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Dr. Sebastian Birk

Fakultät Biologie

Address
Universitätsstr 2
45117 Essen
Room
S05 T03 B12
Phone
+49 201 183 3218
Fax
+49 201 183 2179
E-Mail
sebastian.birk@uni-due.de
Website
https://www.uni-due.de/aquatische_oekologie/mitarbeiter/sebastian_birk.php

Functions

  • Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, Aquatische Ökologie

The following publications are listed in the online university bibliography of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Further information may also be found on the person's personal web pages.

    Journal articles

  • Birk, Sebastian; Weigelt, Celina; Borgwardt, Florian; Kail, Jochem
    Freshwater restoration effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services: a Delphi survey
    In: Restoration Ecology, Vol. 33, 2025, Nr. 7, e70119
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Pott, Laura; Hershkovitz, Yaron; Birk, Sebastian
    Mapping multiple benefits in large-scale freshwater restoration : A theory of change approach
    In: Nature-Based Solutions, Vol. 8, 2025, 100240
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kaijser, Willem; Musiol, Michelle; Schneider, Andrea R.; Prati, Sebastian; Brauer, Verena S.; Bayer, Rike; Birk, Sebastian; Brauns, Mario; Dunne, Louisa; Enss, Julian; Farias, Luan; Feld, Christian K.; Feldhaus, Lena; Gillmann, Svenja M.; Hupało, Kamil; Osakpolor, Stephen E.; Olberg, Sarah L. M.; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Schlautmann, Christian; Schwelm, Jessica; Sures, Bernd; Wagner, Cornelia S.; Wells, Nicole E.; Wenskus, Franziska; Schürings, Christian; Hering, Daniel
    Meta-analysis-derived estimates of stressor–response associations for riverine organism groups
    In: Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2025, in press
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Ockendon, Nancy; Shaw, Taylor; Bautista, Susana; Bhattacharjee, Anushree; Cortina-Segarra, Jordi; Iordache, Virgil; López, Vanessa O.; Thomas, David; Satyal, Poshendra; Van Doninck, Jasper; Birk, Sebastian
    Overcoming barriers and leveraging opportunities to scale up landscape-scale restoration in Europe
    In: Restoration Ecology, Vol. 33, 2025, Nr. 5, e70075
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Santos, Leonor; Birk, Sebastian; Ferreira, M. Teresa
    River conservation and restoration in croplands : can we improve the common agriculture policy as an instrument of practice?
    In: Restoration Ecology, 2025, in press
    DOI
  • Pereira Dos Santos, Leonor; Birk, Sebastian; Ferreira, Maria Teresa
    River restoration via CAP eco-schemes : Current support and future opportunities for blue infrastructure
    In: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol. 13, 2025, 1681757
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Feio, Maria João; Silva, Janine P.; Hughes, Robert M.; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Alves, Carlos B.M.; Birk, Sebastian; Callisto, Marcos; Linares, Marden S.; Macedo, Diego R.; Pompeu, Paulo S.; Robinson, Wayne; Schürings, Christian; Almeida, Salomé F.P.; Anastácio, Pedro M.; Arimoro, Francis O.; Baek, Min Jeong; Calderón, Mirian; Chen, Kai; Goethals, Peter; Forio, Marie Anne E.; Harding, Jon S.; Kefford, Ben J.; Kelly, Martyn G.; Keke, Unique N.; Lintermans, Mark; Martins, Renato T.; Mori, Terutaka; Nakamura, Keigo; Odume, Oghenekaro N.; Ribeiro, Filipe; Ruaro, Renata; Serra, Sónia RQ.; Shah, Deep Narayan; Sueyoshi, Masanao; Tachamo-Shah, Ram Devi
    The impacts of alien species on river bioassessment
    In: Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 374, 2025, 123874
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Szabó, Sándor; Csizmár, Aliz; Koleszár, Gergő; Oláh, Viktor; Birk, Sebastian; Peeters, Edwin T. H. M.
