Articles in ISI-listed, peer-reviewed journals

Hervé, P., Tiegs, S., Grellier, S., Wantzen, K.M., Isselin-Nondedieu, F. (2020 accepted): Functioning results of vernal pool restoration: organic-matter decomposition and environmental drivers. Wetland ecology and management.

Blettler, M.C.M., Garello, N., & Wantzen, K.M.: The use of anthropogenic debris as nesting material by an inland-wetland-associated bird of South America. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2020) DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10124-4

Wantzen, K.M., Alves, C.B., Badiane, S.D., Bala, R. M., Blettler M. C. M., Callisto, M., Cao, Y., Kolb, M., Leite, M.F., Macedo, D.R., Mahdi, O., Neves, M., Peralta, E. M., Rotgé, V., Rueda-Delgado, G., Scharager, A., Serra-Llobet, A., Yengué, J. L., Zingraff-Hamed, A., Kondolf, G. M. (2019): Urban stream and wetland restoration in the Global South – a DPSIR analysis. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4975 (48pp); doi:10.3390/su11184975, https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/4975

Blettler, M.C.M., Garello, N., Ginon, L., Abrial, E., Espinola, L.A. & Wantzen, K.M. (2019): Massive plastic pollution in a mega-river of a developing country: sediment deposition and ingestion by fish (Prochilodus lineatus). Environmental Pollution 255: 113348, doi 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113348

Blettler, M.C.M. & Wantzen, K.M. (2019): Threats Underestimated in Freshwater Plastic Pollution: Mini-Review Water Air Soil Pollut 230: 174, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-019-4220-z

Soler, J., Boisneau, C., Jugé, P., Richard, N., Guerez. Y., Morisseau, L., Wantzen, K.M. & Araujo, R. (2019): An unexpected host for the endangered Giant Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) as a tool against the “native species meltdown” effect. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 2019: 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3164

Soler, J., Wantzen, K.M. & Araujo, R. (2019): Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782): a new potential threat for Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) (Unionoida, Margaritiferidae) Freshwater Science, Volume 38, Issue 2, http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/703415

Hervé, P., Tiegs, S., Grellier, S., Wantzen, K.M., Isselin-Nondedieu, F. (2018): Combined effects of vegetation and drought on organic-matter decomposition in vernal pool soils. Wetlands https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-018-1091-9

Soler, J., Boisneau, C., Wantzen, K.M. & Araujo, R. (2018): Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 a new host fish for the endangered Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) (Unionoida, Margaritiferidae) Journal of Molluscan Studies (2018): 1-4. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyy038

Soler, J., Wantzen, K.M., Jugé, P. & Araujo, R. (2018): Brooding and glochidia release in Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) (Unionoida, Margaritiferidae) Journal of Molluscan Studies 84(2):182-189, https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyy008)

Hesselschwerdt, J. & Wantzen, K.M. (2018): Global Heating threatens thermal barriers against invasive species in freshwater ecosystems – a study from Lake Constance. – Science of the Total Environment, (Special Issue on Climate Change and Water) 645:44-50. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.078

Zingraff-Hamed, A., Noack, M., Greulich, S., Schwarzwälder, K., Wantzen K.M., Pauleit, S. (2018): Model-based evaluation of conflicts between suitable fish habitats and urban recreational pressure, Sustainability 10(6): 1747 doi:10.3390/su10061747

Zingraff-Hamed, A., Noack, M., Greulich, S., Schwarzwälder, K., Pauleit, S., Wantzen K.M. (2018): Effects of river discharge modulations on physical fish habitat quality - A model study, WATER 10(4), 374; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040374

Abrial, E., Espinola, L., Rabuffetti, A., Amsler, M., Wantzen, K.M. (2018): Interannual flow variability vs temperature in a large floodplain: a challenge for fish reproduction. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2017-0579

Siqueira, A.J.B., Ricaurte, L.F., Borges, G., Nogueira, A. & Wantzen, K.M. (2018): The role of private rural properties for conserving native vegetation in Brazilian Southern Amazonia. Regional Environmental Change 18(1), 21-32 DOI 10.1007/s10113-015-0824-z

Zingraff-Hamed, A., Greulich, S., Pauleit, S., Wantzen, K.M. (2017): Urban and rural river restoration in France: a typology. Restoration Ecology 25(6):994-1004, online doi: 10.1111/rec.12526

Zingraff-Hamed, A., Greulich, S., Wantzen, K.M., Pauleit, S. (2017): Societal Drivers of European Water Governance: a Comparison of Urban River Restoration Practices in France and Germany. Water (9) 206; doi:10.3390/w9030206

Prié, V.E., Soler, J., Cucherat, X., Philippe, L., Legrand, N., Adam, N., Araujo, R., Jugé, P., Richard, N., Wantzen, K.M. (2017): Challenging exploration of troubled waters: a decade of surveys of the giant freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera auricularia in Europe. Hydrobiologia 810(1): 157-175 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-017-3456-0

Saigo M., Marchese M.R., Wantzen K.M. (2016): A closer look to the main actors of Neotropical floodplain food webs: functional classification and niche overlap of dominant benthic invertebrates in a floodplain lake of Paraná River. Iheringia, 106 (online) http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2016004

