Scientific Data (Jun 2024)
Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers
- Ellen A. R. Welti,
- Diana E. Bowler,
- James S. Sinclair,
- Florian Altermatt,
- Mario Álvarez-Cabria,
- Giuseppe Amatulli,
- David G. Angeler,
- Gaït Archambaud,
- Iñaki Arrate Jorrín,
- Thomas Aspin,
- Iker Azpiroz,
- Nathan Jay Baker,
- Iñaki Bañares,
- José Barquín Ortiz,
- Christian L. Bodin,
- Luca Bonacina,
- Núria Bonada,
- Roberta Bottarin,
- Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles,
- Zoltán Csabai,
- Thibault Datry,
- Elvira de Eyto,
- Alain Dohet,
- Sami Domisch,
- Gerald Dörflinger,
- Emma Drohan,
- Knut A. Eikland,
- Judy England,
- Tor E. Eriksen,
- Vesela Evtimova,
- Maria J. Feio,
- Martial Ferréol,
- Mathieu Floury,
- Maxence Forcellini,
- Marie Anne Eurie Forio,
- Riccardo Fornaroli,
- Nikolai Friberg,
- Jean-François Fruget,
- Jaime R. Garcia Marquez,
- Galia Georgieva,
- Peter Goethals,
- Manuel A. S. Graça,
- Andy House,
- Kaisa-Leena Huttunen,
- Thomas Correll Jensen,
- Richard K. Johnson,
- J. Iwan Jones,
- Jens Kiesel,
- Aitor Larrañaga,
- Patrick Leitner,
- Lionel L’Hoste,
- Marie-Hélène Lizée,
- Armin W. Lorenz,
- Anthony Maire,
- Jesús Alberto Manzanos Arnaiz,
- Brendan Mckie,
- Andrés Millán,
- Timo Muotka,
- John F. Murphy,
- Davis Ozolins,
- Riku Paavola,
- Petr Paril,
- Francisco Jesús Peñas Silva,
- Marek Polasek,
- Jes Rasmussen,
- Manu Rubio,
- David Sánchez Fernández,
- Leonard Sandin,
- Ralf B. Schäfer,
- Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber,
- Alberto Scotti,
- Longzhu Q. Shen,
- Agnija Skuja,
- Stefan Stoll,
- Michal Straka,
- Rachel Stubbington,
- Henn Timm,
- Violeta G. Tyufekchieva,
- Iakovos Tziortzis,
- Yordan Uzunov,
- Gea H. van der Lee,
- Rudy Vannevel,
- Emilia Varadinova,
- Gábor Várbíró,
- Gaute Velle,
- Piet F. M. Verdonschot,
- Ralf C. M. Verdonschot,
- Yanka Vidinova,
- Peter Wiberg-Larsen,
- Peter Haase
Affiliations
- Ellen A. R. Welti
- Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
- Diana E. Bowler
- Department of Ecosystem Services, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
- James S. Sinclair
- Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
- Florian Altermatt
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Mario Álvarez-Cabria
- IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria
- Giuseppe Amatulli
- School of the Environment, Yale University
- David G. Angeler
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Gaït Archambaud
- INRAE, Aix Marseille Univ, RECOVER
- Iñaki Arrate Jorrín
- Agencia Vasca del Agua
- Thomas Aspin
- Environment Agency
- Iker Azpiroz
- Ekolur Asesoría Ambiental SLL
- Nathan Jay Baker
- Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts, Nature Research Centre
- Iñaki Bañares
- Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Obras Hidráulicas, Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa
- José Barquín Ortiz
- IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria
- Christian L. Bodin
- LFI - The Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre
- Luca Bonacina
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca
- Núria Bonada
- FEHM-Lab (Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management), Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), University of Barcelona
- Roberta Bottarin
- Eurac Research, Institute for Alpine Environment
- Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles
- FEHM-Lab, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA)
- Zoltán Csabai
- HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute
- Thibault Datry
- INRAE, UR RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne
- Elvira de Eyto
- Fisheries Ecosystems Advisory Services, Marine Institute
- Alain Dohet
- Environmental Research and Innovation department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
- Sami Domisch
- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Gerald Dörflinger
- Water Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
- Emma Drohan
- Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies, Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Knut A. Eikland
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
- Judy England
- Environment Agency
- Tor E. Eriksen
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA Denmark)
- Vesela Evtimova
- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Maria J. Feio
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET
- Martial Ferréol
- INRAE, UR RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne
- Mathieu Floury
- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Maxence Forcellini
- INRAE, UR RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne
- Marie Anne Eurie Forio
- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University
- Riccardo Fornaroli
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca
- Nikolai Friberg
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA Denmark)
- Jean-François Fruget
- ARALEP - Ecologie des Eaux Douces
- Jaime R. Garcia Marquez
- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Galia Georgieva
- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Peter Goethals
- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University
- Manuel A. S. Graça
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET
- Andy House
- Environment Agency
- Kaisa-Leena Huttunen
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu
- Thomas Correll Jensen
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
- Richard K. Johnson
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- J. Iwan Jones
- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
- Jens Kiesel
- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Aitor Larrañaga
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country
- Patrick Leitner
- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- Lionel L’Hoste
- Environmental Research and Innovation department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
- Marie-Hélène Lizée
- INRAE, Aix Marseille Univ, RECOVER
- Armin W. Lorenz
- Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen
- Anthony Maire
- EDF Recherche et Développement, Laboratoire National d’Hydraulique et Environnement
- Jesús Alberto Manzanos Arnaiz
- Agencia Vasca del Agua
- Brendan Mckie
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Andrés Millán
- Department of Ecology and Hydrology, University of Murcia
- Timo Muotka
- Nature Solutions Unit, Finnish Environment Institute
- John F. Murphy
- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
- Davis Ozolins
- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia
- Riku Paavola
- Oulanka Research Station, University of Oulu Infrastructure Platform
- Petr Paril
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
- Francisco Jesús Peñas Silva
- IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria
- Marek Polasek
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
- Jes Rasmussen
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA Denmark)
- Manu Rubio
- Ekolur Asesoría Ambiental SLL
- David Sánchez Fernández
- Department of Ecology and Hydrology, University of Murcia
- Leonard Sandin
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
- Ralf B. Schäfer
- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management
- Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber
- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- Alberto Scotti
- Eurac Research, Institute for Alpine Environment
- Longzhu Q. Shen
- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Agnija Skuja
- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia
- Stefan Stoll
- Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen
- Michal Straka
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
- Rachel Stubbington
- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
- Henn Timm
- Estonian University of Life Sciences, Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery, Centre for Limnology
- Violeta G. Tyufekchieva
- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Iakovos Tziortzis
- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Yordan Uzunov
- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Gea H. van der Lee
- Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research
- Rudy Vannevel
- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University
- Emilia Varadinova
- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Gábor Várbíró
- Department of Tisza River Research, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology
- Gaute Velle
- LFI - The Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre
- Piet F. M. Verdonschot
- Estonian University of Life Sciences, Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery, Centre for Limnology
- Ralf C. M. Verdonschot
- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
- Yanka Vidinova
- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Peter Wiberg-Larsen
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Peter Haase
- Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03445-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Abstract Freshwater macroinvertebrates are a diverse group and play key ecological roles, including accelerating nutrient cycling, filtering water, controlling primary producers, and providing food for predators. Their differences in tolerances and short generation times manifest in rapid community responses to change. Macroinvertebrate community composition is an indicator of water quality. In Europe, efforts to improve water quality following environmental legislation, primarily starting in the 1980s, may have driven a recovery of macroinvertebrate communities. Towards understanding temporal and spatial variation of these organisms, we compiled the TREAM dataset (Time seRies of European freshwAter Macroinvertebrates), consisting of macroinvertebrate community time series from 1,816 river and stream sites (mean length of 19.2 years and 14.9 sampling years) of 22 European countries sampled between 1968 and 2020. In total, the data include >93 million sampled individuals of 2,648 taxa from 959 genera and 212 families. These data can be used to test questions ranging from identifying drivers of the population dynamics of specific taxa to assessing the success of legislative and management restoration efforts.
