Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers
Earth’s climate is changing, and by the end of the 21st century in Europe, average temperatures are likely to have risen by at least 2 °C, and more likely 4 °C, with associated effects on patterns of precipitation and the frequency of extreme weather events. Attention among policy-makers is divided...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:8507 2023-05-15T15:13:54+02:00 Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers Moss, Brian Hering, Daniel Green, Andy J. Aidoud, Ahmed Becares, Eloy Beklioglu, Meryem Bennion, Helen Boix, Dani Brucet, Sandra Carvalho, Laurence Clement, Bernard Davidson, Tom Declerck, Steven Dobson, Michael van Donk, Ellen Dudley, Bernard Feuchtmayr, Heidrun Friberg, Nikolai Grenouillet, Gael Hillebrand, Helmut Hobaek, Anders Irvine, Kenneth Jeppesen, Erik Johnson, Richard Jones, Iwan Kernan, Martin Lauridsen, Torben Manca, Marina Meerhoff, Mariana Olafsson, Jon Ormerod, Steve Papastergiadou, Eva Penning, W. Ellis Ptacnik, Robert Quintana, Xavier Sandin, Leonard Seferlis, Miltiadis Simpson, Gavin Trigal, Cristina Verdonschot, Piet Verschoor, Antonie M. Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. 2009-09 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8507/ https://www.fba.org.uk/journals/index.php/FRJ/article/view/134 unknown Moss, Brian; Hering, Daniel; Green, Andy J.; Aidoud, Ahmed; Becares, Eloy; Beklioglu, Meryem; Bennion, Helen; Boix, Dani; Brucet, Sandra; Carvalho, Laurence; Clement, Bernard; Davidson, Tom; Declerck, Steven; Dobson, Michael; van Donk, Ellen; Dudley, Bernard; Feuchtmayr, Heidrun; Friberg, Nikolai; Grenouillet, Gael; Hillebrand, Helmut; Hobaek, Anders; Irvine, Kenneth; Jeppesen, Erik; Johnson, Richard; Jones, Iwan; Kernan, Martin; Lauridsen, Torben; Manca, Marina; Meerhoff, Mariana; Olafsson, Jon; Ormerod, Steve; Papastergiadou, Eva; Penning, W. Ellis; Ptacnik, Robert; Quintana, Xavier; Sandin, Leonard; Seferlis, Miltiadis; Simpson, Gavin; Trigal, Cristina; Verdonschot, Piet; Verschoor, Antonie M.; Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. 2009 Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers. Freshwater Reviews, 2 (2). 103-130. https://doi.org/10.1608/FRJ-2.2.1 <https://doi.org/10.1608/FRJ-2.2.1> Ecology and Environment Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2009 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1608/FRJ-2.2.1 2023-02-04T19:25:34Z Earth’s climate is changing, and by the end of the 21st century in Europe, average temperatures are likely to have risen by at least 2 °C, and more likely 4 °C, with associated effects on patterns of precipitation and the frequency of extreme weather events. Attention among policy-makers is divided about how to minimise the change, how to mitigate its effects, how to maintain the natural resources on which societies depend and how to adapt human societies to the changes. Natural systems are still seen, through a long tradition of conservation management that is largely species-based, as amenable to adaptive management, and biodiversity, mostly perceived as the richness of plant and vertebrate communities, often forms a focus for planning. We argue that prediction of particular species changes will be possible only in a minority of cases but that prediction of trends in general structure and operation of four generic freshwater ecosystems (erosive rivers, depositional floodplain rivers, shallow lakes and deep lakes) in three broad zones of Europe (Mediterranean, Central and Arctic-Boreal) is practicable. Maintenance and rehabilitation of ecological structures and operations will inevitably and incidentally embrace restoration of appropriate levels of species biodiversity. Using expert judgement, based on an extensive literature, we have outlined, primarily for lay policy makers, the pristine features of these systems, their states under current human impacts, how these states are likely to alter with a warming of 2 °C to 4 °C and what might be done to mitigate this. We have avoided technical terms in the interests of communication, and although we have included full referencing as in academic papers, we have eliminated degrees of detail that could confuse broad policy-making. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Arctic Freshwater Reviews 2 2 103 130 |