Wantzen, K.M., Ballouche, A., Longuet, I., Bao, I., Bocoum, H., Cissé, L., Chauhan, M., Girard, P., Gopal, B., Kane, A., Marchese, M. R., Nautiyal, P., Teixeira, P., Zalewski, M. (2016): River Culture: an eco-social approach to mitigate the biological and cultural diversity crisis in riverscapes. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 16 (1): 7-18 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2015.12.003

Ballouche, A., Longuet, I., Verdelli, L. Wantzen, K.M. (2015 = official print date, paper appeared in 2016): La diversité des paysages fluviaux. Enjeux scientifiques, d’aménagement et de gestion. - The diversity of riverscapes. Scientific, planning and management issues (editorial). Norois (Rennes) 237(2015/4):7-13 + title page

Saigo M., Marchese M.R., Wantzen K.M. (2015): Sources contribution for benthic invertebrates: an inter-lake comparison in a floodplain system. Hydrobiologia 770(1): 27-36 DOI:10.1007/s10750-015-2565-x

Graça, M.A.S.; Ferreia, M., Canhoto, C., Encalada A. C., Boyero, L., Guerrero-Bolaño, F. & Wantzen, K.M. (2015): A conceptual model of litter breakdown in headwater streams. Int. J. Hydrobiology 100: 1-12 DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201401757

Marchese, M., Saigo, M., Zilli, F. L., Capello, S., Devercelli, M., Montalto, L.; Paporello, G. & Wantzen, K.M. (2015): Food webs of the Paraná River floodplain: assessing basal sources using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes. Limnologica 46:22-30, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2013.11.004

Wantzen, K.M., Blettler, M.C.M., Amsler, M., Bacchi, M. ; Ezcurra de Drago, I.E. ; Drago, E.E. & Marchese, M.R. (2014): Sandy rivers: a review on general ecohydrological patterns of benthic invertebrate assemblages across continents. The International Journal of River Basin Management 12(3): 163-174 DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2014.885438

Vega, L.F., Nunes da Cunha, C., Rothaupt, K.O., Moreira, M.Z. & Wantzen, K.M. (2014): Does flood pulsing act as a switch to store or release sediment-bound carbon in seasonal floodplain lakes? Case study from the Colombian Orinoco-Llanos and the Brazilian Pantanal. Wetlands 34(1): 177-187

Ricaurte, L.F., Wantzen, K.M., Agudelo, E., Betancourt, B., Jokela, J. (2013): Participatory rural appraisal of ecosystem services of wetlands in the Amazonian Piedmont of Colombia: elements for a sustainable management concept. Wetlands Ecology and Management 22: 343-361, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-013-9333-3

Wantzen, K.M. & Mol, J.H. (2013): Soil Erosion from Agriculture and Mining: A Threat to Tropical Stream. Ecosystems, Agriculture 2013, 3, 660-683, doi:10.3390/agriculture3040660

Ricaurte, L.F., Jokela, J., Siqueira, A., Núñez-Avellaneda, M., Marin, C., Velázquez-Valenci, A. & Wantzen, K.M. (2012): Wetland Habitat Diversity in the Amazonian Piedmont of Colombia. Wetlands, 32(6): 1189-1202, doi: 10.1007_s13157-012-0348-y

Sobreira, E., Butakka, C.M.M. & Wantzen, K.M. (2012): Dinâmica de larvas de Chironomidae na Baía do Coqueiro, Pantanal Matogrossense, MT. Revista Brasileira de Zoociências 14 (1, 2, 3): 9-25.

Marmonier, P., Wantzen, K.M. + 31 more authors (2012): The role of biodiversity in hyporheic processes: gaps in knowledge and needs for applications. International Journal of Limnology (Annales de Limnologie) 48: 253-266

O’Leary, S.J. & Wantzen, K.M. (2012): Flood pulse effects on benthic invertebrate assemblages in the hypolacustric interstitial zone of Lake Constance. International Journal of Limnology (Annales de Limnologie) 48: 267-277

Wantzen, K.M., Couto, E.G., Mund, E., Amorim, R.S.S., Siqueira, A., Tielbörger, K. & Seifan, M. (2012): Soil carbon stocks in stream-valley-ecosystems in the Brazilian Cerrado agroscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 151: 70-79

Hesselschwerdt, J., Tscharner, S., Necker, J. & Wantzen, K.M. (2009): A local gammarid uses kairomones to avoid predation by the invasive crustaceans Dikerogammarus villosus and Orconectes limosus. Biological Invasions 11(9): 2133-2140

Wantzen, K.M., Nunes da Cunha, C, Junk, W.J., Girard, P., Rossetto, C.O., Penha, J.M., Couto, E.G., Becker, M., Priante, G., Moraes, W., Santos, S.A., Marta, J., Domingos, I., Sonoda, F., Curvo, M. & Callil, C. (2008): Towards a sustainable management concept for ecosystem services of the Pantanal wetland. Ecohydrol. Hydrobiol. 8 (2-4): 77-100

Drago, E.C., Paira, A.R. & Wantzen, K.M. (2008): Channel-floodplain geomorphology and connectivity of the Lower Paraguay hydrosystem. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 8(1): 31-48

