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Understanding ecohydrology and biodiversity in aquatic nature-based solutions in urban streams and ponds through an integrative multi-tracer approach
Maria Magdalena Warter
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry, Berlin, Germany
Dörthe Tetzlaff
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry, Berlin, Germany
Department of Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Northern Rivers Institute, University of Aberdeen, St. Mary's Building, Kings College, Old Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Chris Soulsby
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry, Berlin, Germany
Northern Rivers Institute, University of Aberdeen, St. Mary's Building, Kings College, Old Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Chair of Water Resources Management and Modeling of Hydrosystems, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Tobias Goldhammer
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry, Berlin, Germany
Daniel Gebler
Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Kati Vierikko
Finnish Environment Institute, Built Environment Solutions Unit, Helsinki, Finland
Michael T. Monaghan
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Evolutionary and Integrative Ecology, Berlin, Germany
Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Short summary
There is a lack of understanding of how urban aquatic nature-based solutions (aquaNBSs) affect ecohydrology and how they in turn are affected by urbanization and climate change. We use a multi-tracer approach of stable water isotopes, hydrochemistry, and microbial and macrophyte diversity to disentangle the effects of hydroclimate and urbanization. The results show potential limitations of aquaNBSs regarding water quality and biodiversity in response to hydroclimate and urban water sources.
There is a lack of understanding of how urban aquatic nature-based solutions (aquaNBSs) affect...
