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|Reference=Weijters et al., 2009; Harper, 1992; Bouwman et al., 2013c; Lehner and Döll, 2004; Kourzeneva, 2010; Ladson and White, 1999; Biemans et al., 2011; Kuiper et al., submitted;
|Reference=Weijters et al., 2009; Harper, 1992; Bouwman et al., 2013c; Lehner and Döll, 2004; Kourzeneva, 2010; Ladson and White, 1999; Biemans et al., 2011; Kuiper et al., submitted;
|Description=GLOBIO aquatic assesses biodiversity intactness,expressed as mean species abundance (MSA) in inland aquatic ecosystems: rivers and streams, deep and shallow lakes and wetlands such as floodplain wetlands, marshes, and isolated wetlands. See Flowchart.
|Description=GLOBIO aquatic assesses biodiversity intactness,expressed as mean species abundance (MSA) in inland aquatic ecosystems: rivers and streams, deep and shallow lakes and wetlands such as floodplain wetlands, marshes, and isolated wetlands. See Figure Flowchart.


The model calculates the effects of land use changes in catchment areas in each of the aquatic ecosystems listed. For rivers and floodplain wetlands, the model also describes the effect of human interventions (e.g., through dam construction or climate change) on the hydrology on biodiversity. From a biodiversity perspective, reservoirs are considered as heavily modified river stretches. GLOBIO is also used to compute the probability of the dominance of harmful algal blooms of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in lakes, which often coincides with shifts in food webs and biodiversity loss, and which interferes with the human use of these systems.
The model calculates the effects of land use changes in catchment areas in each of the aquatic ecosystems listed. For rivers and floodplain wetlands, the model also describes the effect of human interventions (e.g., through dam construction or climate change) on the hydrology on biodiversity. From a biodiversity perspective, reservoirs are considered as heavily modified river stretches. GLOBIO is also used to compute the probability of the dominance of harmful algal blooms of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in lakes, which often coincides with shifts in food webs and biodiversity loss, and which interferes with the human use of these systems.

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