Sonja Jähnig
Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin
Profile
My research focuses on global change effects in river ecosystems, large scale patterns of freshwater biodiversity, and river health. I am a co-founder of the Alliance for Freshwater Life, and engaged in maintaining and developing the Freshwater Information Platform.
Professorship
for Aquatic Ecogeography at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Geography Department
Professional Activities and Memberships
Since 2022 Senior Editor at WIREs Water
Since 2019 Member of the scientific advisory board for the FEdA - Research Initiative for the Conservation of Biodiversity of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Since 2018 Co-chair of the Alliance for Freshwater Life
Since 2018 Member of IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC): Freshwater Conservation Committee
Since 2015 IGB representative for the Alternet association; 2017 - 2022 Alternet Management Board member
Since 2016 Managing editor at IGB for Freshwater Information Platform
Lab members
Postdocs: Twan Stoffers, Yusdiel Torres-Cambas, Phoebe Griffith
Guest scientists: Jens Kiesel, Fengzhi He
Doctoral researchers: Graciela Madariaga, Abdul Waheed, Bianca Dörgeloh, Yaochun Wang
Student assistants: Rafael Rössl, Roxana Stephan
GIS: Vanessa Bremerich
since 2022: Head of Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology
since 2020: Professor of Aquatic Ecogeography, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geography Department
since 2014: Research group leader, IGB
2010-2013: Junior research group leader, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK‐F), Frankfurt
2009: Postdoc, Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg, Frankfurt
2008: Postdoc, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan
2004-2007: PhD, Dept. of Applied Zoology/Hydrobiology, University of Duisburg‐Essen
2001-2003: Postgraduate Scholarship "Language & Professional Experience China", Beijing, China
1997-2001: Diploma Environmental Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen
Publications
Projects
All Publications
Full publication list Sonja C. Jähnig (March 2024)
Publications (peer reviewed; * shared last authorship)
2024
112. Cooke SJ, Lynch A, Tickner D, Abell R, Dalu T, Fiorella K, Raghavan R, Harrison I, Jähnig SC, Vollmer D, Carpenter S. 2024). Can the planetary health concept save freshwater biodiversity and ecosystems? The Lancet Planetary Health 8:e2-e3. DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00275-9.
111. Friedrichs-Manthey M, Langhans SD, Borgwardt F, Hein T, Kling H, Stanzel P, Jähnig SC*, Domisch S*. 2024. 300 years of change for native fish species in the upper Danube River Basin – historical flow alterations versus future climate change. Diversity and Distributions.
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13808.
110. Lindken T, Anderson CV, Ariano-Sánchez D, Barki G, Biggs C, Bowles P, Chaitanya R, Cronin DT, Jähnig SC, Jeschke JM, Kennerley RJ Jr, Leudtke JA, Liu C, Long B, Mallon D, Martin GM, Meiri S, Pasachnik SA, Reynoso VH, Stanford CB, Stephenson PJ, Tolley KA, Torres-Carvajal O, Waldien DL, Woinarski JCZ, Evans T. 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology 30:e17107. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17107.
109. Lu K, Wu H, Jähnig SC, He F. 2024. The impacts of reduced connectivity on multiple facets of aquatic insect diversity in floodplain wetlands, Northeast China. Science of the Total Environment 912:169207. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169207.
108. Sinclair JS, Welti EAR, …, Jähnig SC, …, Haase P. 2024. Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02305-4.
107. Stoffers T, Altermatt F, Baldan D, Borgwardt F, Buijse AD, Bondar-Kunze E, Cid N, Erös T, Ferreira MT, Funk A, Haidvogl G, Nagelkerke LAJ, Neuburg J, Schmutz S, Singer GA, Unfer G, Hein T*, Jähnig S*. 2024 Reviving Europe's rivers: seven challenges in the implementation of the Nature Restoration Law to restore free-flowing rivers. WiresWater: e1717. DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1717.
2023
106. Barouillet C, González-Trujillo JD, Geist J, Gíslason GM, Grossart H-P, Irvine K, Jähnig SC, Boon PJ (2023) Freshwater conservation: lost in Limnology? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 34:e4049. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.4049.
105. Chen X, Jähnig SC, Jeschke JM, Evans TG, He, F. 2023. Impacts of alien species on native freshwater megafauna. Freshwater Biology 68:903-914. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14073.
104. Grigoropoulou A, … Jähnig SC … Domisch S. 2023. The Global EPTO Database: worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32:642-655.
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13648.
103. Haase P, Bowler DE, Baker NJ, Bonada N, Domisch S, Marquez JRG, Heino J, Hering D., Jähnig SC, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Stubbington R, … Welti EAR*. 2023. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt. Nature 620:582–588. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1
* core author team listed.