    Density-dependent facilitation and inhibition between submerged and free-floating plants
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 851, 2024, Nr. 11, pp. 2749 – 2760
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Esmaeili Ofogh, Ali Reza; Ebrahimi Dorche, Eisa; Birk, Sebastian; Fathi, Pejman; Zare Shahraki, Mojgan; Bruder, Andreas
    Improving the performance of macroinvertebrate based multi-metric indices by incorporating functional traits and an index performance-driven approach
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 931, 2024, 172850
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Schürings, Christian; Globevnik, Lidija; Lemm, Jan U.; Psomas, Alexander; Snoj, Luka; Hering, Daniel; Birk, Sebastian
    River ecological status is shaped by agricultural land use intensity across Europe
    In: Water Research, Vol. 251, 2024, 121136
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Esmaeili Ofogh, Ali Reza; Ebrahimi Dorche, Eisa; Birk, Sebastian; Bruder, Andreas
    Effect of seasonal variability on the development and application of a novel Multimetric Index based on benthic macroinvertebrate communities : A case study from streams in the Karun river basin (Iran)
    In: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 146, 2023, 109843
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Jupke, Jonathan F.; Birk, Sebastian; Apostolou, Apostolos; Aroviita, Jukka; Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Baláži, Peter; Barešová, Libuše; Blanco, Saúl; Borrego-Ramos, María; van Dam, Herman; Dimitriou, Elias; Feld, Christian K.; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Gecheva, Gana; Gomà, Joan; Hanžek, Nikola; Haslev, Ida Marie; Isheva, Tsvetelina; Jamoneau, Aurélien; Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, Jenny; Kahlert, Maria; Karaouzas, Ioannis; Karjalainen, Satu Maaria; Olenici, Adriana; Panek, Piotr; Paril, Petr; Peeters, Edwin T.H.M.; Polášek, Marek; Pont, Didier; Pumputyte, Audrone; Sandin, Leonard; Sochuliaková, Lucia; Soininen, Janne; Stanković, Igor; Straka, Michal; Šušnjara, Mirela; Sutela, Tapio; Tison-Rosebery, Juliette; Udovič, Marija Gligora; Verhofstad, Michiel; Žutinić, Petar; Schäfer, Ralf B.
    European river typologies fail to capture diatom, fish, and macrophyte community composition
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 896, 2023, 165081
    DOI
  • Chen, Qiuwen; Li, Qinyuan; Lin, Yuqing; Zhang, Jianyun; Xia, Jun; Ni, Jinren; Cooke, Steven J.; Best, Jim; He, Shufeng; Feng, Tao; Chen, Yuchen; Tonina, Daniele; Benjankar, Rohan; Birk, Sebastian; Fleischmann, Ayan Santos; Yan, Hanlu; Tang, Lei
    River Damming Impacts on Fish Habitat and Associated Conservation Measures
    In: Reviews of Geophysics, Vol. 61, 2023, Nr. 4, e2023RG000819
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Hering, Daniel; Schürings, Christian; Wenskus, Franziska; Blackstock, Kirsty; Borja, Angel; Birk, Sebastian; Bullock, Craig; Carvalho, Laurence; Dagher-Kharrat, Magda Bou; Lakner, Sebastian; Lovrić, Nataša; McGuinness, Shane; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Sánchez-Arcilla, Agustín; Settele, Josef; Pe'er, Guy
    Securing success for the Nature Restoration Laws
    In: Science, Vol. 382, 2023, Nr. 6676, pp. 1248 – 1250
    DOI
  • Vos, Matthijs; Hering, Daniel; Gessner, Mark O.; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Tollrian, Ralph; Boenigk, Jens; Haase, Peter; Meckenstock, Rainer; Baikova, Daria; Bayat, Helena; Beermann, Arne; Beißer, Daniela; Beszteri, Bánk; Birk, Sebastian; Boden, Lisa; Brauer, Verena; Brauns, Mario; Buchner, Dominik; Burfeid-Castellanos, Andrea; David, Gwendoline; Deep, Aman; Doliwa, Annemie; Dunthorn, Micah; Enß, Julian; Escobar-Sierra, Camilo; Feld, Christian K.; Fohrer, Nicola; Grabner, Daniel; Hadziomerovic, Una; Jähnig, Sonja C.; Jochmann, Maik; Khaliq, Shaista; Kiesel, Jens; Kuppels, Annabel; Lampert, Kathrin P.; Le, T.T. Yen; Lorenz, Armin W.; Madariaga, Graciela Medina; Meyer, Benjamin; Pantel, Jelena H.; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Mayombo, Ntambwe Serge; Nguyen, Hong Hanh; Peters, Kristin; Pfeifer, Svenja M.; Prati, Sebastian; Probst, Alexander J.; Reiner, Dominik; Rolauffs, Peter; Schlenker, Alexandra; Schmidt, Torsten C.; Shah, Mana; Sieber, Guido; Stach, Tom Lennard; Tielke, Ann-Kathrin; Vermiert, Anna-Maria; Weiss, Martina; Weitere, Markus; Sures, Bernd
    The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 872, 2023, 162196
    DOI
  • Spears, Bryan M.; Chapman, Daniel; Carvalho, Laurence; Rankinen, Katri; Stefanidis, Konstantinos; Ives, Stephen; Vuorio, Kristiina; Birk, Sebastian
    Assessing multiple stressor effects to inform climate change management responses in three European catchments
    In: Inland Waters: Journal of the International Society of Limnology, Vol. 12, 2022, Nr. 1, pp. 94 – 106
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kaijser, Willem; Birk, Sebastian; Hering, Daniel
    Environmental ranges discriminating between macrophytes groups in European rivers
    In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 17, 2022, Nr. 6, e0269744
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Jupke, Jonathan F.; Birk, Sebastian; Álvarez-Cabria, Mario; Aroviita, Jukka; Barquín, José; Belmar, Oscar; Bonada, Núria; Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel; Chiriac, Gabriel; Elexová, Emília Mišíková; Feld, Christian K.; Ferreira, M. Teresa; Haase, Peter; Huttunen, Kaisa-Leena; Lazaridou, Maria; Lešťáková, Margita; Miliša, Marko; Muotka, Timo; Paavola, Riku; Panek, Piotr; Pařil, Petr; Peeters, Edwin T.H.M.; Polášek, Marek; Sandin, Leonard; Schmera, Dénes; Straka, Michal; Usseglio-Polatera, Philippe; Schäfer, Ralf B.
    Evaluating the biological validity of European river typology systems with least disturbed benthic macroinvertebrate communities
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 842, 2022, 156689
    DOI
  • Mack, Leoni; de la Hoz, Camino Fernández; Penk, Marcin; Piggott, Jeremy; Crowe, Tasman; Hering, Daniel; Kaijser, Willem; Aroviita, Jukka; Baer, Jan; Borja, Angel; Clark, Dana E.; Fernández-Torquemada, Yolanda; Kotta, Jonne; Matthaei, Christoph D.; O'Beirn, Francis; Paerl, Hans W.; Sokolowski, Adam; Vilmi, Annika; Birk, Sebastian
    Perceived multiple stressor effects depend on sample size and stressor gradient length
    In: Water Research, Vol. 226, 2022, 119260
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Koleszár, Gergő; Nagy, Zoltán; Peeters, Edwin T. H. M.; Borics, Gábor; Várbíró, Gábor; Birk, Sebastian; Szabó, Sándor
    The Role of Epiphytic Algae and Grazing Snails in Stable States of Submerged and of Free-Floating Plants
    In: Ecosystems, Vol. 25, 2022, Nr. 6, pp. 1371 – 1383
    DOI
  • Büttner, Olaf; Jawitz, James W.; Birk, Sebastian; Borchardt, Dietrich
    Why wastewater treatment fails to protect stream ecosystems in Europe
    In: Water Research, Vol. 217, 2022, 118382
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Perujo, Núria; Van den Brink, Paul J.; Segner, Helmut E.; Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal; Sabater, Sergi; Birk, Sebastian; Bruder, Andreas; Romero, Ferran; Acuña, Vicenç
    A guideline to frame stressor effects in freshwater ecosystems
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 777, 2021, 146112
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Gecheva, Gana; Pall, Karin; Todorov, Milcho; Traykov, Ivan; Gribacheva, Nikolina; Stankova, Silviya; Birk, Sebastian
    Anthropogenic stressors in upland rivers : Aquatic macrophyte responses ; a case study from Bulgaria
    In: Plants, Vol. 10, 2021, Nr. 12, 2708
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Poikane, Sandra; Várbíró, Gábor; Kelly, Martyn G.; Birk, Sebastian; Phillips, Geoff
    Estimating river nutrient concentrations consistent with good ecological condition : More stringent nutrient thresholds needed
    In: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 121, 2021, 107017
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Spears, Bryan M.; Chapman, Daniel S.; Carvalho, Laurence; Feld, Christian; Gessner, Mark O.; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Banin, Lindsay F.; Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano; Solheim, Anne Lyche; Richardson, Jessica A.; Schinegger, Rafaela; Segurado, Pedro; Thackeray, Stephen J.; Birk, Sebastian
    Making waves : Bridging theory and practice towards multiple stressor management in freshwater ecosystems
    In: Water Research, Vol. 196, 2021, 116981
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Leitner, Patrick; Borgwardt, Florian; Birk, Sebastian; Graf, Wolfram
    Multiple stressor effects on benthic macroinvertebrates in very large European rivers : A typology-based evaluation of faunal responses as a basis for future bioassessment
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 756, 2021, pp. 143472
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Lemm, Jan U.; Venohr, Markus; Globevnik, Lidija; Stefanidis, Kostas; Panagopoulos, Yiannis; van Gils, Jos; Posthuma, Leo; Kristensen, Peter; Feld, Christian; Mahnkopf, Judith; Hering, Daniel; Birk, Sebastian
    Multiple stressors determine river ecological status at the European scale : Towards an integrated understanding of river status deterioration
    In: Global Change Biology, Vol. 27, 2021, Nr. 9, pp. 1962 – 1975
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kaijser, Willem; Lorenz, Armin; Birk, Sebastian; Hering, Daniel
    The interplay of nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon and algae in determining macrophyte occurrences in rivers
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 781, 2021, 146728
    DOI
  • Mack, Leoni; Attila, Jenni; Aylagas, Eva; Beermann, Arne; Borja, Angel; Hering, Daniel; Kahlert, Maria; Leese, Florian; Lenz, Robin; Lehtiniemi, Maiju; Liess, Antonia; Lips, Urmas; Mattila, Olli-Pekka; Meissner, Kristian; Pyhälahti, Timo; Setälä, Outi; Strehse, Jennifer S.; Uusitalo, Laura; Willstrand Wranne, Anna; Birk, Sebastian
    A Synthesis of Marine Monitoring Methods With the Potential to Enhance the Status Assessment of the Baltic Sea
    In: Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol. 7, 2020, 552047
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Posthuma, Leo; Zijp, Michiel C.; De Zwart, Dick; Van de Meent, Dik; Globevnik, Lidija; Koprivsek, Maja; Focks, Andreas; Van Gils, Jos; Birk, Sebastian
    Chemical pollution imposes limitations to the ecological status of European surface waters
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, 2020, Nr. 1, pp. 14825
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Poikane, Sandra; Salas Herrero, Fuensanta; Kelly, Martyn G.; Borja, Angel; Birk, Sebastian; van de Bund, Wouter
    European aquatic ecological assessment methods : A critical review of their sensitivity to key pressures
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 740, 2020, pp. 140075
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Birk, Sebastian; Chapman, Daniel; Carvalho, Laurence; Spears, Bryan M.; Andersen, Hans Estrup; Argillier, Christine; Auer, Stefan; Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Banin, Lindsay; Beklioğlu, Meryem; Bondar-Kunze, Elisabeth; Borja, Angel; Branco, Paulo; Bucak, Tuba; Buijse, Anthonie D.; Cardoso, Ana Cristina; Couture, Raoul-Marie; Cremona, Fabien; de Zwart, Dick; Feld, Christian K.; Ferreira, M. Teresa; Feuchtmayr, Heidrun; Gessner, Mark O.; Gieswein, Alexander; Globevnik, Lidija; Graeber, Daniel; Graf, Wolfram; Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano; Hanganu, Jenica; Işkın, Uğur; Järvinen, Marko; Jeppesen, Erik; Kotamäki, Niina; Kuijper, Marijn; Lemm, Jan U.; Lu, Shenglan; Solheim, Anne Lyche; Mischke, Ute; Moe, S. Jannicke; Nõges, Peeter; Nõges, Tiina; Ormerod, Steve J.; Panagopoulos, Yiannis; Phillips, Geoff; Posthuma, Leo; Pouso, Sarai; Prudhomme, Christel; Rankinen, Katri; Rasmussen, Jes J.; Richardson, Jessica; Sagouis, Alban; Santos, José Maria; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Schinegger, Rafaela; Schmutz, Stefan; Schneider, Susanne C.; Schülting, Lisa; Segurado, Pedro; Stefanidis, Kostas; Sures, Bernd; Thackeray, Stephen J.; Turunen, Jarno; Uyarra, María C.; Venohr, Markus; von der Ohe, Peter Carsten; Willby, Nigel; Hering, Daniel
    Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems
    In: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 4, 2020, Nr. 8, pp. 1060 – 1068
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Riegels, Niels; Lynggaard-Jensen, Anders; Krogsgaard Jensen, Jørgen; Gerner, Nadine Vanessa; Anzaldua, Gerardo; Mark, Ole; Butts, Michael; Birk, Sebastian
    Making the ecosystem services approach operational : A case study application to the Aarhus River, Denmark
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 707, 2020, pp. 135836
    DOI
  • Lyche Solheim, Anne; Globevnik, Lidija; Austnes, Kari; Kristensen, Peter; Moe, S. Jannicke; Persson, Jonas; Phillips, Geoff; Poikane, Sandra; van de Bund, Wouter; Birk, Sebastian
    A new broad typology for rivers and lakes in Europe : Development and application for large-scale environmental assessments
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 697, 2019, pp. 134043
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Gerner, Nadine V.; Nafo, Issa; Winking, Caroline; Wencki, Kristina; Strehl, Clemens; Wortberg, Timo; Niemann, André; Anzaldua, Gerardo; Lago, Manuel; Birk, Sebastian
    Anwendung des Ökosystemleistungsansatzes auf ein Praxisbeispiel : was ist der Emscher-Umbau wert ?
