• Bringing the margin to the focus: 10 challenges for riparian vegetation science and management 

  Rodríguez-González, Patricia M.; Abraham, Eleni; Aguiar, Francisca; Andreoli, Andrea; Baležentienė, Ligita; Berisha, Naim; Bernez, Ivan; Bruen, Michael; Bruno, Daniel; Camporeale, Carlo; Čarni, Andraž; Chilikova-Lubomirova, Mila; Corenblit, Dov; Ćušterevska, Renata; Doody, Tanya; England, Judy; Evette, André; Francis, Robert; Garófano-Gómez, Virginia; González del Tánago, Marta; Gultekin, Yasar Selman; Guyard, Florian; Hellsten, Seppo; Hinkov, Georgi; Jakubínský, Jiří; Janssen, Philippe; Jansson, Roland; Kail, Jochem; Keles, Emine; Kelly-Quinn, Mary; Kidová, Anna; Kiss, Tímea; Kulvik, Mart; La Porta, Nicola; Laslier, Marianne; Latella, Melissa; Lorenz, Stefan; Mandžukovski, Dejan; Manolaki, Paraskevi; Martinez-Fernández, Vanesa; Merritt, David; Michez, Adrien; Milovanović, Jelena; Okruszko, Tomasz; Papastergiadou, Eva; Penning, Ellis; Pielech, Remigiusz; Politti, Emilio; Portela, Ana; Riis, Tenna; Škvorc, Željko; Slezák, Michal; Stammel, Barbara; Stella, John; Stesevic, Danijela; Stupar, Vladimir; Tammeorg, Olga; Tammeorg, Priit; Moe, Therese Fosholt; Urbanič, Gorazd; Villar, Marc; Vogiatzakis, Ioannis; Vrchovsky, Paul; Yousefpour, Rasoul; Zinke, Peggy; Zlatanov, Tzvetan; Dufour, Simon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Riparian zones are the paragon of transitional ecosystems, providing critical habitat and ecosystem services that are especially threatened by global change. Following consultation with experts, 10 key challenges were ...

• One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste 

  Brack, Werner; Barcelo Culleres, Damia; Boxall, Alistair B. A.; Budzinski, Hélène; Castiglioni, Sara; Covaci, Adrian; Dulio, Valeria; Escher, Beate I.; Fantke, Peter; Kandie, Faith; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Hernández, Félix J.; Hilscherová, Klara; Hollender, Juliane; Hollert, Henner; Jahnke, Annika; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Khan, Stuart J.; Kortenkamp, Andreas; Kümmerer, Klaus; Lalonde, Brice; Lamoree, Marja H.; Levi, Yves; Lara Martín, Pablo Antonio; Montagner, Cassiana C.; Mougin, Christian; Msagati, Titus; Oehlmann, Jörg; Posthuma, Leo; Reid, Malcolm James; Reinhard, Martin; Richardson, Susan D.; Rostkowski, Pawel; Schymanski, Emma; Schneider, Flurina; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Shibata, Yasuyuki; Snyder, Shane Allen; Fabriz Sodré, Fernando; Teodorovic, Ivana; Thomas, Kevin V; Umbuzeiro, Gisela A.; Viet, Pham Hung; Yew-Hoong, Karina Gin; Zhang, Xiaowei; Zuccato, Ettore (Journal article, 2022)

  The chemical pollution crisis severely threatens human and environmental health globally. To tackle this challenge the establishment of an overarching international science–policy body has recently been suggested. We ...

• How Characean algae take up needed and excrete unwanted ions – An overview explaining how insights from electrophysiology are useful to understand the ecology of aquatic macrophytes 

  Beilby, Mary J.; Bisson, Mary A.; Schneider, Susanne Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Characean algae have been a model plant for electrophysiology for many decades, due to the large size of the internodal cells and their robust recovery from invasive manipulation. The information gained from them has ...

• Using environmental monitoring data from apex predators for chemicals management: towards better use of monitoring data from apex predators in support of prioritisation and risk assessment of chemicals in Europe 

  Treu, Gabriele; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Badry, Alexander; Bunke, Dirk; Cincinelli, Alessandra; Claßen, Daniela; Dekker, Rene W. R. J.; Göckener, Bernd; Gkotsis, Georgios; Hanke, Georg; Duke, Guy; Jartun, Morten; Movalli, Paola; Nika, Maria-Christina; Rüdel, Heinz; Tarazona, Jose V.; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Tornero, Victoria; Vorkamp, Katrin; Walker, Lee A.; Koschorreck, Jan; Dulio, Valeria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  A large number of apex predator samples are available in European research collections, environmental specimen banks and natural history museums that could be used in chemical monitoring and regulation. Apex predators ...

• Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: Recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control (QA/QC), and data reporting 

  Primpke, Sebastian; Booth, Andy; Gerdts, Gunnar; Gomiero, Alessio; Kögel, Tanja; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Strand, Jakob; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara; Galgani, Francois; Provencher, Jennifer F; Aliani, Stefano; Patankar, Shreyas; Vorkamp, Katrin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  The pollution of the environment with plastics is of growing concern worldwide, including the Arctic region. While larger plastic pieces are a visible pollution issue, smaller microplastics are not visible with the naked ...

• Differences in Trophic Level, Contaminant Load, and DNA Damage in an Urban and a Remote Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) Breeding Colony in Coastal Norway 

  Keilen, Ellen Kristine; Borgå, Katrine; Thorstensen, Helene Skjeie; Hylland, Ketil; Helberg, Morten; Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Bæk, Kine; Reiertsen, Tone Kristin; Ruus, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) are opportunistic feeders, resulting in contaminant exposure depending on area and habitat. We compared contaminant concentrations and dietary markers between two herring gull breeding ...

• Influences of climate change on long-term time series of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Arctic and Antarctic biota 

  Vorkamp, Katrin; Carlsson, Pernilla Marianne; Corsolini, Simonetta; de Wit, Cynthia A.; Dietz, Rune; Gribble, Matthew O.; Houde, Magali; Kalia, Vrinda; Letcher, Robert J.; Morris, Adam; Rigét, Frank F.; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli; Muir, Derek C.G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Time series of contaminants in the Arctic are an important instrument to detect emerging issues and to monitor the effectiveness of chemicals regulation, based on the assumption of a direct reflection of changes in primary ...

• Short-term effects of macrophyte removal on aquatic biodiversity in rivers and lakes 

  Misteli, Benjamin; Pannard, Alexandrine; Aasland, Eirin; Harpenslager, Sarah Faye; Motitsoe, Samuel; Thiemer, Kirstine; Llopis, Stéphanie; Coetzee, Julie; Hilt, Sabine; Köhler, Jan; Schneider, Susanne Claudia; Piscart, Christophe; Thiébaut, Gabrielle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Mass development of macrophytes is an increasing problem in many aquatic systems worldwide. Dense mats of macrophytes can negatively affect activities like boating, fishing or hydropower production and one of the management ...

• Effects of waterlogging and elevated salinity on the allocation of photosynthetic carbon in estuarine tidal marsh: a mesocosm experiment 

  Li, Ya-Lei; Ge, Zhen-Ming; Xie, Li-Na; Li, Shi-Hua; Tan, Li-Shan; Hancke, Kasper (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Background and aim Coastal marshes and wetlands hosting blue carbon ecosystems have shown vulnerability to sea-level rise (SLR) and its consequent effects. In this study, we explored the effects of waterlogging and elevated ...

• Small Arctic rivers transport legacy contaminants from thawing catchments to coastal areas in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard 

  Mcgovern, Maeve; Borgå, Katrine; Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Ruus, Anders; Christensen, Guttorm; Evenset, Anita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Decades of atmospheric and oceanic long-range transport from lower latitudes have resulted in deposition and storage of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Arctic regions. With increased temperatures, melting glaciers ...

• Line ferries and cargo ships for the monitoring of marine contaminants of emerging concern: Application along a Europe-Arctic transect 

  Brumovský, Miroslav; Bečanová, Jitka; Sáňka, Ondřej; Løken, Katharina Bjarnar; Baho, Didier Ludovic; Sørensen, Kai; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) are a focus in marine protection. Several CECs are released with wastewater effluents to coastal environments and their offshore occurrence has been recently documented. Routine ...

• 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 ...

• First Documented Uses of Caves along the Coast of Albania by Mediterranean Monk Seals (Monachus monachus, Hermann 1779): Ecological and Conservation Inferences 

  Bundone, Luigi; Hernandez-Milian, Gema; Hysolakoj, Nexhip; Bakiu, Rigers; Mehillaj, Tatjana; Lazaj, Lorela; Deng, Hua; Lusher, Amy; Pojana, Giulio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Information on the habitat use of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) along the coast of Albania (Adriatic and Ionian Sea) has so far been limited to vague and generalised data. A survey conducted in the National ...

• Invasion impacts and dynamics of a European-wide introduced species 

  Haubrock, Phillip J.; Ahmed, Danish A.; Cuthbert, Ross N.; Stubbington, Rachel; Domisch, Sami; Marquez, Jaime R. G.; Beidas, Ayah; Amatulli, Giuseppe; Kiesel, Jens; Shen, Longzhu Q.; Soto, Ismael; Angeler, David G.; Bonada, Núria; Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel; Csabai, Zoltán; Datry, Thibault; de Eyto, Elvira; Dohet, Alain; Drohan, Emma; England, Judy; Feio, Maria J.; Forio, Marie A. E.; Goethals, Peter; Graf, Wolfram; Heino, Jani; Hudgins, Emma J.; Jähnig, Sonja C.; Johnson, Richard K.; Larrañaga, Aitor; Leitner, Patrick; L'Hoste, Lionel; Lizee, Marie-Helene; Maire, Anthony; Rasmussen, Jes Jessen; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid; Vannevel, Rudy; Várbíró, Gábor; Wiberg-Larsen, Peter; Haase, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Globalization has led to the introduction of thousands of alien species worldwide. With growing impacts by invasive species, understanding the invasion process remains critical for predicting adverse effects and informing ...

