; Postigo, Cristina; Quintana, José Benito; Ramin, Pedram; Reid, Malcolm James; Rice, Jack; Rodil, Rosario; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Schubert, Sara; Senta, Ivan; Simoes, Susana Sadler; Sremacki, Maja M.; Styszko, Katarzyna; Terzic, Senka; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Thomas, Kevin V; Tscharke, Benjamin; Udrisard, Robin; van Nuijs, Alexander L.N.; Yargeau, Viviane; Zuccato, Ettore; Castiglioni, Sara; Ort, Christoph (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background and aims. Wastewater‐based epidemiology is an additional indicator of drug use that is gaining reliability to complement the current established panel of indicators. The aims of this study were to: (i) assess ...
    • Spatio-temporal distribution of microplastics in a Mediterranean river catchment: The importance of wastewater as an environmental pathway 

      Schell, Theresa; Hurley, Rachel; Nizzetto, Luca; Rico, Andreu; Vighi, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Microplastics (MPs) are considered to be ubiquitous contaminants in freshwater ecosystems, yet their sources and pathways at the river catchment scale need to be better determined. This study assessed MP (55–5000 µm) ...
    • Spatio-Temporal Variability of Suspended Particulate Matter in a High-Arctic Estuary (Adventfjorden, Svalbard) Using Sentinel-2 Time-Series 

      Walch, Daniela M. R.; Singh, Rakesh K.; Søreide, Janne E.; Lantuit, Hugues; Poste, Amanda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Arctic coasts, which feature land-ocean transport of freshwater, sediments, and other terrestrial material, are impacted by climate change, including increased temperatures, melting glaciers, changes in precipitation and ...
    • Speciation dynamics of oxyanion contaminants (As, Sb, Cr) in argillaceous suspensions during oxic-anoxic cycles 

      Markelova, Ekaterina; Couture, Raoul-Marie; Parsons, Christopher T.; Markelov, Igor; Madé, Benoît; Van Cappellen, Philippe; Charlet, Laurent (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Argillaceous geological formations are considered promising repositories for waste containing inorganic contaminants. However, the sequestration capacity of an argillaceous natural barrier may change as a result of dynamic ...
    • Species composition and abundance of free-living turbellarians in three different wetlands in Southern Brazil 

      Reyes, Jhoe; Binow, Daniela; Vianna, Rogério T; Brusa, Francisco; Colpo, Karine D.; Martins, Samantha Eslava (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Free-living turbellarians mostly live in marine and freshwater environments, but they have been little considered in ecological studies. The coastal plain in southern Brazil harbors a diverse fauna and flora, but only a ...
    • Species differentiation in the genus Chara (Charophyceae): considerable phenotypic plasticity occurs within homogenous genetic groups 

      Schneider, Susanne C.; Nowak, Petra; Von Ammon, Ulla; Ballot, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Charophytes are benthic algae with a complex morphology and high phenotypic plasticity. This has led to ambiguities in species delineation. However, until now genetic studies on Chara have been based on samples collected ...
    • Specific toxicity of azithromycin to the freshwater microalga Raphidocelis subcapitata 

      Almeida, Ana Catarina; Gomes, Tânia; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Lillicrap, Adam David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Pharmaceuticals are produced to inflict a specific physiological response in organisms. However, as only partially metabolized after administration, these types of compounds can also originate harmful side effects to ...
    • Spectrophotometric analysis of pigments: A critical assessment of a high-throughput method for analysis of algal pigment mixtures by spectral deconvolution 

      Thrane, Jan-Erik; Kyle, Marcia; Striebel, Maren; Haande, Sigrid; Grung, Merete; Rohrlack, Thomas; Andersen, Tom (Journal article, 2015)
    • SPI og bløtbunnsfauna – Sammenligning av klassifisering og vurdering av bruksområder 

      Beylich, Bjørnar; Borgersen, Gunhild; Trannum, Hilde Cecilie; Hjermann, Dag Øystein (NIVA-rapport;7328, Research report, 2019)
      Vi har sammenlignet tilstandsklassifisering med BHQ (Benthic Habitat Quality)-indeksen for SPI (Sediment Profile Imagery) og nEQR (normalisert Ecological Quality Ratio) for bløtbunnsfauna. Tilstandsklassifiseringen hadde ...