Drago, E.C., Wantzen, K.M. & Paira, A.R. (2008): The Lower Paraguay river-floodplain habitats in the context of the Fluvial Hydrosystem Approach. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 8(1): 49-66

Hesselschwerdt, J., Necker, J. & Wantzen, K.M. (2008): Habitat segregation between the invasive neozoan Dikerogammarus villosus and the native Gammarus roeseli in Lake Constance. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 173: 177-186. DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0173-0177 ISSN 1863-9135

Wantzen, K.M., Junk, W.J. & Rothhaupt, K.O. (2008): An extension of the floodpulse concept (FPC) for lakes. Hydrobiologia 613:151-170, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9480-3

Pabst, S., N. Scheifhacken, J. Hesselschwerdt & Wantzen, K.M. (2008): Leaf litter degradation in the wave impact zone of a pre-alpine lake. Hydrobiologia 613:117-131.

Wantzen, K.M., Rothhaupt, K.O., Mörtl, M., Cantonati, M., Tóth, L. & Fischer, P. (2008): Ecological effects of water-level fluctuations in lakes: An urgent issue. Hydrobiologia 613:1-4.

Haase, K. & Wantzen, K.M. (2008): Analysis and decomposition of condensed tannins in tree leaves. Environmental Chemistry Letters 6(2): 1610-3653 (Print), 37: 1610-3661 (Online), DOI 10.1007/s10311-008-0140-7.

Nunes Da Cunha, C., Rawiel, P., Wantzen, K.M., Junk, W.J. & Lemes do Prado, A. (2006): Mapping and characterization of vegetation units by means of Landsat imagery and management recommendations for the Pantanal of Mato Grosso (Brazil), north of Poconé. Amazoniana 19(1-2): 1-32

Wantzen, K.M. & Wagner, R. (2006): Detritus processing by invertebrate shredders: a neotropical-temperate comparison. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(1):216-232.

Rueda-Delgado, G., Wantzen, K.M. & Tolosa, M.B. (2006): Leaf litter decomposition in an Amazonian floodplain stream: effects of seasonal hydrological changes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(1):233-249.

Wantzen, K.M., Ramírez, A. & Winemiller, K. (2006): New vistas in Neotropical stream ecology – Preface. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(1):61-65.

Wantzen, K.M. & Junk, W.J. (2006): Aquatic-terrestrial linkages from streams to rivers: biotic hot spots and hot moments. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplements 158/4 (= Large Rivers 16(4)):595-611.

Moulton, T.P. & Wantzen, K.M. (2006): Conservation of tropical streams – special questions or conventional paradigms? Aquatic Conservation 16(7):659-663.

Wantzen, K.M. (2006): Physical pollution: effects of gully erosion on benthic invertebrates in a tropical clear-water stream. Aquatic Conservation 16(7):733-749

Wantzen, K.M., Sá, M.F.P., Siqueira, A. & Nunes da Cunha, C. (2006): Stream-valley systems of the Brazilian Cerrado: impact assessment and conservation scheme. Aquatic Conservation 16(7):713-732.

Junk, W.J., Nunes da Cunha, C., Wantzen, K.M., Petermann, P., Strüssmann, C., Marques, M. & Adis, J. (2006): Biodiversity and its conservation in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Aquatic Sciences 68(3):278-309.

Wantzen, K.M. & Pinto-Silva, V. (2006): Uso de Substratos Artificiais para Avaliação do Impacto do Assoreamento sobre Macroinvertebrados Bentônicos em um Córrego de Cabeceira no Pantanal do Mato Grosso, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos 11(1):99-107.

Wantzen, K.M., da Rosa, F.R., Neves, C.O. & Nunes da Cunha, C. (2005): Leaf litter addition experiments in riparian ponds with different connectivity to a Cerrado Stream in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Amazoniana 18(3/4):387-396.

Wantzen, K.M., Drago, E. & Da Silva. C.J. (2005): Aquatic habitats of the Upper Paraguay River-Floodplain-System and parts of the Pantanal (Brazil). Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 5(2):107-126.

Marchese, M.R., Wantzen, K.M. & Ezcurra de Drago, I. (2005): Benthic invertebrate assemblages and species diversity patterns of the Upper Paraguay River. River Research and Applications 21:485-499.

Ezcurra de Drago, I., Marchese, M.R. & Wantzen, K.M. (2004): Benthos of a large neotropical river: spatial patterns and species assemblages in the Lower Paraguay and its floodplains. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 160:347-374.

Junk, W.J. & Wantzen, K.M. (2004): The Flood Pulse Concept: New Aspects Approaches and Applications – an Update. Pages 117-140 in R. L. Welcomme & T. Petr (eds.): Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries: Vol. 2. Food and Agriculture Organization & Mekong River Commission. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok. RAP Publication 2004/16.

Wantzen, K.M. (2003): Cerrado streams – characteristics of a threatened freshwater ecosystem type on the Tertiary Shields of Central South America. Amazoniana 17(3/4):481-502.

Fellerhoff, C., Voss, M. & Wantzen, K.M. (2003): Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures of decomposing tropic macrophytes. Aquatic Ecology 37:361-375.

