| Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: an almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive S Birk, W Bonne, A Borja, S Brucet, A Courrat, S Poikane, A Solimini, ... Ecological indicators 18, 31-41, 2012 | 1172 | 2012 |
| Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems S Birk, D Chapman, L Carvalho, BM Spears, HE Andersen, C Argillier, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 (8), 1060-1068, 2020 | 522 | 2020 |
| Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive L Carvalho, EB Mackay, AC Cardoso, A Baattrup-Pedersen, S Birk, ... Science of the Total Environment 658, 1228-1238, 2019 | 477 | 2019 |
| From natural to degraded rivers and back again: a test of restoration ecology theory and practice CK Feld, S Birk, DC Bradley, D Hering, J Kail, A Marzin, A Melcher, ... Advances in ecological research 44, 119-209, 2011 | 372 | 2011 |
| Managing aquatic ecosystems and water resources under multiple stress—An introduction to the MARS project D Hering, L Carvalho, C Argillier, M Beklioglu, A Borja, AC Cardoso, ... Science of the total environment 503, 10-21, 2015 | 352 | 2015 |
| Quantified biotic and abiotic responses to multiple stress in freshwater, marine and ground waters P Nõges, C Argillier, Á Borja, JM Garmendia, J Hanganu, V Kodeš, ... Science of the Total Environment 540, 43-52, 2016 | 252 | 2016 |
| Multiple stressors determine river ecological status at the European scale: Towards an integrated understanding of river status deterioration JU Lemm, M Venohr, L Globevnik, K Stefanidis, Y Panagopoulos, ... Global Change Biology 27 (9), 1962-1975, 2021 | 206 | 2021 |
| The European reference condition concept: a scientific and technical approach to identify minimally-impacted river ecosystems I Pardo, C Gómez-Rodríguez, JG Wasson, R Owen, W van de Bund, ... Science of the Total Environment 420, 33-42, 2012 | 186 | 2012 |
| Diversity of European seagrass indicators: patterns within and across regions N Marbà, D Krause-Jensen, T Alcoverro, S Birk, A Pedersen, JM Neto, ... Hydrobiologia 704, 265-278, 2013 | 170 | 2013 |
| Ecological status assessment of European lakes: a comparison of metrics for phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish A Lyche-Solheim, CK Feld, S Birk, G Phillips, L Carvalho, G Morabito, ... Hydrobiologia 704, 57-74, 2013 | 165 | 2013 |
| Intercalibrating classifications of ecological status: Europe's quest for common management objectives for aquatic ecosystems S Birk, NJ Willby, MG Kelly, W Bonne, A Borja, S Poikane, W van de Bund Science of the Total Environment 454, 490-499, 2013 | 146 | 2013 |
| A hitchhiker's guide to European lake ecological assessment and intercalibration S Poikane, S Birk, J Böhmer, L Carvalho, C De Hoyos, H Gassner, ... Ecological indicators 52, 533-544, 2015 | 145 | 2015 |
| Intercalibration of aquatic ecological assessment methods in the European Union: Lessons learned and way forward S Poikane, N Zampoukas, A Borja, SP Davies, W van de Bund, S Birk Environmental Science & Policy 44, 237-246, 2014 | 142 | 2014 |
| Regulations are needed to protect freshwater ecosystems from salinization MS Schuler, M Cañedo-Argüelles, WD Hintz, B Dyack, S Birk, RA Relyea Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374 (1764), 20180019, 2019 | 140 | 2019 |
| A new broad typology for rivers and lakes in Europe: Development and application for large-scale environmental assessments AL Solheim, L Globevnik, K Austnes, P Kristensen, SJ Moe, J Persson, ... Science of the Total Environment 697, 134043, 2019 | 123 | 2019 |
| Chemical pollution imposes limitations to the ecological status of European surface waters L Posthuma, MC Zijp, D De Zwart, D Van de Meent, L Globevnik, ... Scientific reports 10 (1), 14825, 2020 | 119 | 2020 |
| Catchment properties and the photosynthetic trait composition of freshwater plant communities LL Iversen, A Winkel, L Baastrup-Spohr, AB Hinke, J Alahuhta, ... Science 366 (6467), 878-881, 2019 | 106 | 2019 |
| European aquatic ecological assessment methods: A critical review of their sensitivity to key pressures S Poikane, FS Herrero, MG Kelly, A Borja, S Birk, W van de Bund Science of the Total Environment 740, 140075, 2020 | 105 | 2020 |
| Towards harmonization of ecological quality classification: establishing common grounds in European macrophyte assessment for rivers S Birk, N Willby Hydrobiologia 652, 149-163, 2010 | 103 | 2010 |
| Direct comparison of assessment methods using benthic macroinvertebrates: a contribution to the EU Water Framework Directive intercalibration exercise S Birk, D Hering Hydrobiologia 566, 401-415, 2006 | 102 | 2006 |
Sandra PoikaneEC Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and SustainabilityVerified email at jrc.ec.europa.eu