    In: KW - Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft, Vol. 12, 2019, Nr. 2, pp. 80 – 87
  • Iversen, L.L.; Winkel, A.; Baastrup-Spohr, L.; Hinke, A.B.; Alahuhta, J.; Baattrup-Pedersen, A.; Birk, Sebastian; Brodersen, P.; Chambers, P.A.; Ecke, F.; Feldmann, T.; Gebler, D.; Heino, J.; Jespersen, T.S.; Moe, S.J.; Riis, T.; Sass, L.; Vestergaard, O.; Maberly, S.C.; Sand-Jensen, K.; Pedersen, O.
    Catchment properties and the photosynthetic trait composition of freshwater plant communities
    In: Science, Vol. 366, 2019, Nr. 6467, pp. 878 – 881
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Kelly, Martyn G.; Chiriac, Gabriel; Soare-Minea, A.; Hamchevici, Carmen; Birk, Sebastian
    Defining ecological status of phytobenthos in very large rivers : a case study in practical implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Romania
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 828, 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 353 – 367
    DOI
  • Poikane, Sandra; Phillips, Geoff; Birk, Sebastian; Free, Gary; Kelly, Martyn G.; Willby, Nigel J.
    Deriving nutrient criteria to support ʽgoodʼ ecological status in European lakes : An empirically based approach to linking ecology and management
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 650, 2019, pp. 2074 – 2084
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Lemm, Jan U.; Feld, Christian K.; Birk, Sebastian
    Diagnosing the causes of river deterioration using stressor-specific metrics
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 651, 2019, pp. 1105 – 1113
    DOI
  • Borgwardt, Florian; Leitner, Patrick; Graf, Wolfram; Birk, Sebastian
    Ex uno plures – Defining different types of very large rivers in Europe to foster solid aquatic bio-assessment
    In: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 107, 2019, 105599
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Posthuma, Leo; Brack, Werner; van Gils, Jos; Focks, Andreas; Müller, Christin; de Zwart, Dick; Birk, Sebastian
    Mixtures of chemicals are important drivers of impacts on ecological status in European surface waters
    In: Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU), Vol. 31, 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 71
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Panagopoulos, Yiannis; Stefanidis, Kostas; Faneca Sanchez, Marta; Sperna Weiland, Frederiek; Van Beek, Rens; Venohr, Markus; Globevnik, Lidija; Mimikou, Maria; Birk, Sebastian
    Pan-European Calculation of Hydrologic Stress Metrics in Rivers: A First Assessment with Potential Connections to Ecological Status
    In: Water, Vol. 11, 2019, Nr. 4, pp. 703
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Carvalho, Laurence; Mackay, Eleanor B.; Cardoso, Ana Cristina; Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Birk, Sebastian; Blackstock, Kirsty L.; Borics, Gábor; Borja, Angel; Feld, Christian K.; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Globevnik, Lidija; Grizzetti, Bruna; Hendry, Sarah; Hering, Daniel; Kelly, Martyn; Langaas, Sindre; Meissner, Kristian; Panagopoulos, Yiannis; Penning, Ellis; Rouillard, Josselin; Sabater, Sergi; Schmedtje, Ursula; Spears, Bryan M.; Venohr, Markus; van de Bund, Wouter; Solheim, Anne Lyche
    Protecting and restoring Europe's waters : An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 658, 2019, pp. 1228 – 1238
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Schuler, Matthew S.; Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel; Hintz, William D.; Dyack, Brenda; Birk, Sebastian; Relyea, Rick A.
    Regulations are needed to protect freshwater ecosystems from salinization
    In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 374, 2019, Nr. 1764, 20180019
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Brack, Werner; Ait-Aissa, Selim; Backhaus, Thomas; Birk, Sebastian; Barceló, Damià; Burgess, Rob; Cousins, Ian; Dulio, Valeria; Escher, Beate I.; Focks, Andreas; van Gils, Jos; Ginebreda, Antoni; Hering, Daniel; Hewitt, L. Mark; Hilscherová, Klára; Hollender, Juliane; Hollert, Henner; Köck, Marianne; Kortenkamp, Andreas; Alda, Miren López de; Müller, Christin; Posthuma, Leo; Schüürmann, Gerrit; Schymanski, Emma; Segner, Helmut; Sleeuwaert, Frank; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Teodorovic, Ivana; Umbuzeiro, Gisela; Voulvoulis, Nick; Wezel, Annemarie van; Altenburger, Rolf
    Strengthen the European collaborative environmental research to meet European policy goals for achieving a sustainable, non-toxic environment
    In: Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU), Vol. 31, 2019, pp. 63
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Mack, Leoni; Andersen, Hans Estrup; Beklioğlu, Meryem; Bucak, Tuba; Couture, Raoul-Marie; Cremona, Fabien; Ferreira, M. Teresa; Hutchins, Michael G.; Mischke, Ute; Molina-Navarro, Eugenio; Rankinen, Katri; Venohr, Markus; Birk, Sebastian
    The future depends on what we do today – Projecting Europe's surface water quality into three different future scenarios
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 668, 2019, pp. 470 – 484
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Anzaldua, Gerardo; Gerner, Nadine V.; Lago, Manuel; Abhold, Katrina; Hinzmann, Mandy; Beyer, Sarah; Winking, Caroline; Riegels, Niels; Krogsgaard Jensen, Jørgen; Termes, Montserrat; Amorós, Jaume; Wencki, Kristina; Strehl, Clemens; Ugarelli, Rita; Hasenheit, Marius; Nafo, Issa; Hernandez, Marta; Vilanova, Ester; Damman, Sigrid; Brouwer, Stijn; Rouillard, Josselin; Schwesig, David; Birk, Sebastian
    Getting into the water with the Ecosystem Services Approach : The DESSIN ESS evaluation framework
    In: Ecosystem Services, Vol. 30, 2018, Nr. Part B, pp. 318 – 326
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Lazaridou, Maria; Ntislidou, Chrysoula; Karaouzas, Ioannis; Skoulikidis, Nikolaos; Birk, Sebastian
    Harmonization of the assessment method for classifying the ecological quality status of very large Greek rivers
    In: Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, Vol. 2018, 2018, Nr. 419, pp. 50
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Bechter, Thomas; Baumann, Kathrin; Birk, Sebastian; Bolik, Fabian; Graf, Wolfram; Pletterbauer, Florian
    LaRiMo - A simple and efficient GIS-based approach for large-scale morphological assessment of large European rivers
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 628-629, 2018, pp. 1191 – 1199
    DOI
  • Gerner, Nadine V.; Nafo, Issa; Winking, Caroline; Wencki, Kristina; Strehl, Clemens; Wortberg, Timo; Niemann, André; Anzaldua, Gerardo; Lago, Manuel; Birk, Sebastian
    Large-scale river restoration pays off : a case study of ecosystem service valuation for the Emscher restoration generation project
    In: Ecosystem Services, Vol. 30, 2018, Nr. Part B, pp. 327 – 338
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Wiegleb, Gerhard; Gebler, Daniel; van de Weyer, Klaus; Birk, Sebastian
    Comparative test of ecological assessment methods of lowland streams based on long-term monitoring data of macrophytes
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 541, 2016, pp. 1269 – 1281
    DOI
  • Feld, Christian K.; Birk, Sebastian; Eme, David; Gerisch, Michael; Hering, Daniel; Kernan, Martin; Maileht, Kairi; Mischke, Ute; Ott, Ingmar; Pletterbauer, Florian; Poikane, Sandra; Salgado, Jorge; Sayer, Carl D.; van Wichelen, Jeroen; Malard, Florian
    Disentangling the effects of land use and geo-climatic factors on diversity in European freshwater ecosystems
    In: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 60, 2016, pp. 71 – 83
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Nõges, Peeter; Argillier, Christine; Borja, Ángel; Garmendia, Joxe Mikel; Hanganu, Jenică; Kodeš, Vit; Pletterbauer, Florian; Sagouis, Alban; Birk, Sebastian
    Quantified biotic and abiotic responses to multiple stress in freshwater, marine and ground waters
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 540, 2016, pp. 43 – 52
    DOI
  • Kelly, Martyn G.; Birk, Sebastian; Willby, Nigel J.; Denys, Luc; Drakare, Stina; Kahlert, Maria; Karjalainen, Satu Maaria; Marchetto, Aldo; Pitt, Jo-Anne; Urbanič, Gorazd; Poikane, Sandra
    Redundancy in the ecological assessment of lakes : are phytoplankton, macrophytes and phytobenthos all necessary?
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 568, 2016, pp. 594 – 602
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  • Poikane, Sandra; Birk, Sebastian; Böhmer, Jürgen; Carvalho, Laurence R.; De Hoyos, Caridad; Gassner, Hubert; Hellsten, Seppo K.; Kelly, Martyn G.; Lyche Solheim, Anne; Olin, Mikko J.; Pall, Karin; Phillips, Geoff L.; Portielje, Rob; Ritterbusch, David; Sandin, Leonard; Schartau, Ann K. L.; Solimini, Angelo G.; Van den Berg, Marcel S.; Wolfram, Georg; Van de Bund, Wouter J.
    A hitchhiker's guide to European lake ecological assessment and intercalibration
    In: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 52, 2015, pp. 533 – 544
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  • Spears, Bryan M.; Ives, Stephen C.; Angeler, David G.; Allen, Craig R.; Birk, Sebastian; Carvalho, Laurence; Cavers, Stephen; Daunt, Francis; Morton, R. Daniel; Pocock, Michael J. O.; Rhodes, Glenn; Thackeray, Stephen J.
    Effective management of ecological resilience : are we there yet?
    In: Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 52, 2015, Nr. 5, pp. 1311 – 1315
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  • Hering, Daniel; Carvalho, Laurence; Argillier, Christine; Beklioglu, Meryem; Borja, Angel; Cardoso, Ana Cristina; Duel, Harm; Ferreira, Teresa; Globevnik, Lidija; Hanganu, Jenicǎ; Hellsten, Seppo; Jeppesen, Erik; Kodeš, Vít; Solheim, Anne; Nõges, Tiina; Ormerod, Stephen; Panagopoulos, Yiannis; Schmutz, Stefan; Venohr, Markus; Birk, Sebastian
    Managing aquatic ecosystems and water resources under multiple stress : an introduction to the MARS project
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 503-504, 2015, pp. 10 – 21
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  • Poikane, Sandra; Zampoukas, Nikolaos; Borja, Angel; Davies, Susan P.; van de Bund, Wouter; Birk, Sebastian
    Intercalibration of aquatic ecological assessment methods in the European Union : Lessons learned and way forward
    In: Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 44, 2014, pp. 237 – 246
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Ecke, Frauke
    The potential of remote sensing in ecological status assessment of coloured lakes using aquatic plants
    In: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 46, 2014, pp. 398 – 406
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  • Brucet, Sandra; Poikane, Sandra; Lyche-Solheim, Anne; Birk, Sebastian
    Biological assessment of European lakes : ecological rationale and human impacts
    In: Freshwater Biology, Vol. 58, 2013, Nr. 6, pp. 1106 – 1115
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Bellack, Eva; Böhmer, Jürgen; Mischke, Ute; Schaumburg, Jochen; Schütz, Cornelia; Witt, Jan
    Die Interkalibrierung nach EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie – Neue Ergebnisse und Resümee
    In: Wasserwirtschaft, Vol. 103, 2013, Nr. 1/2, pp. 52 – 55
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  • Marbà, Núria; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Alcoverro, Teresa; Birk, Sebastian; Pedersen, Are; Neto, Joao M.; Orfanidis, Sotiris; Garmendia, Joxe M.; Muxika, Iñigo; Borja, Angel; Dencheva, Kristina; Duarte, Carlos M.
    Diversity of European seagrass indicators : Patterns within and across regions
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 704, 2013, Nr. 1, pp. 265 – 278
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  • Lyche-Solheim, Anne; Feld, Christian K.; Birk, Sebastian; Phillips, Geoff; Carvalho, Laurence; Morabito, Giuseppe; Mischke, Ute; Willby, Nigel; Søndergaard, Martin; Hellsten, Seppo; Kolada, Agnieszka; Mjelde, Marit; Böhmer, Jürgen; Miler, Oliver; Pusch, Martin T.; Argillier, Christine; Jeppesen, Erik; Lauridsen, Torben L.; Poikane, Sandra
    Ecological status assessment of European lakes : a comparison of metrics for phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 704, 2013, Nr. 1, pp. 57 – 74
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Willby, Nigel; Kelly, Martyn; Bonne, Wendy; Borja, Angel; Poikane, Sandra; van de Bund, Wouter
    Intercalibrating classifications of ecological status: Europe’s quest for common management objectives for aquatic ecosystems
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 454/455, 2013, Nr. June, pp. 490 – 499
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  • Ballack, Eva; Birk, Sebastian; Linnenweber, Christoph
    Bewertung erheblich veränderter Fließgewässer in Deutschland
    In: Wasser und Abfall, 2012, Nr. 12, pp. 37 – 40
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  • Birk, Sebastian; van Kouwen, Leon; Willby, Nigel
    Harmonising the bioassessment of large rivers in the absence of near-natural reference conditions - a case study of the Danube River
    In: Freshwater Biology, Vol. 57, 2012, Nr. 8, pp. 1716 – 1732
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  • Pardo, Isabel; Gómez-Rodríguez, Carola; Wasson, Jean-Gabriel; Owen, Roger P.; van de Bund, Wouter J.; Kelly, Martyn G.; Bennett, Cathy; Birk, Sebastian; Buffagni, Andrea; Erba, Stefania; Mengin, Nicolas; Murray-Bligh, John; Ofenböeck, Gisela
    The European reference condition concept : A scientific and technical approach to identify minimally-impacted river ecosystems
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 420, 2012, pp. 33 – 42
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Bonne, Wendy; Borja, Angel; Brucet, Sandra; Courrat, Anne; Poikane, Sandra; Solimini, Angelo; van de Bund, Wouter; Zampoukas, Nikolaos; Hering, Daniel
    Three hundred ways to assess Europe’s surface waters : an almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive
    In: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 18, 2012, pp. 31 – 41
