A guideline to frame stressor effects in freshwater ecosystems.

Perujo, N; Van den Brink, P J; Segner, H; Mantyka-Pringle, C; Sabater, S; Birk, S; Bruder, A; Romero, F; Acuña, V (2021). A guideline to frame stressor effects in freshwater ecosystems. The Science of the total environment, 777, p. 146112. Elsevier 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146112

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Environmental policies fall short in protecting freshwater ecosystems, which are heavily threatened by human pressures and their associated stressors. One reason is that stressor effects depend on the context in which they occur and it is difficult to extrapolate patterns to predict the effect of stressors without these being contextualized in a general frame. This study aims at improving existing decision-making frameworks such as the DPSIR approach (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) or ERA (Environmental Risk Assessment) in the context of stressors. Here, we delve into stressor-impact relationships in freshwater ecosystems and develop a guideline which includes key characteristics such as stressor type, stressor duration, location, the natural levels of environmental variables to which each ecosystem is used to, among others. This guideline is intended to be useful in a wide range of ecosystem conditions and stressors. Incorporating these guidelines may favor the comparability of scientific results and may lead to a substantial advancement in the efficacy of diagnosis and predictive approaches of impacts.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI)

UniBE Contributor:

Segner, Helmut

Subjects:

500 Science
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology)
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

1879-1026

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Katharina Gerber-Paizs

Date Deposited:

24 Feb 2022 14:49

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:09

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146112

PubMed ID:

33689887

Uncontrolled Keywords:

DPSIR Ecotoxicology Environmental degradation Environmental impact assessment Multiple stressors River ecology

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/165685

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/165685

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