Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers

• Authors: WELTI Ellen A R; BOWLER Diana E; SINCLAIR James S; ALTERMATT Florian; ALVAREZ-CABRIA Mario; AMATULLI Giuseppe; ANGELER David G; ARCHAMBAUD Gait; JORRIN Inaki Arrate; ASPIN Thomas; AZPIROZ Iker; BAKER Nathan Jay; BANARES Inaki; JOSE Barquin Ortiz; BODIN Christian L; BONACINA Luca; BONADA Nuria; BOTTARIN Roberta; CANEDO-ARGUELLES Miguel; CSABAI Zoltan; DATRY Thibault; ELVIRA de Eyto; DOHET Alain; DOMISCH Sami; DOERFLINGER Gerald; DROHAN Emma; EIKLAND Knut A; ENGLAND Judy; ERIKSEN Tor E; EVTIMOVA Vesela; FEIO Maria J; FERREOL Martial; FLOURY Mathieu; FORCELLINI Maxence; FORIO Marie Anne Eurie; FORNAROLI Riccardo; FRIBERG Nikolai; FRUGET Jean-Francois; GARCIA MARQUEZ Jaime R; GEORGIEVA Galia; GOETHALS Peter; GRACA Manuel A S; HOUSE Andy; HUTTUNEN Kaisa-Leena; JENSEN Thomas Correll; JOHNSON Richard K; JONES J Iwan; KIESEL Jens; LARRANAGA Aitor; LEITNER Patrick; L'HOSTE Lionel; LIZEE Marie-Helene; LORENZ Armin W; MAIRE Anthony; ARNAIZ Jesus Alberto Manzanos; MCKIE Brendan; MILLAN Andres; MUOTKA Timo; MURPHY John F; OZOLINS Davis; PAAVOLA Riku; PAŘIL Petr; SILVA Francisco Jesus Penas; POLÁŠEK Marek; RASMUSSEN Jes; RUBIO Manu; FERNANDEZ David Sanchez; SANDIN Leonard; SCHAEFER Ralf B; SCHMIDT-KLOIBER Astrid; SCOTTI Alberto; SHEN Longzhu Q; SKUJA Agnija; STOLL Stefan; STRAKA Michal; STUBBINGTON Rachel; TIMM Henn; TYUFEKCHIEVA Violeta G; TZIORTZIS Iakovos; UZUNOV Yordan; VAN DER LEE Gea H; VANNEVEL Rudy; VARADINOVA Emilia; VARBIRO Gabor; VELLE Gaute; VERDONSCHOT Piet F M; VERDONSCHOT Ralf C M; VIDINOVA Yanka; WIBERG-LARSEN Peter; HAASE Peter
• Year of publication: 2024
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Scientific Data
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Citation: WELTI, Ellen A R, Diana E BOWLER, James S SINCLAIR, Florian ALTERMATT, Mario ALVAREZ-CABRIA, Giuseppe AMATULLI, David G ANGELER, Gait ARCHAMBAUD, Inaki Arrate JORRIN, Thomas ASPIN, Iker AZPIROZ, Nathan Jay BAKER, Inaki BANARES, Barquin Ortiz JOSE, Christian L BODIN, Luca BONACINA, Nuria BONADA, Roberta BOTTARIN, Miguel CANEDO-ARGUELLES, Zoltan CSABAI, Thibault DATRY, de Eyto ELVIRA, Alain DOHET, Sami DOMISCH, Gerald DOERFLINGER, 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, Jaime R GARCIA MARQUEZ, Galia GEORGIEVA, Peter GOETHALS, Manuel A S GRACA, Andy HOUSE, Kaisa-Leena HUTTUNEN, Thomas Correll JENSEN, Richard K JOHNSON, J Iwan JONES, Jens KIESEL, Aitor LARRANAGA, Patrick LEITNER, Lionel L'HOSTE, Marie-Helene LIZEE, Armin W LORENZ, Anthony MAIRE, Jesus Alberto Manzanos ARNAIZ, Brendan MCKIE, Andres MILLAN, Timo MUOTKA, John F MURPHY, Davis OZOLINS, Riku PAAVOLA, Petr PAŘIL, Francisco Jesus Penas SILVA, Marek POLÁŠEK, Jes RASMUSSEN, Manu RUBIO, David Sanchez FERNANDEZ, Leonard SANDIN, Ralf B SCHAEFER, Astrid SCHMIDT-KLOIBER, Alberto SCOTTI, Longzhu Q SHEN, Agnija SKUJA, Stefan STOLL, Michal STRAKA, Rachel STUBBINGTON, 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 Peter HAASE. Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers. Scientific Data. BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2024, vol. 11, No 1, p. "601", 8 pp. ISSN 2052-4463. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03445-3.
• web: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03445-3
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03445-3
• Keywords: Freshwater ecology; Community ecology; Biodiversity
• Description: Freshwater macroinvertebrates are a diverse group and play key ecological roles, including accelerating nutrient cycling, filtering water, controlling primary producers, and providing food for predators. Their differences in tolerances and short generation times manifest in rapid community responses to change. Macroinvertebrate community composition is an indicator of water quality. In Europe, efforts to improve water quality following environmental legislation, primarily starting in the 1980s, may have driven a recovery of macroinvertebrate communities. Towards understanding temporal and spatial variation of these organisms, we compiled the TREAM dataset (Time seRies of European freshwAter Macroinvertebrates), consisting of macroinvertebrate community time series from 1,816 river and stream sites (mean length of 19.2 years and 14.9 sampling years) of 22 European countries sampled between 1968 and 2020. In total, the data include >93 million sampled individuals of 2,648 taxa from 959 genera and 212 families. These data can be used to test questions ranging from identifying drivers of the population dynamics of specific taxa to assessing the success of legislative and management restoration efforts.

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