Inland navigation and land use interact to impact European freshwater biodiversity - Ecole Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg
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Inland navigation and land use interact to impact European freshwater biodiversity

1 FRB - Fondation pour la recherche sur la Biodiversité
2 ENGEES - École Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg
3 LIVE - Laboratoire Image, Ville, Environnement
4 UR HYCAR - Hydrosystèmes continentaux anthropisés : ressources, risques, restauration
5 EDF R&D LNHE - Laboratoire National d’Hydraulique et Environnement
6 UPM - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
7 CITERES - Cités, Territoires, Environnement et Sociétés
8 UNESCO Chair 'Fleuves et Patrimoine'
9 IGB - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
10 HU Berlin - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin = Humboldt University of Berlin = Université Humboldt de Berlin
11 Swansea University
12 University of Vigo [ Pontevedra]
13 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
14 Universität Duisburg-Essen = University of Duisburg-Essen [Essen]
15 Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum [Frankfurt]
16 University College Ghent
17 RECOVER - Risques, Ecosystèmes, Vulnérabilité, Environnement, Résilience
18 ARALEP
19 LIST - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
20 BAS - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
21 University of Pecs
22 HUN-REN - Hungarian Research Network
23 IDAEA - Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
24 UPV / EHU - University of the Basque Country = Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
25 Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany
26 Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Christian Wolter
Marie Anne Eurie Forio
Jean-François Fruget
  • Fonction : Auteur
Vesela Evtimova
Zoltán Csabai

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Inland navigation in Europe is proposed to increase in the coming years, being promoted as a low-carbon form of transport. However, we currently lack knowledge on how this would impact biodiversity at large scales and interact with existing stressors. Here we addressed this knowledge gap by analysing fish and macroinvertebrate community time series across large European rivers comprising 19,592 observations from 4,049 sampling sites spanning the past 32 years. We found ship traffic to be associated with biodiversity declines, that is, loss of fish and macroinvertebrate taxonomic richness, diversity and trait richness. Ship traffic was also associated with increases in taxonomic evenness, which, in concert with richness decreases, was attributed to losses in rare taxa. Ship traffic was especially harmful for benthic taxa and those preferring slow flows. These effects often depended on local land use and riparian degradation. In fish, negative impacts of shipping were highest in urban and agricultural landscapes. Regarding navigation infrastructure, the negative impact of channelization on macroinvertebrates was evident only when riparian degradation was also high. Our results demonstrate the risk of increasing inland navigation on freshwater biodiversity. Integrative waterway management accounting for riparian habitats and landscape characteristics could help to mitigate these impacts.
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hal-04592917 , version 1 (10-09-2024)

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Aaron Sexton, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Cybill Staentzel, Christian Wolter, Evelyne Tales, et al.. Inland navigation and land use interact to impact European freshwater biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024, ⟨10.1038/s41559-024-02414-8⟩. ⟨hal-04592917⟩
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