• Effectiveness of environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 as an early warning system during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review 

  Hyllestad, Susanne; Myrmel, Mette; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Jordhøy, Fredrik; Schipper, Svanhild Kjørsvik; Amato, Ettore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

• Co-occurrence, ecological profiles and geographical distribution based on unique molecular identifiers of the common freshwater diatoms Fragilaria and Ulnaria 

  Kahlert, Maria; Maaria Karjalainen, Satu; Keck, Francois; Kelly, Martyn; Ramon, Mathieu; Rimet, Frederic; Schneider, Susanne Claudia; Tapolczai, Kálmán; Zimmermann, Jonas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Diatom taxonomy has evolved in recent years, with many new species described and new approaches such as molecular genetics showing the existence of cryptic diversity within currently accepted species. This cryptic diversity ...

• Monitoring ocean water quality by deployment of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) eggs: In situ bioaccumulation and toxicity in embryos 

  Hansen, Bjørn Henrik; Nordtug, Trond; Øverjordet, Ida Beathe; Sørensen, Lisbet; Kvæstad, Bjarne; Davies, Emlyn John; Meier, Sonnich; Gomes, Tania; Brooks, Steven; Farkas, Julia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Fish embryos can bioaccumulate and are particularly sensitive to a wide range of contaminants, which makes them suitable sentinels for environmental biomonitoring. However, fish embryos are very rarely utilized in environmental ...

• Quantitative assessment of visual microscopy as a tool for microplastic research: Recommendations for improving methods and reporting 

  Kotar, Syd; McNeish, Rae; Murphy-Hagan, Clare; Renick, Violet; Lee, Chih-Fen T.; Steele, Clare; Lusher, Amy; Moore, Charles; Minor, Elisabeth; Schroeder, Joseph; Helm, Paul; Rickabaugh, Keith; De Frond, Hannah; Gesulga, Kristine; Lao, Wenjian; Munno, Keenan; Hampton, Leah M. Thornton; Weisberg, Stephen B.; Wong, Charles S.; Amarpuri, Gaurav; Andrews, Robert C.; Barnett, Steven M.; Christiansen, Silke; Cowger, Win; Crampond, Kévin; Du, Fangni; Gray, Andrew B.; Hankett, Jeanne; Ho, Kay; Jaeger, Julia; Lilley, Claire; Mai, Lei; Mina, Odette; Lee, Eunah; Primpke, Sebastian; Singh, Samiksha; Skovly, Joakim; Slifko, Theresa; Sukumaran, Suja; van Bavel, Bert; Van Brocklin, Jennifer; Vollnhals, Florian; Wu, Chenxi; Rochman, Chelsea M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Microscopy is often the first step in microplastic analysis and is generally followed by spectroscopy to confirm material type. The value of microscopy lies in its ability to provide count, size, color, and morphological ...

• Ecological status assessment of clay rivers with naturally enhanced water phosphorus concentrations 

  Schneider, Susanne Claudia; Skarbøvik, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  The species composition of benthic algae changes as water phosphorus concentrations increase, and these changes can be used for ecological status assessment according to the Water Framework Directive. Natural background ...

• Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage 

  Connelly, D.P.; Bull, J.M.; Flohr, A.; Schaap, A.; Koopmans, D.; Blackford, J.C.; White, P.R.; James, R.H.; Pearce, C.; Lichtschlag, A.; Achterberg, E.P.; de Beer, D; Roche, B.; Li, J.; Saw, K.; Alendal, Guttorm; Avlesen, Helge; Brown, R.; Borisov, S.M.; Böttner, C.; Cazenave, P.W.; Chen, B.; Dale, A.W.; Dean, M.; Dewar, M.; Esposito, M.; Gros, J.; Hanz, R.; Haeckel, M.; Hosking, B.; Huvenne, V.; Karstens, Jens; Le Bas, T.; Leighton, T.G.; Linke, P.; Loucaides, S.; Matter, J.M.; Monk, S.; Mowlem, M.C.; Oleynik, Anna; Omar, Abdirahman; Peel, K.; Provenzano, G.; Saleem, U.; Schmidt, M.; Schramm, B.; Sommer, S.; Strong, J.; Suarez, I. Falcon; Ungerboeck, B.; Widdicombe, S.; Wright, H.; Yakushev, Evgeniy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Carbon capture and storage is a key mitigation strategy proposed for keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5 °C. Offshore storage can provide up to 13% of the global CO2 reduction required to achieve the Intergovernmental ...

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