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Freshwater salinisation : a research agenda for a saltier world

Cunillera-Montcusí, David ; Beklioğlu, Meryem ; Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel ; Jeppesen, Erik ; Ptacnik, Robert ; Amorim, Cihelio A. ; Arnott, Shelley E. ; Berger, Stella A. ; Brucet, Sandra and Dugan, Hilary A. , et al. (2022) In Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37(5). p.440-453
Abstract

The widespread salinisation of freshwater ecosystems poses a major threat to the biodiversity, functioning, and services that they provide. Human activities promote freshwater salinisation through multiple drivers (e.g., agriculture, resource extraction, urbanisation) that are amplified by climate change. Due to its complexity, we are still far from fully understanding the ecological and evolutionary consequences of freshwater salinisation. Here, we assess current research gaps and present a research agenda to guide future studies. We identified different gaps in taxonomic groups, levels of biological organisation, and geographic regions. We suggest focusing on global- and landscape-scale processes, functional approaches, genetic and... (More)

The widespread salinisation of freshwater ecosystems poses a major threat to the biodiversity, functioning, and services that they provide. Human activities promote freshwater salinisation through multiple drivers (e.g., agriculture, resource extraction, urbanisation) that are amplified by climate change. Due to its complexity, we are still far from fully understanding the ecological and evolutionary consequences of freshwater salinisation. Here, we assess current research gaps and present a research agenda to guide future studies. We identified different gaps in taxonomic groups, levels of biological organisation, and geographic regions. We suggest focusing on global- and landscape-scale processes, functional approaches, genetic and molecular levels, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as key future avenues to predict the consequences of freshwater salinisation for ecosystems and human societies.

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freshwater salinisation syndrome, global change, salt, secondary salinisation
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Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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37
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5
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440 - 453
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Elsevier
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  • pmid:35058082
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0169-5347
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10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.005
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English
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  author       = {{Cunillera-Montcusí, David and Beklioğlu, Meryem and Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel and Jeppesen, Erik and Ptacnik, Robert and Amorim, Cihelio A. and Arnott, Shelley E. and Berger, Stella A. and Brucet, Sandra and Dugan, Hilary A. and Gerhard, Miriam and Horváth, Zsófia and Langenheder, Silke and Nejstgaard, Jens C. and Reinikainen, Marko and Striebel, Maren and Urrutia-Cordero, Pablo and Vad, Csaba F. and Zadereev, Egor and Matias, Miguel}},
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  series       = {{Trends in Ecology and Evolution}},
  title        = {{Freshwater salinisation : a research agenda for a saltier world}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.005}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.005}},
  volume       = {{37}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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