TY  - JOUR
A1  - Janssen, Annette B. G.
A1  - Arhonditsis, George B.
A1  - Beusen, Arthur
A1  - Bolding, Karsten
A1  - Bruce, Louise
A1  - Bruggeman, Jorn
A1  - Couture, Raoul-Marie
A1  - Downing, Andrea S.
A1  - Elliott, J. Alex
A1  - Frassl, Marieke A.
A1  - Gal, Gideon
A1  - Gerla, Daan J.
A1  - Hipsey, Matthew R.
A1  - Hu, Fenjuan
A1  - Ives, Stephen C.
A1  - Janse, Jan H.
A1  - Jeppesen, Erik
A1  - Joehnk, Klaus D.
A1  - Kneis, David
A1  - Kong, Xiangzhen
A1  - Kuiper, Jan J.
A1  - Lehmann, Moritz K.
A1  - Lemmen, Carsten
A1  - Oezkundakci, Deniz
A1  - Petzoldt, Thomas
A1  - Rinke, Karsten
A1  - Robson, Barbara J.
A1  - Sachse, Rene
A1  - Schep, Sebastiaan A.
A1  - Schmid, Martin
A1  - Scholten, Huub
A1  - Teurlincx, Sven
A1  - Trolle, Dennis
A1  - Troost, Tineke A.
A1  - Van Dam, Anne A.
A1  - Van Gerven, Luuk P. A.
A1  - Weijerman, Mariska
A1  - Wells, Scott A.
A1  - Mooij, Wolf M.
T1  - Exploring, exploiting and evolving diversity of aquatic ecosystem models: a community perspective
JF  - Aquatic ecology : the international forum covering research in freshwater and marine environments
N2  - Here, we present a community perspective on how to explore, exploit and evolve the diversity in aquatic ecosystem models. These models play an important role in understanding the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, filling in observation gaps and developing effective strategies for water quality management. In this spirit, numerous models have been developed since the 1970s. We set off to explore model diversity by making an inventory among 42 aquatic ecosystem modellers, by categorizing the resulting set of models and by analysing them for diversity. We then focus on how to exploit model diversity by comparing and combining different aspects of existing models. Finally, we discuss how model diversity came about in the past and could evolve in the future. Throughout our study, we use analogies from biodiversity research to analyse and interpret model diversity. We recommend to make models publicly available through open-source policies, to standardize documentation and technical implementation of models, and to compare models through ensemble modelling and interdisciplinary approaches. We end with our perspective on how the field of aquatic ecosystem modelling might develop in the next 5-10 years. To strive for clarity and to improve readability for non-modellers, we include a glossary.
KW  - Water quality
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Geochemistry
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Hydraulics
KW  - Hydrodynamics
KW  - Physical environment
KW  - Socio-economics
KW  - Model availability
KW  - Standardization
KW  - Linking
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9544-1
SN  - 1386-2588
SN  - 1573-5125
VL  - 49
IS  - 4
SP  - 513
EP  - 548
PB  - Springer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mischke, Steffen
A1  - Ginat, Hanan
A1  - Al-Saqarat, Bety
A1  - Almogi-Labin, Ahuva
T1  - Ostracods from water bodies in hyperarid Israel and Jordan as habitat and water chemistry indicators
JF  - Ecological indicators : integrating monitoring, assessment and management
N2  - The hyperarid region of Israel and Jordan covers a large area where numerous sites of Pleistocene lake sediments suggest that climate conditions were significantly wetter during the Pleistocene. This region experienced a significant increase in aridity in recent decades and the number of existing surface waters is diminishing rapidly. We studied ostracod shells from 49 pond and stream sites to determine the species distribution and to infer ecological preferences especially with respect to general differences in water movement, conductivity and ion composition. Twenty-two ostracod species were identified in total of which 12 taxa occur at three or more sites. Among the rarer species. Cyprinotus scholiosus was identified for the first time after two records from Plio- and Pleistocene sites in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Further, Paracypretta amati was recorded and its ecological preferences discussed for the first time following the description of the species from its type locality in Sudan. Cypridopsis elongata is the only typical inhabitant of lotic habitats, strictly preferring freshwater conditions and waters with an alkalinity/Ca ratio around 1 and cations dominated by Ca(2+) and anions by HCO(3)(-). In contrast, Cyprideis torosa, Limnocythere inopinata and Heterocypris incongruens apparently prefer waters dominated by Na(+) associated with cations and Cl(-) associated with anions. Heterocypris salina and C. torosa occur over a wide conductivity (or salinity) range and in waters with alkalinity/Ca ratios around 1 and with significant alkalinity depletion. Humphcypris subterranea, Ilyocypris spp. and H. sauna are the only taxa which do not show any preference with respect to both the cation and anion dominance of the waters. The ecological preferences of the ostracod species from water bodies in the study area are discussed in detail and can be used for a qualitative assessment of the hydrodynamical and hydrochemical conditions of former water bodies in the presently hyperarid environment based on ostracod species composition analysis of Pleistocene aquatic sediments.
KW  - Ostracoda
KW  - Non-marine
KW  - Water chemistry
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Near East
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.017
SN  - 1470-160X
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SP  - 87
EP  - 99
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -