Aitor Larrañaga

Scale-dependent biases in systematic land cover maps undermine freshwater ecological assessment

Abstract Land cover is a key determinant of landscape structure and ecological processes across spatial and temporal scales. In freshwater ecosystems, where riparian and catchment land cover regulate hydrology, nutrient inputs, and habitat quality, most ecological assessments rel...

Availability and representativeness of freshwater macroinvertebrate data to enable Europe-wide assessment of biodiversity trends

Freshwater ecosystems, though covering less than 1% of Earth's surface, harbor around 10% of all species. Pressures like pollution, water extraction, and habitat loss can exhibit complex interactions in their effects on freshwater biodiversity. Understanding the effects of these...