Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world

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…

• EC
  European Commission

  Awards: 10.13039/501100011033, H2020 EU, 13039/501100011033, 501100011033, H2020, 869296, MCIN/AEI/10, AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 871081, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 731065
• SF
  Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas
• MT
  Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
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  Vetenskapsrådet
• NK
  Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal

  Award: NKFIH-471-3/2021
• H2
  Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

  Awards: 869296, 871081, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 731065
• AE
  Agencia Estatal de Investigación

  Awards: AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 501100011033, by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 10.13039/501100011033, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 13039, 10.13039, MCIN/AEI/10, H2020, AEI/10, 13039/501100011033, AEI/10.
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  European Social Fund

  Awards: MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 501100011033, AEI/10.13039/501100011033