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Overview

Armin W. Lorenz is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research output totals 93 publications, focusing extensively on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecological Modeling as key subfields.

The scientist's research topics largely concentrate on freshwater ecosystems and aquatic biology. Main topics include:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Frequent publication venues for Armin W. Lorenz include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecological Processes

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Armin W. Lorenz span from 2020 to 2024 and cover various ecological and environmental science topics:

  • "The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt" (2023, Nature)
  • "The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release" (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Habitat development and species arrival drive succession of the benthic invertebrate community in restored urban streams" (2023, Environmental Sciences Europe)
  • "Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics" (2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Woody buffer effects on water temperature: The role of spatial configuration and daily temperature fluctuations" (2020, Hydrological Processes)

Among frequent collaborators, Armin W. Lorenz has worked extensively with:

  • Daniel Hering (16 joint publications)
  • Peter Haase (11 joint publications)
  • Willem Kaijser (9 joint publications)
  • Svenja M. Gillmann (8 joint publications)
  • Jens Kiesel (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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  • Distribution and ecological preferences of European freshwater organisms. Volume 1. Trichoptera

    W Graf;A Lorenz;J.M.T de Figueroa;S Lücke

  • A New Method for Assessing the Impact of Hydromorphological Degradation on the Macroinvertebrate Fauna of Five German Stream Types

    Armin Lorenz;Daniel Hering;Christian Karl Feld;Peter Rolauffs

  • The impact of hydromorphological restoration on river ecological status: a comparison of fish, benthic invertebrates, and macrophytes

    P. Haase;D. Hering;S. C. Jähnig;A. W. Lorenz

  • A comparative analysis of restoration measures and their effects on hydromorphology and benthic invertebrates in 26 central and southern European rivers

    Sonja C. Jähnig;Karel Brabec;Andrea Buffagni;Stefania Erba

  • River restoration success: a question of perception

    S. C. Jähnig;A. W. Lorenz;D. Hering;C. Antons

  • Upstream river morphology and riparian land use overrule local restoration effects on ecological status assessment

    Armin W. Lorenz;Christian K. Feld

  • A new method for assessing the impact of hydromorphological degradation on the macroinvertebrate fauna of five German stream types

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  • Dispersal as a limiting factor in the colonization of restored mountain streams by plants and macroinvertebrates

    Robert J. Brederveld;Sonja C. Jähnig;Armin W. Lorenz;Stefan Brunzel

  • Re-Meandering German Lowland Streams: Qualitative and Quantitative Effects of Restoration Measures on Hydromorphology and Macroinvertebrates

    Armin W. Lorenz;Sonja C. Jähnig;Daniel Hering

  • Effects of re‐braiding measures on hydromorphology, floodplain vegetation, ground beetles and benthic invertebrates in mountain rivers

    Sonja C. Jähnig;Stefan Brunzel;Sebastian Gacek;Armin W. Lorenz

  • Vulnerable taxa of European Plecoptera (Insecta) in the context of climate change

    J. M. Tierno de Figueroa;M. J. López-Rodríguez;A. Lorenz;W. Graf

  • Hydromorphological restoration of running waters: effects on benthic invertebrate assemblages

    Andrea Sundermann;Claudia Antons;Nathalie Cron;Armin W. Lorenz

  • Moderate warming over the past 25 years has already reorganized stream invertebrate communities

    Peter Haase;Francesca Pilotto;Fengqing Li;Andrea Sundermann

  • Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat enhancement for river restoration success: a field study of 20 European restoration projects

    Daniel Hering;Jukka Aroviita;Annette Baattrup-Pedersen;Karel Brabec

  • Macrophytes respond to reach-scale river restorations

    Armin W. Lorenz;Thomas Korte;Andrea Sundermann;Kathrin Januschke

  • Time is no healer: increasing restoration age does not lead to improved benthic invertebrate communities in restored river reaches.

    Moritz Leps;Moritz Leps;Andrea Sundermann;Jonathan D. Tonkin;Armin W. Lorenz

  • Substrate-specific macroinvertebrate diversity patterns following stream restoration

    Sonja C. Jähnig;Armin W. Lorenz

  • Do adult and YOY fish benefit from river restoration measures

    Armin W. Lorenz;Stefan Stoll;Andrea Sundermann;Peter Haase

  • Typology of streams in Germany based on benthic invertebrates: Ecoregions, zonation, geology and substrate

    Armin Lorenz;Christian K. Feld;Daniel Hering

  • The importance of the regional species pool, ecological species traits and local habitat conditions for the colonization of restored river reaches by fish.

    Stefan Stoll;Jochem Kail;Armin W. Lorenz;Andrea Sundermann

  • Effects of sampling and sub-sampling variation using the STAR-AQEM sampling protocol on the precision of macroinvertebrate metrics

    Ralph T. Clarke;Armin Lorenz;Leonard Sandin;Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber

  • The AQEM/STAR taxalist : a pan-European macro-invertebrate ecological database and taxa inventory

    Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber;Wolfram Graf;Armin Lorenz;Otto Moog

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Hering
Daniel Hering University of Duisburg-Essen
Peter Haase
Peter Haase University of Duisburg-Essen
Andrea Sundermann
Andrea Sundermann American Museum of Natural History
Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Stefan Stoll
Stefan Stoll University of Duisburg-Essen
Wolfram Graf
Wolfram Graf BOKU University
Piet F. M. Verdonschot
Piet F. M. Verdonschot Wageningen University & Research
Nikolai Friberg
Nikolai Friberg Aarhus University
Jonathan D. Tonkin
Jonathan D. Tonkin University of Canterbury
Bernd Sures
Bernd Sures University of Duisburg-Essen

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