Timo Muotka

TL;DR: In this paper, a review examines climate change effects on groundwater and dependent ecosystems, focusing on the impacts of changes to groundwater on GDE biodiversity and future threats posed by climate change.

TL;DR: The results suggest that patterns between macro- and microorganisms are not fundamentally different, but the level of environmental control varies according to dispersal ability.

TL;DR: The authors examined the relative contributions of spatial gradients and local environmental conditions to macroinvertebrate assemblages of boreal headwater streams at three hierarchical extents: bioregion, ecoregion and drainage system.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the relationship among RSR, β-diversity, LSR and local environmental variables in 120 headwater streams in Finland and found that the major role of RSR in setting the upper limit to LSR suggests that macroinvertebrate assemblages of boreal headwater stream are unsaturated.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of groundwater in surface ecosystems is not fully understood and the status and baseline of different types of groundwater dependent ecosystems are discussed, with particular emphasis on past evidence of environmental change and potential thresholds and threats in GDEs in various parts of Europe with different land use, climate and geology.