Biodiversity
Preserve biodiversity
Concerns about the preservation of biodiversity often end up on the losing side when it comes to weighing conflicting interests in the balance, and its loss is usually only quantified in financial terms when it is already too late. Eawag is researching what biodiversity really means, what benefits it brings, and what measures can be employed to preserve it.
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Sigmund, G.; Ågerstrand, M.; Antonelli, A.; Backhaus, T.; Brodin, T.; Diamond, M. L.; Erdelen, W. R.; Evers, D. C.; Hofmann, T.; Hueffer, T.; Lai, A.; Torres, J. P. M.; Mueller, L.; Perrigo, A. L.; Rillig, M. C.; Schaeffer, A.; Scheringer, M.; Schirmer, K.; Tlili, A.; Soehl, A.; Triebskorn, R.; Vlahos, P.; vom Berg, C.; Wang, Z.; Groh, K. J. (2023) Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research, Global Change Biology, doi:10.1111/gcb.16689, Institutional Repository
Reader, M. O.; Eppinga, M. B.; de Boer, H. J.; Damm, A.; Petchey, O. L.; Santos, M. J. (2023) Biodiversity mediates relationships between anthropogenic drivers and ecosystem services across global mountain, island and delta systems, Global Environmental Change, 78, 102612 (15 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102612, Institutional Repository
Zhang, H.; Mächler, E.; Morsdorf, F.; Niklaus, P. A.; Schaepman, M. E.; Altermatt, F. (2023) A spatial fingerprint of land-water linkage of biodiversity uncovered by remote sensing and environmental DNA, Science of the Total Environment, 867, 161365 (12 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161365, Institutional Repository
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Pesticides and biodiversity [1 MB]
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Trouts in Switzerland [4 MB]
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Factsheet River Corridors [387 KB]
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Cover picture: Eawag researchers Ewa Merz and Thea Kozakiewicz during field work on Lake Greifen (ZH). The underwater camera Aquascope records the tiny creatures in Lake Greifen in real time. (Photo: Jonas Steiner)