Impacts of diffuse urban stressors on stream benthic communities and ecosystem functioning: A review
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Colls, Miriam
Viza, Aida
Zufiarre, Aitziber
Camacho-Santamans, Alba
Laini, Alex
González-Ferreras, Alexia Maria
Filipe, Ana Filipa
Pérez-Calpe, Ana Victoria
Freixa, Anna
Lupon, Anna
Santamans, Anna C.
Pradhan, Arunava
Espinosa, Carmen
Vera-Trujillo, Carmen
Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano
Mendoza-Lera, Clara
Bruno, Daniel
Mercado-Bettin, Daniel
Morant, Daniel
Batista, Daniela
Cunillera-Montcusi, David
Graça, Diana
Vico-Oton, Eduard
Estévez, Edurne
Leon-Palmero, Elizabeth
Suarez, Ena Lucia
Fenoy, Encarnación
Lima, Eva
Picazo, Félix
Oficialdegui, Francisco J.
Keck, François
Gionchetta, Giulia
Sabas, Ibor
Pérez-Silos, Ignacio
Antunes, Ilisa
Alvarez-Manzaneda, Inmaculada
de Guzmán, Ioar
Fernandes, Isabel
Pereira da Silva, Janine
Wei, Jing
Montes-Pérez, Jorge Juan
Trabulo, José
Ledesma, José L. J.
Fernandez-Calero, José Maria
Ramião, José Pedro
Rubio-Rios, Juan
Gonzalez-Trujillo, Juan David
Barral-Fraga, Laura
Jiménez, Laura
Vendrell-Puigmitja, Lidia
Bertrans, Lluís
Gomez-Gener, Lluís
Rovelli, Lorenzo
Thuile Bistarelli, Lukas
Sanchez-Morales, Marc
Cabrerizo, Marco J.
Aranguren-Gassis, Maria
Argudo, Maria
Navarro-Ramos, Maria J.
Atristain, Miren
Lopez-Rojo, Naiara
Valiente, Nicolás
Perujo, Nuria
Pereda, Olatz
Llanos-Paez, Oriana
Tascón-Peña, Osvaldo
Rodriguez-Lozano, Pablo
Sánchez de Pedro, Raquel
Arias-Real, Rebeca
Bolpagni, Rossano
del Campo, Rubén
Poblador, Silvia
Guareschi, Simone
Hilgert, Stephan
Duarte, Sofia
Rodriguez-Castillo, Tamara
Chonova, Teofana
Conejo-Orosa, Teresa
Céspedes, Vanessa
Granados, Verónica
Osorio, Víctor
Vazquez, Víctor
Martin-Vélez, Víctor
Romero, Ferran
Publication date
2024ISSN
0213-8409
Abstract
Catchment urbanisation results in urban streams being exposed to a multitude of stressors. Notably, stressors originating from diffuse sources have received less attention than stressors originating from point sources. Here, advances related to diffuse urban stressors and their consequences for stream benthic communities are summarised by reviewing 92 articles. Based on the search criteria, the number of articles dealing with diffuse urban stressors in streams has been increasing, and most of them focused on North America, Europe, and China. Land use was the most common measure used to characterize diffuse stressor sources in urban streams (70.7 % of the articles characterised land use), and chemical stressors (inorganic nutrients, xenobiotics, metals, and water properties, including pH and conductivity) were more frequently reported than physical or biological stressors. A total of 53.3 % of the articles addressed the impact of urban stressors on macroinvertebrates, while 35.9 % focused on bacteria, 9.8 % on fungi, and 8.7 % on algae. Regarding ecosystem functions, almost half of the articles (43.5 %) addressed changes in community dynamics, 40.3 % addressed organic matter decomposition, and 33.9 % addressed nutrient cycling. When comparing urban and non-urban streams, the reviewed studies suggest that urbanisation negatively impacts the diversity of benthic organisms, leading to shifts in community composition. These changes imply functional degradation of streams. The results of the present review summarise the knowledge gained to date and identify its main gaps to help improve our understanding of urban streams.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
574 - General ecology and biodiversity
Pages
20
Publisher
Asociación Ibérica de Limnología
Is part of
Limnetica
Citation
Colls, Miriam, Aida Viza, Aitziber Zufiaurre, Alba Camacho-Santamans, Alex Laini, Alexia María González-Ferreras, Ana Filipa Filipe, et al. 2023. “Impacts of Diffuse Urban Stressors on Stream Benthic Communities and Ecosystem Functioning: A Review.” Limnetica 43 (1): 89-108. https://doi.org/10.23818/limn.43.07.
Grant agreement number
EC/H2020/101036337/EU/Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation/MERLIN
Program
Aigües Marines i Continentals
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