Ecological status of river networks: stream order-dependent impacts of agricultural and urban pressures across ecoregions

Why have ecological targets for the majority of water bodies in Europe not been met despite decades of water protection programs? We hypothesize that restoration strategies have not adequately accounted for whole-river network perspectives, including interactions between stream orders, spatial patte...

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Main Authors: Olaf Büttner, James W Jawitz, Dietrich Borchardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abb62e