Annemieke M. Drost

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) | NIOO-KNAW

Current rates of habitat loss require science-based predictions on how to restore or newly create lost habitat types. In aquatic ecosystems, littoral zones are key habitats for food web functioning, but they are often replaced by unnatural steep shorelines for water safety. To reverse this trend, knowledge is needed on how to successfully (re)creat...

Changing weather patterns and receding glaciers are predicted to increase flow intermittency in alpine streams. If aquatic macroinvertebrate communities largely comprise taxa adapted to perennial flows, an increase in flow intermittency substantially reduces biodiversity and affects functional processes. We conducted a before-after-control-impact f...

Introduction Accurate models of lake primary production are crucial for understanding ecosystem function and predicting ecosystem responses to global change. However, current research in lake ecosystem modeling has emphasized environmental characteristics while less work has considered phytoplankton stoichiometric traits. Importantly, these traits...

Phytoplankton is an essential resource in aquatic ecosystems, situated at the base of aquatic food webs. Plastic pollution can impact these organisms, potentially affecting the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. The interaction between plastics and phytoplankton is multifaceted: while microplastics can exert toxic effects on phytoplankton, plastics...

Nature helps us fight climate change by removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it underground—a process called carbon sequestration. Some freshwater ecosystems, like lakes, are great at carbon sequestration. Surprisingly, small organisms play a big role here! When tiny algae and bacteria in the water photosynthesize, they take carbon dioxi...

The presence of plastics in freshwater ecosystems is now widely recognized, with substantial variations in concentrations and types. A growing body of literature acknowledges that plastics can serve as a substrate for biofilm growth, facilitating the colonization of diverse organisms and thus creating what is known as the 'plastisphere'. Within thi...

Plastic pollution is identified as a common stressor affecting aquatic ecosystems. Global efforts aim to understand the interactions between plastics and aquatic biota that influence lower trophic levels. Plastics provide a new potential habitat for organisms, which is commonly referred to as the "plastisphere". Interactions between microalgae and...

1. Flow regime is a major determinant of the structure and functioning of aquatic ecosystems. Under climate change, flow intermittency is becoming more prevalent in glaciated alpine catchments, but the effects of increasing dryness on aquatic biodiversity remain largely unknown. 2. We characterized flow intermittency patterns in 30 streams of a gla...