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  • Bennett, Cathy; Owen, Roger; Birk, Sebastian; Buffagni, Andrea; Erba, Stefania; Mengin, Nicolas; Murray-Bligh, John; Ofenböck, Gisela; Pardo, Isabel; van de Bund, Wouter; Wagner, Franz; Wasson, Jean-Gabriel
    Bringing European river quality into line : an exercise to intercalibrate macro-invertebrate classification methods
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 667, 2011, Nr. 1, pp. 31 – 48
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  • Pavlin, Maja; Birk, Sebastian; Hering, Daniel; Urbanič, Gorazd
    The role of land use, nutrients, and other stressors in shaping benthic invertebrate assemblages in Slovenian rivers
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 678, 2011, Nr. 1, pp. 137 – 153
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Willby, Nigel
    Towards harmonization of ecological quality classification : Establishing common grounds in European macrophyte assessment for rivers
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 652, 2010, Nr. 1, pp. 149 – 163
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Hering, Daniel
    A new procedure for comparing class boundaries of biological assessment methods: A case study from the Danube Basin
    In: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 9, 2009, Nr. 3, pp. 528 – 539
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Bellack, Eva; Böhmer, Jürgen; Bunzel, K.; Fischer, F.; Kolbinger, A.; Mischke, Ute; Schaumburg, Jochen; Schütz, Cornelia
    Die Interkalibrierung nach EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie - Ergebnisse der ersten Interkalibrierungsphase 2005-2007
    In: Wasserwirtschaft, 2009, Nr. 5, pp. 20 – 25
  • Birk, Sebastian; Böhmer, Jürgen
    Die Interkalibrierung nach EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie - Grundlagen und Verfahren
    In: Wasserwirtschaft, 2007, Nr. 9, pp. 10 – 14
  • Birk, Sebastian; Hering, Daniel
    Direct comparison of assessment methods using benthic macroinvertebrates : a contribution to the EU Water Framework Directive intercalibration exercise
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 566, 2006, Nr. 1, pp. 401 – 415
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Korte, Thomas; Hering, Daniel
    Intercalibration of assessment methods for macrophytes in lowland streams : direct comparison and analysis of common metrics
    In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 566, 2006, Nr. 1, pp. 417 – 430
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  • Birk, Sebastian; Schmedtje, Ursula
    Towards harmonization of water quality classification in the Danube River Basin : Overview of biological assessment methods for running waters
    In: Archiv für Hydrobiologie und Planktonkunde, Vol. 16, 2005, Nr. 1-2, pp. 171 – 196

    • Book articles / Proceedings papers

  • Birk, Sebastian
    Multiple Stressors in Streams
    In: Encyclopedia of Inland Waters / Mehner, Thomas; Tockner, Klement (Eds.). Amsterdam: Elsevier, Vol. 2, 2022, pp. 482 – 490
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  • Birk, Sebastian
    Chapter 14: Detecting and quantifying the impact of multiple stress on river ecosystems
    In: Multiple stressors in river ecosystems: Status, impacts and prospects for the future / Sabater, Sergi; Elosegi, Arturo; Ludwig, Ralf (Eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier, 2018, pp. 235 – 253
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  • Feld, Christian K.; Birk, Sebastian; Bradley, David C.; Hering, Daniel; Kail, Jochem; Marzin, Anahita; Melcher, Andreas; Nemitz, Dirk; Pedersen, Morten L.; Pletterbauer, Florian; Pont, Didier; Verdonschot, Piet F.M.; Friberg, Nikolai
    From Natural to Degraded Rivers and Back Again : A Test of Restoration Ecology Theory and Practice
    In: Ecosystems in a human-modified landscape: a European perspective / Woodward, Guy (Eds.), 2011, pp. 119 – 209
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  • Robert, S.C.; Birk, Sebastian; Hering, Daniel; Moog, O.; Ofenböck, T.; Schmedtje, U.; Sommerhäuser, M.; Stubauer, I.
    Proposal of a typology fort he Danube river
    In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie: Tagungsbericht 2003 / Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Limnologie e.V. (DGL) und der Deutschsprachigen Sektion der Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), Köln, 29. September - 3. Oktober 2003. Berlin: Weißensee Verlag, 2004, pp. 36 – 41.

    • Thesis

  • Birk, Sebastian
    Intercalibration of national methods to assess the ecological quality of rivers in Europe using benthic intvertebrates and aquatic flora
    Duisburg, Essen, 2009
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    • Habilitation

  • Birk, Sebastian
    Evaluating Ecological Status of European Water Bodies amidst Multiple Stressors
    Duisburg, Essen, 2025
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