Wantzen, K.M., Machado, F.A., Voss, M., Boriss, H. & Junk, W.J. (2002): Seasonal isotopic shifts in fish of the Pantanal wetland, Brazil. Aquatic Sciences 64(3):239-251.

Laabs, V., Amelung, W., Pinto, A.A., Wantzen, K.M., da Silva, C. J. & Zech, W. (2002): Pesticides in surface water, sediment & rainfall of the north-eastern Pantanal basin, Brazil. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1636-1648.

Wantzen, K.M., Wagner, R. Suetfeld, R. & Junk, W.J. (2002): How do plant-herbivore interactions of trees influence coarse detritus processing by shredders in aquatic ecosystems of different latitudes? Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 28:815-821.

Adis, J., Marques, M.I. & Wantzen, K.M. (2001): First observations on the survival strategies of terricolous arthropods in the northern Pantanal wetland of Brazil – scientific note. Andrias (Karlsruhe) 15:127-128.

Wantzen, K.M., Da Silva, C.J., Figuereido, D.M. & Miglácio, M.C.(1999): Recent impacts of navigation on the Upper Paraguay River. Revista Boliviana de Ecologia 6:173-182.

Wantzen, K.M. (1998): Effects of siltation on benthic communities in clear water streams in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 26:1155-1159.

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Book chapters in edited monographs

Wantzen, Karl M. et al. (accepted, 2021): Carbon Dynamics in Wetlands. In Tockner, K. & Mehner, T. (eds). Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 2nd ed. Elsevier

Jähnig, S.C., Dehnhard, A., Jardine, T., Pusch, M., Scholz, M., Tharme, R., Wantzen, K.M., Langhans, S.D. (accepted, 2021): Ecosystem services of river systems - undervalued, irreplaceable, and at risk. In Tockner, K. & Mehner, T. (eds). Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 2nd ed. Elsevier

Wantzen K.M., Girard, Pierre, Roque, Fabio O., Nunes da Cunha, Cátia, Chiaravalloti, Rafael M., Nunes, André V., Bortolotto, I. M. Guerra, A., Pauliquevis C., Friedlander, M. (accepted, 2021) The Pantanal – floodplains of the Paraguay River: how long will there be life in the rhythm of the waters? In Wantzen K.M. (ed): River Culture – Life as a dance to the rhythm of the waters. UNESCO Publishers, Paris (accepted)

Wantzen, K.M., Berton, J.P., Boisneau, C., Epple, R., Greulich, S., Marmiroli, B., Rodrigues, S. (2021) The Loire – a cultural and environmental exception in Europe. In Wantzen K.M. (ed): River Culture – Life as a dance to the rhythm of the waters. UNESCO Publishers, Paris (accepted)

Wantzen, K.M., R. E. Tharme, G. M. Kondolf, I. Klaver (accepted, 2021) The River Culture Concept, Social Environmental Flows, Social Connectivity and Meander movement and riversphere: a synthesis of conceptual approaches to harmonize humans with rivers. In Wantzen K.M. (ed): River Culture – Life as a dance to the rhythm of the waters. UNESCO Publishers, Paris (accepted)

Berton, J.P., Coulibaly, B., Bala, R. M., Wantzen K.M. (accepted, 2021) Traditional use on the Niger River in Mali: Past knowledge, the current situation and future options. In Wantzen K.M. (ed): River Culture – Life as a dance to the rhythm of the waters. UNESCO Publishers, Paris (accepted)

Wantzen K.M., Schmitt, L., Wirbelauer, E., Van der Velde, G. (accepted, 2021) The Rhine – an important biocultural axis for Europe. In Wantzen, K.M. (ed): River Culture – Life as a dance to the rhythm of the waters. UNESCO Publishers, Paris (accepted)

Wantzen, K.M., Uehlinger U., Van der Velde, G., Leuven R. S.E.W., Schmitt, L., Beisel, J.N. (in press, 2020): The Rhine River Basin. In: Tockner K., Zarfl, C. and Robinson C.T. (eds.) Rivers of Europe 2nd ed. Academic Press, London (ISBN 9780081026120), accepted https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102612-0.00006-7

Moatar, F., Descy, J.-P., Rodrigues, S., Souchon, Y., Floury, M., Grosbois, C., Minaudo, C., Leitao, M., Wantzen, K.M., Bertrand, F. (in press, 2020): 5.3. The Loire River basin. In: Tockner K., Zarfl, C. and Robinson C.T. (eds.) Rivers of Europe 2nd ed. Academic Press, London, accepted https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102612-0.00006-7

Wantzen, K.M. & Rodrigues, S. (2019): Chapter 12.1. Odtworzenie dynamiki środowiska Loary (Francja) z wykorzystaniem ograniczonych zasobów (Resource-limited restoration of habitat dynamics in the Loire River, France), pp. 192-194 in Zalewski, M. (ed.): Ekohydrologia. PWN Wydawnictwo Naukowe SA Publishers, Warszaw, Poland. 262pp. ISBN 978-83-01-20804-2

Schmitt, L., Beisel, J.N., Preusser, F., De Jong, C., Wantzen, K.M., Chardon, V., Staentzel, C., Eschbach, D., Damm, C., Rixhon, G., Salomon, F., Glaser, R., Himmelsbach, I., Meinard, Y., Dumont, S., Hardion, L., Combroux, I., Houssier, J., Rambeau, C., Chapkanski, S., Brackhane, S. (2019): Sustainable Management of the Upper Rhine River and its Alluvial Plain: Lessons from Interdisciplinary Research in France and Germany. Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg.

