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Salinisation of rivers: An urgent ecological issue
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles,Ben J. Kefford,Christophe Piscart,Narcís Prat,Ralf B. Schäfer,Claus-Jürgen Schulz +5 more
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Management of secondary salinization should be directed towards integrated catchment strategies and identifying threshold salt concentrations to preserve the ecosystem integrity, and the implications of this issue for human society need to be seriously considered.About:
This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 525 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population & Ecosystem.read more
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A global perspective on wetland salinization: ecological consequences of a growing threat to freshwater wetlands
Ellen R. Herbert,Paul I. Boon,Amy J. Burgin,Scott C. Neubauer,Rima B. Franklin,Marcelo Ardón,Kristine N. Hopfensperger,Leon P. M. Lamers,Peter Gell +8 more
TL;DR: Salinization, a widespread threat to the structure and ecological functioning of inland and coastal wetlands, is currently occurring at an unprecedented rate and geographic scale as discussed by the authors, and the causes of salinization are diverse and include alterations to freshwater flows, land-clearance, irrigation, disposal of wastewater effluent, sea level rise, storm surges, and applications of de-icing salts.
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Comparative Animal Physiology
TL;DR: Comparative Animal PhysiologyBy Prof. C. Ladd Prosser and Prof. Verner J. Wulff.
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Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges.
Manuel Lopes-Lima,Manuel Lopes-Lima,Ronaldo Sousa,Ronaldo Sousa,Juergen Geist,David C. Aldridge,Rafael Araujo,Jakob Bergengren,Yulia V. Bespalaya,Erika Bódis,Lyubov E. Burlakova,Dirk Van Damme,Karel Douda,Elsa Froufe,Dilian Georgiev,Clemens Gumpinger,Alexander Y. Karatayev,Ümit Kebapçi,Ian J. Killeen,Jasna Lajtner,Bjørn M. Larsen,Rosaria Lauceri,Anastasios Legakis,Sabela Lois,Stefan Lundberg,Evelyn Moorkens,Gregory Motte,Karl-Otto Nagel,Paz Ondina,Adolfo Outeiro,Momir Paunović,Vincent Prié,Ted von Proschwitz,Nicoletta Riccardi,Mudīte Rudzīte,Māris Rudzītis,Christian Scheder,Mary Seddon,Hülya Şereflişan,Vladica Simić,Svetlana E. Sokolova,Katharina Stoeckl,Jouni Taskinen,Amílcar Teixeira,Frankie Thielen,Teodora Trichkova,Simone Varandas,Heinrich Vicentini,K Zajac,Tadeusz Zajac,Stamatis Zogaris +50 more
TL;DR: Greater international cooperation using standardized protocols and methods to monitor and manage European freshwater mussel diversity will not only help conserve this vulnerable group but also, through the protection of these important organisms, will offer wider benefits to freshwater ecosystems.
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Ecological impacts of global warming and water abstraction on lakes and reservoirs due to changes in water level and related changes in salinity
Erik Jeppesen,Sandra Brucet,Sandra Brucet,Luigi Naselli-Flores,Eva Papastergiadou,Kostas Stefanidis,Tiina Nõges,Peeter Nõges,José Luiz Attayde,Tamar Zohary,Jan Coppens,Tuba Bucak,Rosemberg Fernandes Menezes,Francisco Rafael Sousa Freitas,Martin Kernan,Martin Søndergaard,Meryem Beklioglu +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss how changes in water level and salinity related to climate change and water abstraction affect the ecosystem structure, function, biodiversity and ecological state of lakes and reservoirs.
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Freshwater salinization syndrome on a continental scale.
Sujay S. Kaushal,Gene E. Likens,Michael L. Pace,Ryan M. Utz,Shahan Haq,J. K. Gorman,Melissa M. Grese +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that salinization and alkalinization are linked, and trends in these processes impact most of the drainage area of the United States, where salinity and alkalinity have increased most rapidly.
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How should salinity influence fish growth
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