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Ecology and Environment Moss, Brian Hering, Daniel Green, Andy J. Aidoud, Ahmed Becares, Eloy Beklioglu, Meryem Bennion, Helen Boix, Dani Brucet, Sandra Carvalho, Laurence Clement, Bernard Davidson, Tom Declerck, Steven Dobson, Michael van Donk, Ellen Dudley, Bernard Feuchtmayr, Heidrun Friberg, Nikolai Grenouillet, Gael Hillebrand, Helmut Hobaek, Anders Irvine, Kenneth Jeppesen, Erik Johnson, Richard Jones, Iwan Kernan, Martin Lauridsen, Torben Manca, Marina Meerhoff, Mariana Olafsson, Jon Ormerod, Steve Papastergiadou, Eva Penning, W. Ellis Ptacnik, Robert Quintana, Xavier Sandin, Leonard Seferlis, Miltiadis Simpson, Gavin Trigal, Cristina Verdonschot, Piet Verschoor, Antonie M. Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers |
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Earth’s climate is changing, and by the end of the 21st century in Europe, average temperatures are likely to have risen by at least 2 °C, and more likely 4 °C, with associated effects on patterns of precipitation and the frequency of extreme weather events. Attention among policy-makers is divided about how to minimise the change, how to mitigate its effects, how to maintain the natural resources on which societies depend and how to adapt human societies to the changes. Natural systems are still seen, through a long tradition of conservation management that is largely species-based, as amenable to adaptive management, and biodiversity, mostly perceived as the richness of plant and vertebrate communities, often forms a focus for planning. We argue that prediction of particular species changes will be possible only in a minority of cases but that prediction of trends in general structure and operation of four generic freshwater ecosystems (erosive rivers, depositional floodplain rivers, shallow lakes and deep lakes) in three broad zones of Europe (Mediterranean, Central and Arctic-Boreal) is practicable. Maintenance and rehabilitation of ecological structures and operations will inevitably and incidentally embrace restoration of appropriate levels of species biodiversity. Using expert judgement, based on an extensive literature, we have outlined, primarily for lay policy makers, the pristine features of these systems, their states under current human impacts, how these states are likely to alter with a warming of 2 °C to 4 °C and what might be done to mitigate this. We have avoided technical terms in the interests of communication, and although we have included full referencing as in academic papers, we have eliminated degrees of detail that could confuse broad policy-making. |
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Moss, Brian Hering, Daniel Green, Andy J. Aidoud, Ahmed Becares, Eloy Beklioglu, Meryem Bennion, Helen Boix, Dani Brucet, Sandra Carvalho, Laurence Clement, Bernard Davidson, Tom Declerck, Steven Dobson, Michael van Donk, Ellen Dudley, Bernard Feuchtmayr, Heidrun Friberg, Nikolai Grenouillet, Gael Hillebrand, Helmut Hobaek, Anders Irvine, Kenneth Jeppesen, Erik Johnson, Richard Jones, Iwan Kernan, Martin Lauridsen, Torben Manca, Marina Meerhoff, Mariana Olafsson, Jon Ormerod, Steve Papastergiadou, Eva Penning, W. Ellis Ptacnik, Robert Quintana, Xavier Sandin, Leonard Seferlis, Miltiadis Simpson, Gavin Trigal, Cristina Verdonschot, Piet Verschoor, Antonie M. Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. |
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Moss, Brian Hering, Daniel Green, Andy J. Aidoud, Ahmed Becares, Eloy Beklioglu, Meryem Bennion, Helen Boix, Dani Brucet, Sandra Carvalho, Laurence Clement, Bernard Davidson, Tom Declerck, Steven Dobson, Michael van Donk, Ellen Dudley, Bernard Feuchtmayr, Heidrun Friberg, Nikolai Grenouillet, Gael Hillebrand, Helmut Hobaek, Anders Irvine, Kenneth Jeppesen, Erik Johnson, Richard Jones, Iwan Kernan, Martin Lauridsen, Torben Manca, Marina Meerhoff, Mariana Olafsson, Jon Ormerod, Steve Papastergiadou, Eva Penning, W. Ellis Ptacnik, Robert Quintana, Xavier Sandin, Leonard Seferlis, Miltiadis Simpson, Gavin Trigal, Cristina Verdonschot, Piet Verschoor, Antonie M. Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. |
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Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers |
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Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers |
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Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers |
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