Wantzen, K.M. & Richard, N. (2016): Faune invertébrée. Pp 192-197 in : Moatar, F.&Dupont, N. (eds). La Loire fluviale et estuarienne – un milieu en évolution Editions Quae, Versailles ISBN978-2-7592-2401-2, 317pp

Wantzen, K.M., Marchese, M.R., Marques, M., Battirola, L. (2016): Invertebrates in Neotropical Floodplains. In: Batzer, D. & Boix, D.(eds) Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands : An International Perspective on their Ecology, Springer, New York, ISBN 978-3-319-24976-6, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_14, pp. 493-524

Wantzen, K.M., Unger, M., Couto, E.G., Amorim, R.S.S., Peña, K.P. & Irmler, U. (2014): Carbon Farming: Enriching Tropical Farm Soils with Organic Matter. In Gerold, G., Jungkunst, H.F., Wantzen, K.M., Schönenberg, R., Amorim, R.S.S., Couto, E.G., Madari, B., Hohnwald, S. (ed.) Analysis and Modeling of Carbon-Optimized Land Management Strategies for Southern Amazonia Interdisciplinary Analysis and Modeling of Carbon-Optimized Land Management Strategies for Southern Amazonia. ISBN: 978-3-86395-138-2. pp. 61-69

Junk, W.J., Nunes da Cunha, C., da Silva, C.J. and Wantzen, K.M. (2011): The Pantanal: A large South American wetland and its position in limnological theory. In Junk, W.J., da Silva, C.J., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Wantzen, K.M. (eds.): The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia pp. 23-44

Wantzen, K.M., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Siqueira, A. (2011): Cerrado stream valleys and their vegetation: Structure, impacts by erosion and recuperation strategies. In W. J. Junk, C. J. da Silva, C. Nunes da Cunha & Wantzen, K.M. (eds.): The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia pp. 143-165

Nogueira, F., R Silveira, C. Da Silva, V. Pinto-Silva, M. Abdo, Wantzen, K.M. & P. Girard. 2011. Hydrochemistry of lakes, rivers and groundwater of the Pantanal. In Junk, W.J., da Silva, C.J., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Wantzen, K.M. (eds.): The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia pp. 167-198

Wantzen, K.M., Callil, C. & Butakka, C.M.M. (2011): Benthic invertebrates of the Pantanal and its tributaries. In Junk, W.J., da Silva, C.J., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Wantzen, K.M. (eds.): The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia pp. 393-430

Wantzen, K.M., Fellerhoff, C. & Voss, M. (2011): Stable isotope ecology of the Pantanal. In Junk, W.J., da Silva, C.J., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Wantzen, K.M. (eds.): The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia pp. 599-618

Wantzen, K.M., Junk, W.J., Nunes da Cunha, C. et al. (2011): A Sustainable Management Concept for the Pantanal. In Junk, W.J., da Silva, C.J., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Wantzen, K.M. (eds.): The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia pp. 795-832

Junk, W.J., Nunes da Cunha, C. da Silva, C.J. & K.M. Wantzen (2011): Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of the Pantanal: a synthesis. In Junk, W.J., da Silva, C.J., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Wantzen, K.M. (eds.): The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia pp. 835-857

Junk, W.J., Saint-Paul, U., Wantzen, K.M., Henle, K. & Denich, M. (2010): Tropenökologische Forschung in der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Deutschland und Brasilien: die Entwicklung der letzten 20 Jahre. In: Kohlhepp, G., Nitschack, H. and Sangmeister, H. (ed.) Brasilien heute – geographischer Raum, Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur. Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana 134, Vervuert publishers, Frankfurt, 701-717

Wantzen, K.M. & Rueda-Delgado, G.(2009): Técnicas de mustreo de invertebrados acuáticos. pp 17-45 in E. Dominguez & H. R. Fernandez (eds). Macroinvertebrados Bentonicos Sudamericanos. Editorial Fundacion Miguel Lillo, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, Argentina

Junk, W.J., Da Silva, C.J., Wantzen, K.M., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Nogueira, F. (2009): The Pantanal of Mato Grosso: Status of ecological research, actual use & possibilities for sustainable development. In E. Maltby & T. Baker (ed.): The wetlands handbook. Blackwell Science, Oxford. pp 908-943

Uehlinger U., Wantzen, K.M., Leuven, R.S.W. & Arndt H. (2009): The Rhine River Basin. In: Tockner K. Robinson C.T. and Uehlinger U. (eds.) Rivers of Europe. Academic Press, London, p. 199-245.

Wantzen, K.M. & Junk, W.J. (2008): Riparian Wetlands. In S. E. Jørgensen (ed.): Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, London pp. 3035-3044. Wantzen, K.M., Mathooko, J., Yule, C. & Pringle, C. (2008): Organic matter processing in tropical streams. Pages 44-64 in D. Dudgeon (ed.): Tropical stream ecology. Elsevier, London.

Wantzen, K.M., Yule, C., Tockner, K. & Junk, W.J. (2008): Riparian wetlands of tropical streams. Pages 199-218 in D. Dudgeon (ed.): Tropical stream ecology, Elsevier, London.

Ramirez, A., Pringle, C.M. & Wantzen, K.M. (2008): Tropical stream conservation. Pages 286-304 in D. Dudgeon (ed.): Tropical stream ecology. Elsevier, London.

Junk, W.J. & Wantzen, K.M. (2006): Flood pulsing and the development and maintenance of biodiversity in floodplains. Pages 407-435 in D. P. Batzer & R. R. Sharitz (eds.): Ecology of freshwater and estuarine wetlands. University of California Press, Berkeley.

da Silva, C.J., Wantzen, K.M., Nunes da Cunha, C. & Machado, F.A. (2001): Biodiversity in the Pantanal Wetland, Brazil. Pages 187-217 in W. J. Junk, B. Gopal & J. A. Davis (eds.): Biodiversity in Wetlands: assessment, function and conservation. Vol. 2. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

Wantzen, K.M. & Junk, W.J. (2000): The importance of stream-wetland-systems for biodiversity – tropical perspective. Pages 11-34 in B. Gopal, W. J. Junk & J. A. Davis (eds.): Biodiversity in Wetlands: assessment, function and conservation, Vol. 1. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

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Proceedings, non-peer reviewed journals and technical reports

Soler, J., Araujo R. & Wantzen, K.M. (2018): The Giant Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera auricularia) Handbook Volume 1 – Synopsis on the current literature. University of Tours, France, CNRS UMR CITERES, LIFE+ project 13BIO/FR/001162 „Conservation of the Giant Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera auricularia) in Europe“. Tours (France) 68 pp.

Wantzen, K.M. & Araujo R. (eds, 2018): The Giant Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera auricularia) Handbook Volume 2 – Technical Manual: Monitoring, artificial reproduction, rearing techniques, and suggestions for habitat conservation with contributions by Karl M. Wantzen, Rafael Araujo, Joaquin Soler, Catherine Boisneau, Nina Richard, Philippe Jugé, Yann Guerez, Laure Morisseau, Michèle De Monte, Keiko Nakamura and Vincent Prié, University of Tours, France, CNRS UMR CITERES, LIFE+ project 13BIO/FR/001162 „Conservation of the Giant Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera auricularia) in Europe“. Tours (France) 109 pp.

Zingraff-Hamed, A., Greulich, S., Egger, G., Pauleit, S., Wantzen, K.M. (2017): Urban river restoration, evaluation and conflicts - between ecological and social quality. in Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (ed.): Erweiterte Zusammenfassungen der Jahrestagung in Wien 2016, DGL publishing, Hardegsen, Germany pp 144-149, online http://www.dgl-ev.de/cms/upload/dokumente/ Erweiterte_Zusammenfassungen_Wien_2016.pdf

Wantzen, K.M. & Boisneau C. (2016): La Corbicule - un mollusque invasif originaire d’Asie. Lettre Eau 75: Les espèces aquatiques envahissantes page 16 + title photo

Wantzen, K.M., Boisneau C. & Richard, N. (2015): Fonctionnement écologique de la Loire : une étude isotopique sur les bases alimentaires des réseaux trophiques « Stable isotope analysis Loire, SIAL » Rapport scientifique du projet. CITERES-IPAPE/Université François-Rabelais, 44pp + annexe

Wantzen, K.M. (2015): Hydrodynamique et fonctinnalités écologiques des fleuves. pp13-39 in Conservatoire Régional des Rives de la Loire et ses Affluents (CORELA) Les Cahiers du Conservatoire 15: Dynamique Fluviale et Écologie , CORELA publishing, Nantes, France, 116pp.

Wantzen, K.M., Unger M., Couto, E.G., Amorim, R., Pena, K., Irmler, U. (2014): Carbon Farming: Enriching tropical farm soils with organic matter. pp 61-69 in Gerold, G., Jungkunst, H. F., Wantzen, K.M., Schönenberg, R., Amorim, R.S.S., Couto, E.G., Madari, B., Hohnwald, S. (ed., 2014): Interdisciplinary Analysis and Modeling of Carbon-Optimized Land Management Strategies for Southern Amazonia. ISBN: 978-3-86395-138-2. 174 pp

Funcke, A., Friedel, M., Raub, S. & Wantzen, K.M. (2009) Interaktionen zwischen aquatischen Zersetzern auf Laub. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL), Erweiterte Zusammenfassungen der Jahrestagung 2008 (Konstanz), Werder pp.

Wantzen, K.M., M. Korn, J. Pucher & K.-O. Rothhaupt (2005) Einfluß des Flutpulses auf aquatische Invertebraten im eulitoralen Interstitial des Bodensees. Treffpunkt Biol. Vielfalt VI:205-213 (Ed. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn).

Nunes da Cunha, C., Wantzen, K.M. & W. J. Junk (2004). The Pantanal Ecology Project: Challenges and progress of a Brazilian-German scientific collaboration. Pages 56-77 in D. J. Tazik, A. A. R. Ioris & S. R. Collinsworth (eds.): The Pantanal: Scientific and Institutional Challenges in Management of a Large and Complex Wetland Ecosystem. US Army Engineer Research and Development Center. Technical Report ERDC SR-04-1, also available on pdf: http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/elpubs/pdf/sr04-1.pdf

Oliveira, M. D., Wantzen, K.M., E. L. Hardoim, E. De-Lamonica-Freire & D. S. Barbosa. (2002): Avaliação ecológica rápida – Parque Nacional do Pantanal, MT: Limnologia. Relatório Técnico. TNC/IBAMA/GASBOL. 96pp.

Wantzen, K.M. (2002): Biotic and abiotic interactions in soil and sediment. Pages 43-51 in R. Lieberei, H.-K. Bianchi, V. Boehm & C. Reisdorff (eds.): Neotropical Ecosystems, Proceedings of the German-Brazilian Workshop, Hamburg (2000): GKSS-Geesthacht, Germany.

Wantzen, K.M., F. A. Machado, M. Voss & W. J. Junk. (2000): Stable Isotopes as a tool for element flow analysis in floodplains: What do Pantanal fish feed on? Pages 131-132 in R. Lieberei, H.-K. Bianchi, V. Boehm, C. Reisdorff (eds.): Neotropical Ecosystems, Proceedings of the German-Brazilian Workshop, Hamburg. GKSS-Geesthacht, Germany.

Butakka, C. M. M. & Wantzen, K.M. (2001): Correlações entre variações ambientais e distribuição de larvas de Campsurus sp. (Ephemeroptera-Polymitarcyidae) na baía de Sinhá Mariana, Pantanal Mato-grossense, MT. In Anais do III Simpósio sobre Recursos Naturais e Sócio-econômicos do Pantanal: os desafios do novo milênio. De 27 a 30 de novembro de (2000): EMBRAPA, Corumba.

Wantzen, K.M. (1999): Effects of suspended sediments on aquatic organisms in streams in the Upper Rio Paraguay Basin. Pages 519-528 in R. Lieberei, K. Voß & H. Bianchi (eds.): Proceedings of the 3rd SHIFT-Workshop in Manaus 1998, Hamburg, ISBN 3-00-003847-7.

Da Silva, C. J., Wantzen, K.M. & W. J. Junk. (1999): Pantanal Ecology Project going on. Pages 505-517 in R. Lieberei, K. Voß & H. Bianchi (eds.): Proceedings of the 3rd SHIFT-Workshop in Manaus 1998, Hamburg, ISBN 3-00-003847-7.

Wantzen, K.M. & H. Recher. (1997): Das Pantanal – eines der größten Feuchtgebiete der Welt ist gefährdet. Pages 274 and 275 in Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundes¬regie¬rung für Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU) (ed).: Welt im Wandel – Wege zu einem nachhaltigen Umgang mit Süßwasser. Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, Ger¬many. ISBN 3-540-63656-0.

Wantzen, K.M. 1992. "Das Hyporheische Interstitial der Rheinsohle", Proceedings of the XIth Congress of the German Limnological Society (DGL), Konstanz, Pages 460-463.

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Edited books, proceedings, special issues, and own writing

Garcia de Leaniz, C., Wantzen, K.M., Wolter, C., Tharme, R., Zalewski, M., Belletti, B. (in progress, will appear 2021) Special Issue: Challenges and Benefits of Restoring River Connectivity, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - section Conservation.

Wantzen, K.M. (ed., 2021): River Culture – Life as a dance to the rhythm of the waters. UNESCO press, in preparation (will appear 2021)

Ballouche, A., Verdelli, L., Longuet, I. & Wantzen, K.M. (eds., 2015 = official print date, paper appeared in 2016): Diversité des paysages fluviaux, Special issue. Norois Journal, Rennes vol. 237, 128 pp. ISBN : 9782753550841, online available http://www.cairn.info/revue-norois-2015-4.htm

Gerold, G., Jungkunst, H.F., Wantzen, K.M., Schönenberg, R., Amorim, R.S.S., Couto, E.G., Madari, B., Hohnwald, S. (ed., 2014): Interdisciplinary Analysis and Modeling of Carbon-Optimized Land Management Strategies for Southern Amazonia. ISBN: 978-3-86395-138-2. 174 pp.

W.J. Junk, C.J. da Silva, C. Nunes da Cunha & Wantzen, K.M. (eds., 2011): The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia 870pp.

Arias, J.,S. Golovatch, Wantzen, K.M. & E. Dominguez (eds., 2010): A. Shelley, L. Hernandez, M. Maia-Herzog, A. Luna Dias, P. Garritano (authors). Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America Vol. 6.: The Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Brazil. ABLA Series, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 821pp.

Wantzen, K.M., Rothhaupt, K.-O., Mörtl, M., Cantonati, M., G-Toth, L. & Fischer, P. (eds., 2008): Ecological effects of waterlevel fluctuations in lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology 2004, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 184pp

Adis, J., J. Arias, G. Rueda-Delgado, S. Golovatch & Wantzen, K.M. (eds., 2008): Stark, B. P., Froehlich, C. & Zúñiga, M. C. (authors). Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America Vol. 5.: South American Stoneflies (Plecoptera) ABLA Series, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 154pp.

Adis, J., J. Arias, G. Rueda-Delgado, S. Golovatch & Wantzen, K.M. (eds., 2007a): Borkent, A. & Spinelli, G. R. (authors). Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America Vol. 4: Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta). ABLA Series, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 198pp.

Adis, J., J. Arias, G. Rueda-Delgado, S. Golovatch & Wantzen, K.M. (eds., 2007b):Coscarón, S. & Coscarón Arias, C. L. (authors). Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America Vol. 3: Neotropical Simuliidae (Diptera: Insecta). ABLA Series, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia,685pp.

Adis, J., J. Arias, G. Rueda-Delgado, S. Golovatch & Wantzen, K.M. (eds., 2006b): Dominguez, E., C. Molineri, M. L. Pescador, M. D. Hubbard & C. Nieto (authors). Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America: Ephemeroptera of South America. ABLA Series, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 646pp.

Adis, J., J. Arias, G. Rueda-Delgado, S. Golovatch & Wantzen, K.M. (eds., 2006a): Thatcher, V. E. (author). : Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America Vol. 1: Amazon Fish parasites. ABLA Series, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 508pp. (Book editors: Adis, J., G. Rueda-Delgado, J. Arias & Wantzen, K.M.)

Wantzen, K.M. & Moulton, T. (eds., 2004): Aquatic conservation (journal): Special issue on "Conservation of Tropical Streams" Wantzen, K.M., Winemiller, K. & A. Ramirez (eds., 2003) Journal of the North American Benthological Society (journal) : Special issue on "New Vistas on Neotropical Stream Ecology"

Wantzen, K.M. (1998): Abschätzung der Umweltwirkungen von anthropogen bedingter Bodenerosion auf Fließgewässer mittels Biomonitoring, Mato Grosso, Brasilien. Technical Report edited by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. ISBN 3-933984-08-4, 52 pp.

Wantzen, K.M. (1997): Influence of man-made siltation on habitat structure and invertebrate communities of Cerrado Streams of Mato Grosso (in german). Herbert Utz publishers, Munich, 186pp.

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in progress

Penny, N. & Contrera Ramos, A. Aquatic Latin American Neuroptera, Mecoptera and Megaloptera Series, Vol. 7 (Book editors: Arias, J.,S. Golovatch, Wantzen, K.M. and E. Dominguez)

Marchese, M. R. and Alves, R. G. South American Freshwater Oligochaeta (Annelida) ABLA Series, Vol. 8 (Book editors: E. Dominguez, Wantzen, K.M., Arias, J. and S. Golovatch)

Ezcurra de Drago, I. South American Freshwater Sponges (Porifera) ABLA Series, Vol. 9 (Book editors: E. Dominguez, Wantzen, K.M., Arias, J. and S. Golovatch)

Archangelsky: Neotropical Aquatic Coleoptera ABLA Series, Vol. 10 (Book editors: E. Dominguez, Wantzen, K.M., Arias, J. and S. Golovatch)

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Press and video releases

2020

02.06.2020 WDR5, Quarks, Radio-Interview concerning passability for fish (in German) (Audio (start ca. min 7:30), Webpage)

15.05.2020 Deutschlandfunk, Damm-Atlas: Viele Hindernisse für Wanderfische (Audio, Webpage)

14.03.2020 Hessischer Rundfunk, Interview on Dam Removal (in german), Hessischer Rundfunk 14.03.2020 (AudioShort Version printed)

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2018

Interview during the 2nd Great Rivers Forum, Wuhan, China, Sina video broadcast were watched 672,000 times

10 min Interview on Dam Removal in Europe and Dam projects in developping countries (currently being translated, will appear on the homepage https://amber.international/)

AWARD as the best documentary film in 2018 in the French University Contest! 20 min video film about the LIFE Project on Conservation of the Giant Freshwater Pearl Mussel in Europe (french, with english subtitles) (Video)

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2017

7.11.2017 Lahrer Zeitung, Forscher wollen die Artenvielfalt der Rheinauen schützen (Text)

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2015

Press article: Grande mulette: le Pôle de l'eau progresse (LIFE Project on Conservation of the Giant Freshwater Pearl Mussel in Europe) (Text)

Roundtable contribution (in french) during the 8th international Symposium on Proximity (Journées de Proximité), Tours, France, 20. May 2015 on the issue “proximité du point de vu écologique” (Video: minutes 14:20 – 23:20)

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2014

Interview on invasive Corbicula clams in the Loire river (Video, in french) (Video)

Interview on UNESCO Chair (in french) (Video)

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2013

Interview on floods (in german) (Text)

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Public talks and publicity workshops

2020

TEDx Tours: River Culture (preselected in February 2020, full talk planned for June 2020, cancelled due to Corona)

Public talk: Climate Change and Water, Chateau LaValliere, France

2019

Full day workshop communicating the results of the LeStudium Project “Dam Removal” Tours, May

2018

Journée de la Recherche: Presentation of the current ecological projects, Mairie de Tours, France

Full day workshop communicating the results of the EU Project “Giant Pearl Mussel”, Tours, June

Full day workshop communicating the results of the LeStudium Project “Dam Removal”, Tours, June

2016

Full day workshop communicating the results of the LeStudium Project “Dam Removal” Tours, June