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Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world
Cunillera-Montcusi, D.; Beklioglu, M.; Cañedo-Argüelles, M.; Jeppesen, E.; Ptacnik, R.; Amorim, C.A.; Arnott, S.E.; Berger, S.A.; Brucet, S.; Dugan, H.A.; Gerhard, M.; Horváth, Z.; Langenheder, S.; Nejstgaard, J.C.; Reinikainen, M.; Striebel, M.; Urrutia-Cordero, P.; Vad, C.F.; Zadereev, E.; Matias, M. (2022). Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world. Trends Ecol. Evol. 37(5): 440-453. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.005
In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Elsevier Science: Amsterdam. ISSN 0169-5347; e-ISSN 1872-8383, more
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Author keywords
    global change; secondary salinisation; salt; freshwater salinisation syndrome
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  • Cunillera-Montcusi, D.
  • Beklioglu, M.
  • Cañedo-Argüelles, M.
  • Jeppesen, E.
  • Ptacnik, R.
  • Amorim, C.A.
  • Arnott, S.E.
  • Berger, S.A.
  • Brucet, S.
  • Dugan, H.A.
  • Gerhard, M.
  • Horváth, Z., more
  • Langenheder, S.
  • Nejstgaard, J.C.
  • Reinikainen, M.
  • Striebel, M.
  • Urrutia-Cordero, P.
  • Vad, C.F.
  • Zadereev, E.
  • Matias, M.
Abstract
    The widespread salinisation of freshwater ecosystems poses a major threat to the biodiversity, functioning, and services that they provide. Human activities promote freshwater salinisation through multiple drivers (e.g., agriculture, resource extraction, urbanisation) that are amplified by climate change. Due to its complexity, we are still far from fully understanding the ecological and evolutionary consequences of freshwater salinisation. Here, we assess current research gaps and present a research agenda to guide future studies. We identified different gaps in taxonomic groups, levels of biological organisation, and geographic regions. We suggest focusing on global- and landscape-scale processes, functional approaches, genetic and molecular levels, and ecoevolutionary dynamics as key future avenues to predict the consequences of freshwater salinisation for ecosystems and human societies.
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