The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt
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HAASE, Peter, Diana E. BOWLER, Nathan J. BAKER, Nuria BONADA, Sami DOMISCH, Jaime R. Garcia MARQUEZ, Jani HEINO, Daniel HERING, Sonja C. JAHNIG, Astrid SCHMIDT-KLOIBER, Rachel STUBBINGTON, Florian ALTERMATT, Mario ALVAREZ-CABRIA, Giuseppe AMATULLI, David G. ANGELER, Gait ARCHAMBAUD-SUARD, Inaki Arrate JORRIN, Thomas ASPIN, Iker AZPIROZ, Inaki BANARES, Jose Barquin ORTIZ, Christian L. BODIN, Luca BONACINA, Roberta BOTTARIN, Miguel CANEDO-ARGUELLES, Zoltán Szabolcs CSABAI (348 Hungary, belonging to the institution), Thibault DATRY, Elvira DE EYTO, Alain DOHET, Gerald DORFLINGER, Emma DROHAN, Knut A. EIKLAND, Judy ENGLAND, Tor E. ERIKSEN, Vesela EVTIMOVA, Maria J. FEIO, Martial FERREOL, Mathieu FLOURY, Maxence FORCELLINI, Marie Anne Eurie FORIO, Riccardo FORNAROLI, Nikolai FRIBERG, Jean-Francois FRUGET, Galia GEORGIEVA, Peter GOETHALS, Manuel A. S. GRACA, Wolfram GRAF, Andy HOUSE, Kaisa-Leena HUTTUNEN, Thomas C. JENSEN, Richard K. JOHNSON, J. Iwan JONES, Jens KIESEL, Lenka KUGLEROVA, Aitor LARRANAGA, Patrick LEITNER, Lionel HOSTE, Marie-Helene LIZEE, Armin W. LORENZ, Anthony MAIRE, Jesus Alberto Manzanos ARNAIZ, Brendan G. MCKIE, Andres MILLAN, Don MONTEITH, Timo MUOTKA, John F. MURPHY, Davis OZOLINS, Riku PAAVOLA, Petr PAŘIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Francisco J. PENAS, Francesca PILOTTO, Marek POLÁŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jes Jessen RASMUSSEN, Manu RUBIO, David G. SANCHEZ-FERNANDEZ, Leonard SANDIN, Ralf B. SCHAFER, Alberto SCOTTI, Longzhu Q. SHEN, Agnija SKUJA, Stefan STOLL, Michal STRAKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Henn TIMM, Violeta G. TYUFEKCHIEVA, Iakovos TZIORTZIS, Yordan UZUNOV, Gea H. VAN DER LEE, Rudy VANNEVEL, Emilia VARADINOVA, Gabor VARBIRO, Gaute VELLE, Piet F. M. VERDONSCHOT, Ralf C. M. VERDONSCHOT, Yanka VIDINOVA, Peter WIBERG-LARSEN and Ellen A. R. WELTI
Owing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the most vulnerable to biodiversity loss(1). Mitigation measures, including wastewater treatment and hydromorphological restoration, have aimed to improve environmental quality and foster the recovery of freshwater biodiversity(2). Here, using 1,816 time series of freshwater invertebrate communities collected across 22 European countries between 1968 and 2020, we quantified temporal trends in taxonomic and functional diversity and their responses to environmental pressures and gradients. We observed overall increases in taxon richness (0.73% per year), functional richness (2.4% per year) and abundance (1.17% per year). However, these increases primarily occurred before the 2010s, and have since plateaued. Freshwater communities downstream of dams, urban areas and cropland were less likely to experience recovery. Communities at sites with faster rates of warming had fewer gains in taxon richness, functional richness and abundance. Although biodiversity gains in the 1990s and 2000s probably reflect the effectiveness of water-quality improvements and restoration projects, the decelerating trajectory in the 2010s suggests that the current measures offer diminishing returns. Given new and persistent pressures on freshwater ecosystems, including emerging pollutants, climate change and the spread of invasive species, we call for additional mitigation to revive the recovery of freshwater biodiversity.
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HAASE, Peter, Diana E. BOWLER, Nathan J. BAKER, Nuria BONADA, Sami DOMISCH, Jaime R. Garcia MARQUEZ, Jani HEINO, Daniel HERING, Sonja C. JAHNIG, Astrid SCHMIDT-KLOIBER, Rachel STUBBINGTON, Florian ALTERMATT, Mario ALVAREZ-CABRIA, Giuseppe AMATULLI, David G. ANGELER, Gait ARCHAMBAUD-SUARD, Inaki Arrate JORRIN, Thomas ASPIN, Iker AZPIROZ, Inaki BANARES, Jose Barquin ORTIZ, Christian L. BODIN, Luca BONACINA, Roberta BOTTARIN, Miguel CANEDO-ARGUELLES, Zoltán Szabolcs CSABAI, Thibault DATRY, Elvira DE EYTO, Alain DOHET, Gerald DORFLINGER, Emma DROHAN, Knut A. EIKLAND, Judy ENGLAND, Tor E. ERIKSEN, Vesela EVTIMOVA, Maria J. FEIO, Martial FERREOL, Mathieu FLOURY, Maxence FORCELLINI, Marie Anne Eurie FORIO, Riccardo FORNAROLI, Nikolai FRIBERG, Jean-Francois FRUGET, Galia GEORGIEVA, Peter GOETHALS, Manuel A. S. GRACA, Wolfram GRAF, Andy HOUSE, Kaisa-Leena HUTTUNEN, Thomas C. JENSEN, Richard K. JOHNSON, J. Iwan JONES, Jens KIESEL, Lenka KUGLEROVA, Aitor LARRANAGA, Patrick LEITNER, Lionel HOSTE, Marie-Helene LIZEE, Armin W. LORENZ, Anthony MAIRE, Jesus Alberto Manzanos ARNAIZ, Brendan G. MCKIE, Andres MILLAN, Don MONTEITH, Timo MUOTKA, John F. MURPHY, Davis OZOLINS, Riku PAAVOLA, Petr PAŘIL, Francisco J. PENAS, Francesca PILOTTO, Marek POLÁŠEK, Jes Jessen RASMUSSEN, Manu RUBIO, David G. SANCHEZ-FERNANDEZ, Leonard SANDIN, Ralf B. SCHAFER, Alberto SCOTTI, Longzhu Q. SHEN, Agnija SKUJA, Stefan STOLL, Michal STRAKA, Henn TIMM, Violeta G. TYUFEKCHIEVA, Iakovos TZIORTZIS, Yordan UZUNOV, Gea H. VAN DER LEE, Rudy VANNEVEL, Emilia VARADINOVA, Gabor VARBIRO, Gaute VELLE, Piet F. M. VERDONSCHOT, Ralf C. M. VERDONSCHOT, Yanka VIDINOVA, Peter WIBERG-LARSEN and Ellen A. R. WELTI. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt. Nature. Nature Portfolio, 2023, vol. 620, No 7974, p. 582-606. ISSN 0028-0836. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1.
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HAASE, Peter, Diana E. BOWLER, Nathan J. BAKER, Nuria BONADA, Sami DOMISCH, Jaime R. Garcia MARQUEZ, Jani HEINO, Daniel HERING, Sonja C. JAHNIG, Astrid SCHMIDT-KLOIBER, Rachel STUBBINGTON, Florian ALTERMATT, Mario ALVAREZ-CABRIA, Giuseppe AMATULLI, David G. ANGELER, Gait ARCHAMBAUD-SUARD, Inaki Arrate JORRIN, Thomas ASPIN, Iker AZPIROZ, Inaki BANARES, Jose Barquin ORTIZ, Christian L. BODIN, Luca BONACINA, Roberta BOTTARIN, Miguel CANEDO-ARGUELLES, Zoltán Szabolcs CSABAI, Thibault DATRY, Elvira DE EYTO, Alain DOHET, Gerald DORFLINGER, Emma DROHAN, Knut A. EIKLAND, Judy ENGLAND, Tor E. ERIKSEN, Vesela EVTIMOVA, Maria J. FEIO, Martial FERREOL, Mathieu FLOURY, Maxence FORCELLINI, Marie Anne Eurie FORIO, Riccardo FORNAROLI, Nikolai FRIBERG, Jean-Francois FRUGET, Galia GEORGIEVA, Peter GOETHALS, Manuel A. S. GRACA, Wolfram GRAF, Andy HOUSE, Kaisa-Leena HUTTUNEN, Thomas C. JENSEN, Richard K. JOHNSON, J. Iwan JONES, Jens KIESEL, Lenka KUGLEROVA, Aitor LARRANAGA, Patrick LEITNER, Lionel HOSTE, Marie-Helene LIZEE, Armin W. LORENZ, Anthony MAIRE, Jesus Alberto Manzanos ARNAIZ, Brendan G. MCKIE, Andres MILLAN, Don MONTEITH, Timo MUOTKA, John F. MURPHY, Davis OZOLINS, Riku PAAVOLA, Petr PAŘIL, Francisco J. PENAS, Francesca PILOTTO, Marek POLÁŠEK, Jes Jessen RASMUSSEN, Manu RUBIO, David G. SANCHEZ-FERNANDEZ, Leonard SANDIN, Ralf B. SCHAFER, Alberto SCOTTI, Longzhu Q. SHEN, Agnija SKUJA, Stefan STOLL, Michal STRAKA, Henn TIMM, Violeta G. TYUFEKCHIEVA, Iakovos TZIORTZIS, Yordan UZUNOV, Gea H. VAN DER LEE, Rudy VANNEVEL, Emilia VARADINOVA, Gabor VARBIRO, Gaute VELLE, Piet F. M. VERDONSCHOT, Ralf C. M. VERDONSCHOT, Yanka VIDINOVA, Peter WIBERG-LARSEN and Ellen A. R. WELTI. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt. \textit{Nature}. Nature Portfolio, 2023, vol.~620, No~7974, p.~582-606. ISSN~0028-0836. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1.