Managing Aquatic ecosystems and water Resources under multiple Stress
Abstract
MARS will support managers and policy makers in the practical implementation of the WFD, of related legislation and of the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water Resources by conducting new research and synthesising existing knowledge concerning effects and management of multiple stressors in surface water and groundwater bodies; by advising the 3rd RMBP cycle and the revision of the WFD; and by developing new integrated tools for diagnosing and predicting multiple stressors in water resource management. The consortium includes 19 research institutes and five water boards and environment agencies. MARS will engage with ongoing and finalised European initiatives addressing related topics, thus acting as an integrating project. Work will be organised at the scales of water bodies, river basins and Europe; at each scale there is a direct link to water managers and decision makers. Nested within the scale structure, we will employ a suite of methods: flume and mesocosm experiments to better understand the effects of selected stressor combinations with a focus on extremes and hydrological stress; linkage of “abiotic” and “biotic” models to predict effects of stressor combinations at a river basin scale; large-scale data analysis employing existing databases, but including additional variables, to gain a Europe-wide overview of stress, status and ecosystem services. MARS will be composed of eight workpackages (WPs). While WP1 will be responsible for overall coordination, WP2 will provide tools, concepts and scenarios for the other WPs. WPs 3-5 will analyse and predict multiple stressor-impact relationships on three scales: water bodies (WP3), river basins (WP4) and Europe (WP5); the results will be synthesised across scales by WP6. WP7 will generate a wiki information system and produce or improve tools addressing the three scales. WP8 will communicate with river basin districts and Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) groups and will advise the WFD revision.
Limnology Ecosystem research Biodiversity Water management Fish
Publikationen
Deliverable 2.1 - Four manuscripts on the multiple stressor framework: Review of multiple stressors and their effects on European surface waters (1/4)
Autoren: Nõges, P; Argillier, C; Borja, A; Garmendia, J M; Hanganu, J; Kodeš, V; Pletterbauer, F; Sagouis, A; Birk, S Jahr: 2015
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Deliverable 5.A: Report on the comparison of the sensitivity of fish metrics to multi-stressors in rivers, lakes and transitional waters
Autoren: Argillier, C.; Teichert, N.; Sagouis, A.; Lepage, M.; Schinegger, R.; Palt, M.; Schmutz, S.; Segurado, P.; Ferreira, M.T.; Chust, G.; Uriarte, A.; Borja, A.; Jahr: 2015
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Deliverable D2.B: Database on multi-stressor-impact relationships in aquatic ecosystems
Autoren: Nõges, P; Pletterbauer, F; Sagouis, A; Hanganu, J; Borja, A; Garmendia, J M; Kodeš, V Jahr: 2015
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
HyTEC – first results from an experimental facility to study the effect of hydro- and thermopeaking on fish, macroinvertebrates and microphytobenthos
Autoren: Bondar-Kunze Elisabeth, Kasper Veronica, Maier Stefanie, Schönauer Doris, Schülting Lisa, Graf Wolfram, Auer Stefan , Schmutz Stefan, Zeiringer Bernhard, Hein Thomas Jahr: 2016
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Untangling the effects of multiple human stressors and their impacts on fish assemblages in European running waters.
Autoren: Schinegger, R; Palt, M; Segurado, P; Schmutz, S; Jahr: 2016
Journal articles
Distribution and patterns of human stressors and their impacts on fish assemblages in the Austrian Drava and Mura River Basins: An analysis based on the 2nd Austrian River Basin Management Plans.
Autoren: Schinegger, R; Aschauer, C; Mühlmann, H; Schmutz, S; Jahr: 2016
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
MARS D4.1 Case study synthesis - Final Report
Autoren: Ferreira, T; Panagopoulos, Y; Bloomfield, J; Couture, R.M; Ormerod, S; Schinegger, R., Schmutz, S; et al. Jahr: 2016
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
MARS, die "Analysecouch" für gestresste Flüsse & Seen
Autoren: Schinegger, R. Jahr: 2016
Newspaper / Magazine article
Configuration of multiple human stressors and their impacts on fish assemblages in Alpine river basins of Austria.
Autoren: Schinegger, R; Pucher, M; Aschauer, C; Schmutz, S; Jahr: 2018
Journal articles
Deliverable D5.D: Report on the position of exotic species in the context of estuaries, rivers and lakes multi-stressors and regarding ecosystem services
Autoren: Logez, M.; Agaciak, B.; Argillier, C.; Lepage, M.; Teichert, N.; Schinegger, R.; Schmutz S.; Segurado, P.; Ferreira, M.T.; Chust, G.; Uriarte, A.; Borja, A. Jahr: 2017
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Deliverable D3.2: Manuscripts on experimental results
Autoren: Schinegger, R.; Schmutz, S.; Schülting, L.; Auer, S.; Hein, T.; Bondar-Kunze, E.; Graf, W.; Schneider, S.; Friberg, N.; Ferreira, M.T.; Pinheiro, A.; Branco, P.; Brito, A.; Baattrup-Petersen, A.; Graeber, D.; Santos, J.M. Jahr: 2017
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Functional redundancy and sensitivity of fish assemblages in European rivers, lakes and estuarine ecosystems
Autoren: Teichert, N; Lepage, M; Sagouis, A; Borja, A; Chust, G; Ferreira, MT; Pasquaud, S; Schinegger, R; Segurado, P; Argillier, C Jahr: 2017
Journal articles
LaRiMo - A simple and efficient GIS-based approach for large-scale morphological assessment of large European rivers
Autoren: Bechter, T; Baumann, K; Birk, S; Bolik, F; Graf, W; Pletterbauer, F Jahr: 2018
Journal articles
MARS Recommendations on how to best assess and mitigate impacts of multiple stressors in aquatic ecosystems
Autoren: Schinegger, R., Schülting, L., Schmutz, S., Solheim, A.L., Birk, S., Feld, C., Hering, D., Kuijper, M., Chrzanowski, C., Buijse, T., Borja, A., Venohr, M., Globevnik, L. Jahr: 2018
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Project staff
Stefan Schmutz
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Stefan Schmutz
stefan.schmutz@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81202
BOKU Project Leader
01.02.2014 - 31.01.2018
Andreas Melcher
Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Andreas Melcher
andreas.melcher@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93411
Project Staff
01.02.2014 - 31.01.2018
Rafaela Schinegger
Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Rafaela Schinegger
rafaela.schinegger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85334
Sub Projectleader
01.02.2014 - 31.01.2018
Bernhard Zeiringer
Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Zeiringer
bernhard.zeiringer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81215
Sub Projectleader
01.02.2014 - 31.01.2018
Stefan Auer
Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Auer
stefan.auer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81250
Project Staff
01.02.2014 - 31.01.2018
BOKU partners
External partners
Ministery of Agriculture
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European Commission Joint Research Centre
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University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice
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Aarhus University _x000D_ _x000D_
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Jogeva Plant Breeding Institute
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Finnish Environemnt Institut
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National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture
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University of Duisburg-Essen
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Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
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NTUA - National Technical University of Athens
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STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK
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Norwegian Institute for Water Research
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Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal
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Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente
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INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU_x000D_ BIOLOGIE SI NUTRITIE ANIMALA
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National Adminstration “Apele Romane”
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University of Ljubljana, Fakulteta za kemijo tehnologijo
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Fundacion centro de las nuevas tecnologias del agua
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Middle east technical university
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Natural Environment Research Council (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
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Hydroenvironmental Research Centre, Cardiff School of Engineering
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Environment Agency of England and Wales
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ICPDR Permanent Seretariat
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