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List of works by Nigel J. Willby

101 lakes - lentic fish community monitoring using eDNA metabarcoding

scientific article published on 04 March 2021

26 Gravel bars: a key habitat of gravel-bed rivers for vegetation

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AN ASSESSMENT OF VARIANTS IN THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT OF GEOMORPHOLOGICALLY BASED CHANNEL TYPES

All change at the water’s edge: invasion by non-native riparian plants negatively impacts terrestrial invertebrates

An assessment of the risk to surface water ecosystems of groundwater P in the UK and Ireland.

scientific article published on 27 November 2009

Are beavers a solution to the freshwater biodiversity crisis?

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Attribute-based classification of European hydrophytes and its relationship to habitat utilization

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Avoidance of hydrological disturbance by aquatic vegetation in the floodplain of a large upland river

article published in 2014

Beavers and lilies: selective herbivory and adaptive foraging behaviour

Can macrophyte harvesting from eutrophic water close the loop on nutrient loss from agricultural land?

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Channel dynamics and geomorphic variability as controls on gravel bar vegetation; River Tummel, Scotland

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Classifying aquatic macrophytes as indicators of eutrophication in European lakes

scientific article published in 2008

Comparative impacts of dam water level regimes on herbaceous plant growth strategies in cascade reservoirs and downstream reaches of a major river

scientific article published on 22 November 2022

Connectivity and zebra mussel invasion offer short‐term buffering of eutrophication impacts on floodplain lake landscape biodiversity

scientific article published on 17 May 2019

Current status and restoration options for floodplains along the Danube River.

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Deriving nutrient criteria to support 'good' ecological status in European lakes: An empirically based approach to linking ecology and management

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Ecological status assessment of European lakes: a comparison of metrics for phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish

scientific article published in February 2013

Establishing ecologically-relevant nutrient thresholds: A tool-kit with guidance on its use

scientific article published in February 2022

Estimating nutrient thresholds for eutrophication management: Novel insights from understudied lake types

scientific article published in June 2022

From metrics to Monet: the need for an ecologically meaningful guiding image

Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Habitat engineering by beaver benefits aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem processes in agricultural streams

Habitat heterogeneity enables spatial and temporal coexistence of native and invasive macrophytes in shallow lake landscapes

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Harmonising the bioassessment of large rivers in the absence of near-natural reference conditions - a case study of the Danube River

scientific article published on 25 June 2012

How beavers affect riverine aquatic macroinvertebrates: a review

scientific article published on 29 April 2022

Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Improvements in Understanding the Contribution of Hyporheic Zones to Biodiversity and Ecological Functioning of UK Rivers

Inter-relationships between standing crop, biodiversity and trait attributes of hydrophytic vegetation in artificial waterways

Intercalibrating classifications of ecological status: Europe's quest for common management objectives for aquatic ecosystems

scientific article published on 09 April 2013

Invasion legacy effects versus sediment deposition as drivers of riparian vegetation

Invasion of freshwater ecosystems is promoted by network connectivity to hotspots of human activity

scientific article published in 2019

Invertebrate grazing during the regenerative phase affects the ultimate structure of macrophyte communities

Leaf dry matter content as an integrative expression of plant palatability: the case of freshwater macrophytes

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Linkages between reach-scale physical habitat and invertebrate assemblages in upland streams

Macrophyte assessment in European lakes: Diverse approaches but convergent views of 'good' ecological status

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Managing invasive aquatic plants: problems and prospects

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Mapping macrophytic vegetation in shallow lakes using the Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI)

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Medium vs. short-term effects of herbivory by Eurasian beaver on aquatic vegetation

Phosphorus in groundwater-an overlooked contributor to eutrophication?

Plants in aquatic ecosystems: current trends and future directions

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Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps

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Redundancy in the ecological assessment of lakes: Are phytoplankton, macrophytes and phytobenthos all necessary?

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Regenerative strategies of aquatic plants in disturbed habitats: the role of the propagule bank

scientific article published in 2001

Resource recovery and freshwater ecosystem restoration — Prospecting for phytoremediation potential in wild macrophyte stands

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

Response of Submerged Macrophyte Communities to External and Internal Restoration Measures in North Temperate Shallow Lakes

scientific article published on 19 February 2018

Rewilding wetlands: beaver as agents of within-habitat heterogeneity and the responses of contrasting biota

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Riverbanks as Battlegrounds: Why Does the Abundance of Native and Invasive Plants Vary?

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Seasonal variability in the palatability of freshwater macrophytes: a case study

Special issue: riverine hydroecology: advances in research and applications. Selected papers from the Tenth International Symposium on Regulated Streams, Stirling, August 2006

Stream invertebrate diversity reduces with invasion of river banks by non-native plants

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The applicability of macrophyte compositional metrics for assessing eutrophication in European lakes

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The effectiveness of aquatic plants as surrogates for wider biodiversity in standing fresh waters

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The influence of hydrological and land use indicators on macrophyte richness in lakes – A comparison of catchment and landscape buffers across multiple scales

scientific article published in 2018

The regional hyporheic fauna of gravel-bed rivers and environmental controls on its distribution

The role of lateral connectivity in the maintenance of macrophyte diversity and production in large rivers

The spatial dynamics of vertical migration by Microcystis aeruginosa in a eutrophic shallow lake: A case study using high spatial resolution time-series airborne remote sensing

Tissue nutrient signatures predict herbaceous-wetland community responses to nutrient availability

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Towards harmonization of ecological quality classification: establishing common grounds in European macrophyte assessment for rivers

scientific article published on 26 June 2010

Twenty years of change in riverside vegetation: what role have invasive alien plants played?

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Using aquatic macrophyte community indices to define the ecological status of European lakes

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Using ecosystem engineers as tools in habitat restoration and rewilding: beaver and wetlands

scientific article published on 6 July 2017

Using remote sensing to aid the assessment of human health risks from blooms of potentially toxic cyanobacteria

scientific article published in April 2009

Willow (Salix spp.) and aspen (Populus tremula) regrowth after felling by the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber): implications for riparian woodland conservation in Scotland

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