@article{01H7JF92BSRG2FNTQMTGBSTCFN,
  abstract     = {{Owing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the most vulnerable to biodiversity loss. Mitigation measures, including wastewater treatment and hydromorphological restoration, have aimed to improve environmental quality and foster the recovery of freshwater biodiversity. Here, using 1,816 time series of freshwater invertebrate communities collected across 22 European countries between 1968 and 2020, we quantified temporal trends in taxonomic and functional diversity and their responses to environmental pressures and gradients. We observed overall increases in taxon richness (0.73% per year), functional richness (2.4% per year) and abundance (1.17% per year). However, these increases primarily occurred before the 2010s, and have since plateaued. Freshwater communities downstream of dams, urban areas and cropland were less likely to experience recovery. Communities at sites with faster rates of warming had fewer gains in taxon richness, functional richness and abundance. Although biodiversity gains in the 1990s and 2000s probably reflect the effectiveness of water-quality improvements and restoration projects, the decelerating trajectory in the 2010s suggests that the current measures offer diminishing returns. Given new and persistent pressures on freshwater ecosystems, including emerging pollutants, climate change and the spread of invasive species, we call for additional mitigation to revive the recovery of freshwater biodiversity.}},
  author       = {{Haase, Peter and Bowler, Diana E. and Baker, Nathan J. and Bonada, Núria and Domisch, Sami and Garcia Marquez, Jaime R. and Heino, Jani and Hering, Daniel and Jähnig, Sonja C. and Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid and Stubbington, Rachel and Altermatt, Florian and Álvarez-Cabria, Mario and Amatulli, Giuseppe and Angeler, David G. and Archambaud-Suard, Gaït and Jorrín, Iñaki Arrate and Aspin, Thomas and Azpiroz, Iker and Bañares, Iñaki and Ortiz, José Barquín and Bodin, Christian L. and Bonacina, Luca and Bottarin, Roberta and Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel and Csabai, Zoltán and Datry, Thibault and de Eyto, Elvira and Dohet, Alain and Dörflinger, Gerald and Drohan, Emma and Eikland, Knut A. and England, Judy and Eriksen, Tor E. and Evtimova, Vesela and Feio, Maria J. and Ferréol, Martial and Floury, Mathieu and Forcellini, Maxence and Forio, Marie Anne Eurie and Fornaroli, Riccardo and Friberg, Nikolai and Fruget, Jean-François and Georgieva, Galia and Goethals, Peter and Graça, Manuel A. S. and Graf, Wolfram and House, Andy and Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena and Jensen, Thomas C. and Johnson, Richard K. and Jones, J. Iwan and Kiesel, Jens and Kuglerová, Lenka and Larrañaga, Aitor and Leitner, Patrick and L’Hoste, Lionel and Lizée, Marie-Helène and Lorenz, Armin W. and Maire, Anthony and Arnaiz, Jesús Alberto Manzanos and McKie, Brendan G. and Millán, Andrés and Monteith, Don and Muotka, Timo and Murphy, John F. and Ozolins, Davis and Paavola, Riku and Paril, Petr and Peñas, Francisco J. and Pilotto, Francesca and Polášek, Marek and Rasmussen, Jes Jessen and Rubio, Manu and Sánchez-Fernández, David and Sandin, Leonard and Schäfer, Ralf B. and Scotti, Alberto and Shen, Longzhu Q. and Skuja, Agnija and Stoll, Stefan and Straka, Michal and Timm, Henn and Tyufekchieva, Violeta G. and Tziortzis, Iakovos and Uzunov, Yordan and van der Lee, Gea H. and Vannevel, Rudy and Varadinova, Emilia and Várbíró, Gábor and Velle, Gaute and Verdonschot, Piet F. M. and Verdonschot, Ralf C. M. and Vidinova, Yanka and Wiberg-Larsen, Peter and Welti, Ellen A. R.}},
  issn         = {{0028-0836}},
  journal      = {{NATURE}},
  keywords     = {{Multidisciplinary}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7974}},
  pages        = {{582--588}},
  title        = {{The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1}},
  volume       = {{620}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

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