102. Lynch A, Cooke S, Arthington A, Baigun C, Bossenbroek L, Dickens C, Harrison I, Kimirei I, Langhans S, Murchie K, Olden J, Ormerod S, Owuor M, Raghavan R, Samways M, Schinegger R, Sharma S, Tachamo-Shah R-D, Tickner D, Tweddle D, Young N, Jähnig SC. 2023. People need freshwater biodiversity. WIREs Water 10:e1633. DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1633.
101. Lynch AJ, Hyman AA, Cooke SJ, Capon SJ, Franklin PA, Jähnig SC, McCartney M, Hòa NP, Owuor MA, Pittock J, Samways MJ, Silva LGM, Steel EA, Tickner D. 2023. Future-proofing the Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater biodiversity. Environmental Reviews.
DOI: 10.1139/er-2022-0116
100. Lu K, Jähnig SC, Xie Z, Chen X, He F, Wu H. 2023. Trait-based approach of aquatic insects to track recovery of wetland ecosystems in Northeast China. Ecological Indicators 155:111012. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111012.
99. Vos M, Hering D, …, Jähnig SC, …, Sures B. 2023. The Asymmetric Response Concept as a framework for understanding ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release. Science of the Total Environment 872:162196. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162196.
2022
98. Haubrock PJ, Ahmed DA, Cuthbert RN, Stubbington R, Domisch S, Marquez JRG, Beidas A, Amatulli G, Kiesel J, Shen LQ, Soto I, Angeler D, Bonada N, Csabai Z, Datry T, Eyto Ed, Dohet A, Drohan E, England J, Feio MJ, Forio MAE, Goethals P, Graf W, Heino J, Hudgins EJ, Jähnig SC, Johnson RK, Larrañaga A, Leitner P, L'Hoste L, Lizee M-H, Maire A, Rasmussen JJ, Schäfer RB, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Vannevel R, Várbíró G, Wiberg-Larsen P, Haase P. 2022. Invasion impacts and dynamics of a European-wide introduced species. Global Change Biology 28:4620-4632.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16207.
97. Garack S, Wollrab S, Jähnig SC, Günther K, Berger SA, et al. 2022. Entwicklung der ökologischen Beschaffenheit von Oberflächengewässern im Klimawandel. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 15:98-107. DOI: 10.3243/kwe2022.02.003.
96. Irving K, Kuemmerlen M, Jähnig SC. 2022. Disentangling the influence of climatic and hydrological predictor variables on benthic macroinvertebrate distributions. Hydrobiologia 849:1021-1040. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-021-04765-w.
95. Maasri A*, Jähnig SC*, Adamescu M, Adrian R, Baigun C, Baird D, et al. 2022. A Global Agenda for Advancing Freshwater Biodiversity Research. Ecology Letters 25:255-263.
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13931.
94. Mohan C, Gleeson T, Famiglietti JS, Virkki V, Kummu M, Porkka M, Wang-Erlandsson L, Huggins X, Gerten D, Jähnig SC (2022) Poor correlation between large-scale environmental flow violations and freshwater biodiversity: implications for water resource management and water planetary boundary. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) 26:6247–6262.
DOI: 10.5194/hess-2022-87.
93. Serra-Llobet A, Jähnig SC, Geist J, Kondolf GM, Damm C, Scholz M, et al. 2022. Restoring Rivers and Floodplains for Habitat and Flood Risk Reduction: Experiences in Multi-Benefit Floodplain Management from California and Germany. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:778568.
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.778568.
2021
92. Baldan D, Kiesel J, Hauer C, Jähnig SC, Hein T. 2021. Increased sediment deposition triggered by climate change impacts freshwater pearl mussel habitats and metapopulations. Journal of Applied Ecology 58:1933-1944. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13940.
91. Cid N, Erős T, Heino J, Singer G, Jähnig SC, Cañedo-Argüelles M, Bonada N, Sarremejane R, Mykrä H, Sandin L, Paloniemi R, Varumo L, Datry T. 2021. From meta-system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20:49-57. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2417.
90. Harper M, Mejbel HS, Longert D, Abell R, Beard TD, Bennett JR, Carlson SM, Darwall W, Dell A, Domisch S, Dudgeon D, Freyhof J, Harrison I, Hughes KA, Jähnig SC, Jeschke JM, Lansdown R, Lintermans M, Lynch AJ, Meredith HMR, Molur S, Olden JD, Ormerod SJ, Patricio H, Reid AJ, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Thieme M, Tickner D, Turak E, Weyl OLF, Cooke SJ. 2021. Twenty-five essential research questions to inform the protection and restoration of freshwater biodiversity. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31:2632–2653.
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3634.
89. He F, Jähnig SC, Wetzig A, Langhans SD. 2021. More exposure opportunities for promoting freshwater conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31:3626-3635. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3725.
88. He F, Thieme M, Zarfl C, Grill G, Lehner B, Hogan Z, Tockner K, Jähnig SC. 2021. Impacts of loss of free-flowing rivers on global freshwater megafauna. Biological Conservation 263:109335. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109335.
87. He F, Langhans SD, Wanke R, Zarfl C, Tockner K, Jähnig SC. 2021. Combined effects of life-history traits and anthropogenic threats on extinction risk of freshwater megafauna. Conservation Biology 35:643-653. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13590.
86. Jähnig SC, Baranov V, Altermatt F, Cranston P, Friedrichs-Manthey M, Geist J, He F, Heino J, Hering D, Hölker F, Jourdan J, Kalinkat G, Kiesel J, Leese F, Maasri A, Monaghan MT, Schäfer RB, Tockner K, Tonkin JD, Domisch S. 2021. Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity. WIREs Water: e1506. DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1506.
85. Maasri A, Thorp JH, Kotlinski N, Kiesel J, Erdenee B, Jähnig SC. 2021. Variation in macroinvertebrate community structure of Functional Process Zones along the river continuum: new elements for the interpretation of the River Ecosystem Synthesis. River Research and Applications 37:665-674. DOI: 10.1002/rra.3784.
84. Van Rees CB, Waylen KA, Schmidt-Kloiber A, …, Jähnig SC. 2021. Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020: Recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience. Conservation Letters 14:e12771. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12771.
2020
83. Blackman RC, Bruder A, Burdon FJ, Convey P, Funk WC, Jähnig SC, Kishe MA, Moretti MS, Natugonza V, Pawlowski J, Stubbington R, Zhang X, Seehausen O, Altermatt F. 2020. A meeting framework for inclusive and sustainable science. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4:668-671.
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1190-x.
82. Friedrichs M, Langhans SD, Hein T, Borgwardt F, Kling H, Jähnig SC*, Domisch S*. 2020. From topography to hydrology - Exploring catchment-scale environmental filters in freshwater species distribution models. Ecology and Evolution 10:2956–2968. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6110.
81. Friedrichs M, Langhans SD, Hein T, Borgwardt F, Kling H, Jähnig SC*, Domisch S*. 2020. Art-Areal-Modellierung für Fischarten im Einzugsgebiet der oberen Donau - Aspekte zur Interpretation der Projektionen. Wasserwirtschaft 110:38-40. DOI: 10.1007/s35147-020-0350-x.
80. He F, Wu N, Dong X, Tang T, Domisch S, Cai Q, Jähnig SC. 2020. Elevation, aspect, and local environment jointly determine diatom and macroinvertebrate diversity in the Cangshan Mountain, Southwest China. Ecological Indicators 108:105618.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105618.
79. Irving K, Jähnig SC*, Kuemmerlen M*. 2020. Identifying and applying the optimum set of environ-mental variables to predict distributions of riverine benthic macroinvertebrates. Inland Waters. 10:11–28. DOI: 10.1080/20442041.2019.1653111.
78. Jarić I, Roll U, Arlinghaus R, Belmaker J, Chen Y, China V, Douda K, Essl F, Jähnig SC, Jeschke JM, Kalinkat G, Kalous L, Ladle R, Lennox RJ, Rosa R, Sbragaglia V, Sherren K, Šmejkal M, Soriano-Redondo A, Souza AT, Wolter C, Correia RA (2020) Expanding conservation culturomics and iEcology from terrestrial to aquatic realms. PLOS Biology 18:e3000935.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000935.
77. Kakouei K, Domisch S, Kiesel J, Kail J, Jähnig CS. 2020. Climate model variability leads to uncertain predictions of the future abundance of stream macroinvertebrates. Scientific Reports, 10:2520. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59107-y.
76. Kiesel J, Kakouei K, Guse B, Fohrer N, Jähnig SC. 2020. When is a hydrological model sufficiently calibrated to depict flow preferences of riverine species. Ecohydrology 13:e2193.
DOI: 10.1002/eco.2193.
75. Kiesel J, Stanzel P, Kling H, Fohrer N, Jähnig SC, Pechlivanidis I. 2020. Streamflow-based evaluation of climate model sub-selection methods Climatic Change 163:1267-1285.
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02854-8.
74. Kurthen AL, He F, Dong X, Maasri A, Wu N, Cai Q, Jähnig SC. 2020. Metacommunity Structures of Macroinvertebrates and Diatoms in High Mountain Streams, Yunnan, China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:571887. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.571887.
73. Moleón M, Sánchez-Zapata JA, Donázar JA, Revilla E, Martín-López B, Gutiérrez-Cánovas C, Getz WM, Morales-Reyes Z, Campos-Arceiz A, Crowder LB, Galetti M, González-Suárez M, He F, Jordano P, Lewison R, Naidoo R, Owen-Smith N, Selva N, Svenning J-C, Tella JL, Zarfl C, Jähnig SC, Hayward MW, Faurby S, García N, Barnosky AD, Tockner K. 2020. Rethinking megafauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 287: 20192643.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2643.
72. Serlet AJ, López Moreira M GA, Zolezzi G, Wharton G, Hölker F, Gurnell AM, Tockner K, Bertoldi W, Bruno MC, Jähnig SC, Lewandowski J, Monaghan MT, Rillig MC, Rogato M, Toffolon M, Veresoglou SD, Zarfl C. 2020. SMART Research: Toward Interdisciplinary River Science in Europe. Frontiers in Environmental Science 8:63. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00063.
2019
71. Domisch S, Friedrichs M, Hein T, Pletterbauer F, Wetzig A, Jähnig SC*, Langhans SD*. 2019. Spatially-explicit species distribution models: a missed opportunity in conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions 25:758-769. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12891.
70. Domisch S, Kakouei K, Martínez-López J, Bagstad KJ, Magrach A, Balbi S, Villa F, Funk A, Hein T, Borgwardt F, Hermoso V, Jähnig SC*, Langhans SD*. 2019. Social equity shapes zone-selection: Balancing aquatic biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services delivery in the transnational Danube River Basin. Science of the Total Environment 656:797-807.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.348.
69. He F, Jähnig SC. 2019. Put freshwater megafauna on the table before they are eaten to extinction. Conservation Letters: e12662. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12662.
68. He F, Zarfl C, Bremerich V, David JNW, Hogan Z, Kalinkat G, Tockner K, Jähnig SC. 2019. The global decline in freshwater megafauna populations. Global Change Biology 25:3883-3892.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14753.
67. Hjalmarsson AE, Graf W, Vitecek S, Jähnig SC, Cai Q, Sharma S, Tong X, Li F, Shah DN, Tachamo-Shah RD, Pauls S. 2019. Molecular phylogeny of Himalopsyche (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae). Systematic Entomology 44:973–984. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12367.
66. Jähnig SC, Adrian R, Arlinghaus R, Becks L, Behrmann-Godel J, Berendonk T, Borchardt D, Dutz J, Freyhof J, Gaedke U, Geist J, Gessner M, Großart H-P, Haase P, Hahn HJ, Hering D, Hölker F, Jeschke J, Jürgens K, Kremp A, Kube S, Labrenz M, Leese F, Pätzig M, Pauls S, Piontek J, Pusch M, Schäfer RB, Schneider J, Stöck M, Straile D, Sommerwerk N, Suhling F, Wagner A, Weitere M, Weithoff G, Winkelmann C, Worischka S. 2019. Living Waters: A Research Agenda for the Biodiversity of Inland and Coastal Waters. DOI: 10.4126/FRL01-006418180.
65. Jähnig SC, Monaghan MT, Hering D. 2019. In-depth approach to river management. Nature 572:32. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-02327-8.
64. Kiesel J, Gericke A, Rathjens H, Wetzig A, Kakouei K, Jähnig SC*, Fohrer N*. 2019. Climate change impacts on ecologically relevant hydrological indicators in three catchments in three European ecoregions. Ecological Engineering 127:404-416. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.12.019.
63. Lago M, Boteler B, Rouillard J, Abhold K, Jähnig SC, Iglesias-Campos A, Delacámara G, Piet GJ, Hein T, Nogueira AJA, Lillebø AI, Strosser P, Robinson LA, De Wever A, O'Higgins T, Schlüter M, Török L, Reichert P, van Ham C, Villa F, Hugh M. 2019. Introducing the H2020 AQUACROSS project: Knowledge, Assessment, and Management for AQUAtic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aCROSS EU policies. Science of the Total Environment 652:320-329.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.076.
62. Langhans SD, Domisch S, Balbi S, Delacámara G, Hermoso V, Kümmerlen M, Martin R, Martínez-López J, Vermeiren P, Villa F, Jähnig SC. 2019. Combining eight research areas to foster the uptake of ecosystem-based management in fresh waters. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29:1161-1173. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.076.
61. Langhans SD, Jähnig SC, Lago M, Schmid-Kloiber A, Hein T. 2019. The potential of ecosystem-based management to integrate biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision in aquatic ecosystems (editorial overview). Science of the Total Environment 672:1017–1020.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.025.
60. Langhans SD, Jähnig SC, Schallenberg M. 2019. On the use of multicriteria decision analysis to formally integrate community values into ecosystem‐based freshwater management. River Research and Applications 35:1666-1676. DOI: 10.1002/rra.3388.
59. Looy KV, Tonkin JD, Floury M, Leigh C, Soininen J, Larsen S, Heino J, Poff L, Delong M, Jähnig SC, Datry T, Bonada N, Rosebery J, Jamoneau A, Ormerod SJ, Collier K, and Wolter C. 2019. The three Rs of river ecosystem resilience: Resources, Recruitment and Refugia. River Research and Applications 35:107-120. DOI: 10.1002/rra.3396.
58. Schmidt-Kloiber A, Bremerich V, De Wever A, Jähnig SC, Martens K, Strackbein J, Tockner K, Hering D. 2019. The Freshwater Information Platform: a global online network providing data, tools and resources for science and policy support. Hydrobiologia 838:1-11.
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-019-03985-5.
57. Zarfl C, Berlekamp J, He F, Jähnig SC, Darwall W, Tockner K. 2019. Future large hydropower dams impact global freshwater megafauna. Scientific Reports:18531.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54980-8.
2018
56. Darwall W, Bremerich V, Cai L, Wever AD, Dell T, Freyhof J, Gessner MO, Grossart H-P, Harrison I, Irvine K, Jähnig SC, Jeschke JM, Lee JJ, Lewandowska A, Monaghan MT, Nejstgaard JC, Patricio H, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Stuart SN, Thieme M, Tockner K, Turak E, Weyl O. 2018. The Alliance for Freshwater Life: a global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28:1015-1022.
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2958.
55. He F, Bremerich V, Zarfl C, Geldmann J, Langhans S, David J, Darwall W, Tockner K, Jähnig SC. 2018. Freshwater megafauna diversity: patterns, status, and threats. Diversity and Distributions 24:1395-1404. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12780.
54. Hjalmarsson AE, Pauls SU, Vitecek S, Jähnig SC, Graf W. 2018. Molecular association and morphological characterization of Himalopsyche larval types (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae). Zookeys 773:79–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.773.24319.
53. Irving K, Kakouei K, Kiesel J, Domisch S, Kuemmerlen M, Jähnig SC. 2018. A high-resolution streamflow and hydrological metrics dataset for ecological modeling using a regression model. Scientific Data 5:180224. DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.224.
52. Kakouei K, Kiesel J, Domisch S, Irving K, Jähnig SC*, Kail J*. 2018. Projected effects of climate-change-induced flow alterations on stream macroinvertebrate abundances. Ecology and Evolution 8:3393–3409. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3907.
2017
51. Carrizo SF, Jähnig SC#, Bremerich V, Freyhof J, Harrison I, He F, Langhans SD, Tockner K, Zarfl C, Darwall W. 2017. Freshwater megafauna: Global flagships for freshwater biodiversity under threat. BioScience 67:919–927. #corresponding author. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix099.
50. Domisch S, Portmann FT, Kuemmerlen M, O'Hara RB, Johnson RK, Davy-Bowker J, Bækken T, Zamora-Muñoz C, Sáinz-Bariáin M, Bonada N, Haase P, Döll P, Jähnig SC. 2017. Using streamflow observations to estimate the impact of hydrological regimes and anthropogenic water use on European stream macroinvertebrate occurrences. Ecohydrology 10:e1895.
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1895.
49. He F, Zarfl C, Bremerich V, Henshaw A, Darwall W, Tockner K, Jähnig SC. 2017. Disappearing giants: a review of threats on freshwater megafauna. WIREs Water 4:e1208. DOI: 0.1002/wat2.1208.
48. Jähnig SC, Tonkin JD, Gies M, Domisch S, Hering D, Haase P. 2017. Severity multipliers as a methodology to explore potential effects of climate change on stream bioassessment programs. Water 9:188, DOI: 10.3390/w9040188.
47. Kakouei K, Kiesel J, Pusch M, Kail J, Jähnig SC. 2017. Quantitative hydrologic preferences of benthic stream invertebrates in Germany. Ecological Indicators 9:163-172.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.04.029.
46. Kalinkat G, Cabral JS, Darwall W, Ficetola GF, Fisher JL, Giling D, Gosselin M-P, Grossart H-P, Jähnig SC, Jeschke JM, Knopf K, Larsen S, Onandia G, Paetzig M, Saul W-C, Singer G, Sperfeld E, and Jarić I. 2017. Flagship umbrella species needed for the conservation of overlooked aquatic biodiversity. Conservation Biology 31:481-485. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12813.
45. Kalinkat G, Jähnig SC, Jeschke JM. 2017. Exceptional body size-extinction risk relations shed new light on the freshwater biodiversity crisis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114:E10263–E10264. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717087114.
44. Kiesel J, Guse B, Pfannerstill M, Kakouei K, Jähnig S*, Fohrer N*. 2017. Improving hydrological model optimization for riverine species. Ecological Indicators 80:376-385.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.04.032.
43. Tonkin JD, Tachamo-Shah RD, Shah DN, Hoppeler F, Jähnig SC*, and Pauls SU*. 2017. Metacommunity structuring in Himalayan streams over large elevational gradients: the role of dispersal routes and niche characteristics. Journal of Biogeography 44:62–74.
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12895.
2016
42. Hoppeler F, Shah RDT, Shah DN, Jähnig SC, Tonkin JD, Sharma S, and Pauls SU. 2016. Environmental and spatial characterisation of an unknown fauna using DNA sequencing – An example with Himalayan Hydropsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera). Freshwater Biology 61:1905–1920. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12824.
41. Tonkin JD, Heino J, Sundermann A, Haase P*, Jähnig SC*. 2016. Context dependency in biodiversity patterns of stream metacommunities. Freshwater Biology 61:607–620.
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12728.
40. Tonkin JD, Stoll S, Haase P, Jähnig SC. 2016. Elements of metacommunity structure of river and riparian assemblages: communities, taxonomic groups and deconstructed trait groups. Ecological Complexity 25: 35–43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2015.12.002.
39. Tonkin JD, Stoll S, Jähnig SC*, Haase P*. 2016. Anthropogenic land-use stress alters community concordance at the river-riparian interface. Ecological Indicators 65:133-141.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.037.
2015
38. Tonkin JD, Stoll S, Jähnig SC*, Haase P*. 2016. Contrasting metacommunity structure and beta diversity in a river-floodplain system. Oikos 125: 686-697. DOI: 10.1111/oik.02717.
37. Chen C, Börnick H, Cai Q, Dai X, Jähnig SC, Kong Y, Krebs P, Kuenzer C, Kunstmann H, Liu Y, et al. 2015. Challenges and opportunities of German-Chinese cooperation in water science and technology. Environmental Earth Sciences 73:4861-4871. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4149-5.
36. Domisch S, Jähnig SC, Simaika JP, Kuemmerlen M, Stoll S. 2015. Application of species distribution models in stream ecosystems: the challenge of spatial scale, environmental predictors and species occurrence data. Fundamental and Applied Limnology (Archiv für Hydrobiologie) 186:45–61. DOI: 10.1127/fal/2015/0627.
35. Favre A, Päckert M, Pauls SU, Jähnig SC, Uhl D, Michalak I, Muellner-Riehl AN. 2015. The role of the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau for the evolution of Tibetan biotas. Biological Reviews 90:236–253. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12107.
34. Jähnig SC, Shah DN, Shah RDT, Li F, Cai Q, Sundermann A, Tonkin JD, Stendera S. 2015. Community-environment relationships of riverine invertebrate communities in central Chinese streams. Environmental Earth Sciences 74:6431–6442. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4466-8.
33. Kiesel J, Schröder M, Hering D, Schmalz B, Hörmann G, Jähnig SC, Fohrer N. 2015. A new model linking macroinvertebrate assemblages to habitat composition in rivers: development, sensitivity and univariate application. Fundamental and Applied Limnology (Archiv für Hydrobiologie) 186:117–133. DOI: 10.1127/fal/2015/0625.
32. Kuemmerlen M, Schmalz B, Cai Q, Haase P, Fohrer N, Jähnig SC. 2015. An attack on two fronts: how predicted climate and land use changes affect the predicted distribution of stream macroinvertebrates. Freshwater Biology 60:1443–1458. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12580.
31. Schmalz B, Qi Z, Kuemmerlen M, Cai Q, Jähnig SC*, Fohrer N*. 2015. Modelling spatial distribution of surface runoff and sediment yield in a Chinese river basin without continuous sediment monitoring. Hydrological Science Journal 60:801–824.
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2014.967245.
30. Shah DN, Tonkin JD, Haase P*, Jähnig SC*. 2015. Latitudinal patterns and determinants of aquatic insect richness across Europe. Limnologica 55:33-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2015.11.001.
29. Tachamo-Shah RD, Sharma S, Haase P, Jähnig SC*, Pauls SU*. 2015. The climate sensitive zone along an altitudinal gradient in central Himalayan rivers: a useful concept to monitor climate change impacts in mountain regions. Climatic Change 132:265–278.
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1417-z.
28. Tonkin JD, Shah DN, Kuemmerlen M, Li F, Cai Q, Haase P*, Jähnig SC*. 2015. Climatic and catchment-scale predictors of Chinese stream insect richness differ with order. PlosONE 10:e0123250. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123250.
27. Tonkin JD, Sundermann A, Jähnig SC*, Haase P*. 2015. Environmental controls on river assemblages at the regional scale: an application of the Elements of Metacommunity Structure framework. PlosONE 10(8):e0135450. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135450.
2014
26. Januschke K, Jähnig SC, Lorenz AW, Hering D. 2014. Mountain river restoration measures and their success(ion): effects on river morphology, local species pool, and functional composition of three organism groups. Ecological Indicators 38:243–255. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.10.031.
25. Kuemmerlen M, Schmalz B, Guse B, Cai Q, Fohrer N, Jähnig SC. 2014. Integrating catchment properties in small scale species distribution models of stream macroinvertebrates. Ecological Modelling 277:77-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.01.020.
24. Schmalz B, Kuemmerlen M, Kiesel J, Cai Q, Jähnig SC, Fohrer N. 2014. Impacts of land use changes on hydrological components and macroinvertebrate distributions in the Poyang lake area. Ecohydrology DOI: 10.1002/eco.1569.
23. Shah DN, Domisch S, Pauls SU, Haase P, Jähnig SC. 2014. Current and Future Latitudinal Gradients in Stream Macroinvertebrate Richness Across North America. Freshwater Science 33:1136-1147. DOI: 10.1086/678492.
22. Tonkin J, Jähnig SC*, Haase P*. 2014. The Rise of Riverine Flow-ecology and Environmental Flow Research. Environmental Processes 1:323–330. DOI: 10.1007/s40710-014-0024-8.
2013
21. Domisch S, Araújo MB, Bonada N, Pauls SU, Jähnig SC*, Haase P*. 2013. Modelling distribution in European stream macroinvertebrates under future climates. Global Change Biology 19:752–762. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12107.
20. Domisch S, Kuemmerlen M, Jähnig SC*, Haase P*. 2013. Choice of study area and predictors affect habitat suitability projections, but not the performance of species distribution models of stream biota. Ecological Modelling 257:1– 10. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.02.019.
19. Jähnig SC, Lorenz AW, Lorenz RRC, Kail J. 2013. A comparison of habitat diversity and interannual habitat dynamics in actively and passively restored mountain rivers of Germany. Hydrobiologia 712:89-104. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1264-0.
18. Schröder M, Kiesel J, Schattmann A, Jähnig SC, Lorenz AW, Kramm S, Keizer-Vlek H, Rolauffs P, Graf W, Leitner P, et al. 2013. Substratum associations of benthic invertebrates in lowland and mountain streams. Ecological Indicators 30:178–189. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.012.
2012
17. Haase P, Hering D, Jähnig SC, Lorenz AW, Sundermann A. 2013. The impact of hydromorphological restoration on river ecological status: a comparison of fish, benthic invertebrates, and macrophytes. Hydrobiologia 704:475-488. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1255-1.
16. Jähnig SC, Kuemmerlen M, Kiesel J, Domisch S, Cai Q, Schmalz B, Fohrer N. 2012. Modelling of riverine ecosystems by integrating models: conceptual approach, a case study and research agenda. Journal of Biogeography 39:2253–2263. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12009.
15. Kail J, Arle J, Jähnig SC. 2012. Limiting factors and thresholds for macroinvertebrate assemblages in European rivers: Empirical evidence from three datasets on water quality, catchment urbanization, and river restoration. Ecological Indicators 18:63-72.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.038.
14. Kuemmerlen M, Domisch S, Schmalz B, Cai Q, Fohrer N, Jähnig SC. 2012. Integrierte Modellierung von aquatischen Ökosystemen in China: Arealbestimmung von Makrozoobenthos auf Einzugsgebietsebene. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 56:185-192.
DOI: 10.5675/HyWa_2012,4_3.
13. Li F, Cai Q, Qu X, Tang T, Wu N, Fu X, Duan S, Jähnig SC. 2012. Characterizing macroinvertebrate communities across China: large- scale implementation of a self-organizing map. Ecological Indicators 23:394–401. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.017.
12. Schmalz B, Kuemmerlen M, Strehmel A, Song S, Cai Q, Jähnig SC, Fohrer N. 2012. Integrierte Modellierung von aquatischen Ökosystemen in China: Ökohydrologie und Hydraulik. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 56:169-184. DOI: 10.5675/HyWa_2012,4_2
2011
11. Brederveld RJ, Brunzel S, Lorenz AW, Jähnig SC, Soons MB. 2011. Dispersal is a limiting factor in the colonization of restored mountain streams by plants and macroinvertebrates. Journal of Applied Ecology 48:1241–1250. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02026.x.
10. Domisch S, Jähnig SC*, Haase P*. 2011. Climate-change winners and losers: stream macroinvertebrates of a submontane region in Central Europe. Freshwater Biology 56:2009–2020. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02631.x.
9. Jähnig SC, Lorenz AW, Hering D, Antons C, Sundermann A, Jedicke E, Haase P. 2011. River restoration success: a question of perception. Ecological Applications 21:2007-2015.
DOI: 10.1890/10-0618.1.
2010
8. Jähnig SC, Brabec K, Buffagni A, Erba S, Lorenz AW, Ofenböck T, Verdonschot PFM, Hering D. 2010. A comparative analysis of restoration measures and their effects on hydromorphology and benthic invertebrates in 26 central and southern European rivers. Journal of Applied Ecology 47:671–680. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01807.x.
7. Jähnig SC, Cai Q. 2010. River water quality assessment in selected Yangtze tributaries: Background and method development. Journal of Earth Science 21:876–881.
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-010-0140-y.
2009
6. Jähnig SC, Brunzel S, Gacek S, Lorenz AW, Hering D. 2009. Effects of re-braiding measures on hydromorphology, floodplain vegetation, ground beetles and benthic invertebrates in mountain rivers. Journal of Applied Ecology 46:406-416. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01611.x.
5. Jähnig SC, Lorenz AW, Hering D. 2009. Restoration effort, habitat mosaics, and macroinvertebrates - does channel form determine community composition? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 19:157-169. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.976.
4. Kail J, Jähnig SC, Hering D. 2009. Relation between floodplain land use and river hydromorphology on different spatial scales a case study from two lower-mountain catchments in Germany. Fundamental and Applied Limnology (Archiv für Hydrobiologie) 174:63-73.
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0174-0063.
3. Lorenz AW, Jähnig SC, Hering D. 2009. Re-Meandering German Lowland Streams: Qualitative and Quantitative Effects of Restoration Measures on Hydromorphology and Macroinvertebrates. Environmental Management 44:745-754.
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9350-4.
2008
2. Jähnig SC, Lorenz AW, Hering D. 2008. Hydromorphological parameters indicating differences between single- and multiple-channel mountain rivers in Germany, in relation to their modification and recovery. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18:1200-1216. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.875.
1. Jähnig SC, Lorenz AW. 2008. Substrate-specific macroinvertebrate diversity patterns following stream restoration. Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries 70:292-303.
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-008-8042-0.
Books and book chapters
10. Tockner K, Tonolla D, Bremerich V, Jähnig SC, Robinson CT, Zarfl C. 2022. Chapter 1 - Introduction to European rivers. In: Tockner K, Zarfl C & Robinson CT, eds. Rivers of Europe (2nd edition). Elsevier. p 1-26. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102612-0.00001-8
9. Jähnig SC, Carolli M, Dehnhardt A, Jardine T, Podschun S, Pusch M, Scholz M, Tharme RE, Wantzen KM, Langhans SD. 2022. Ecosystem services of river systems – irreplaceable, undervalued, and at risk. In Tockner K, Mehner T, eds. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (2nd edition). Elsevier.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-819166-8.00129-8
8. Kiesel J, Hering D, Ceylan M, Kuemmerlen M, Jähnig SC, Schmalz B, Fohrer N. 2018. Modelling freshwater habitats and their macroinvertebrate communities. In: Sychev VG, and Mueller L, eds. Novel Methods and Results of Landscape Research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. pp. 301-306. Moskow: Publishing House FSBSI «Pryanishnikov Institute of Agrochemistry».
DOI: 10.25680/5045.2018.95.10.256.
7. He F, Sun X, Dong X, Cai Q, Jähnig SC. 2019. Benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators for river health in Changjiang Basin. In: Yue T, Nixdorf E, Zhou C, Xu B, Zhao N, Fan Z, Huang X, Chen C, and Kolditz O, eds. Chinese Water Systems - Poyang Lake. pp. 207-217. Cham: Springer.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97725-6_14.
6. Jähnig SC, Sommerhäuser M und Hering D (Eds). 2011. Fließgewässerrenaturierung heute und morgen - Wasserrahmenrichtlinie, Maßnahmen und Effizienzkontrolle. Limnologie aktuell Vol. 13. E. Schweitzerbartschen Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller) Stuttgart.
5. Jähnig SC, Lorenz A, Brunzel S, Hering D. 2011. Renaturierung von Mittelgebirgsflüssen – Auswirkung auf verschiedene Organismengruppen: Makrozoobenthos, Auenvegetation, Laufkäfer. In Fließge-wässerrenaturierung heute und morgen - Wasserrahmenrichtlinie, Massnahmen und Effizienzkontrolle (Eds. Jähnig SC, Sommerhäuser M, Hering D). pp. 43-58. Nägele u. Obermiller Stuttgart.
4. Jähnig SC, Sommerhäuser M, Hering D. 2011. Fließgewässer-Renaturierung heute: Zielsetzungen, Methodik und Effizienzkontrolle. In Fließgewässerrenaturierung heute und morgen - Wasserrahmenrichtlinie, Maßnahmen und Effizienzkontrolle (Eds. Jähnig SC, Sommerhäuser M, Hering D). pp. 1-6. Nägele u. Obermiller Stuttgart.
3. Hering D, Jähnig SC, Sommerhäuser M. 2011. Fließgewässer-Renaturierung morgen: Zusammenfassende Bewertung und Handlungsempfehlungen. In Fließgewässerrenaturierung heute und morgen - Wasserrahmenrichtlinie, Maßnahmen und Effizienzkontrolle (Eds. Jähnig SC, Sommerhäuser M, Hering D). pp. 273-279. Nägele u. Obermiller Stuttgart.
2. Verdonschot PFM, Hering D, Murphy J, Jähnig SC, Rose NL, Graf W, Brabec K and Sandin L. 2010. Climate change and the hydrology and morphology of freshwater ecosystems. In Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems (Eds. Kernan M, Battarbee R, Moss B), pp. 65-83. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. DOI: 10.1002/9781444327397.ch4.
1. Abendroth G v, Dombrowsky M, Hennings D, Jähnig S, Lotz EM, Sobotka M, Stock J, Ulbig A, Wesner P and Wittmann T (editors). 2008. Gemacht für die Zukunft... Kreislaufwirtschaft in der Unternehmenspraxis. Murmann Verlag Hamburg.