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43
Citations
10986
World Ranking
5217
National Ranking
270

Overview

Christian K. Feld is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Their work also touches on Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Christian K. Feld has contributed to numerous publications, including recent papers such as:

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Multiple stressors determine river ecological status at the European scale: Towards an integrated understanding of river status deterioration (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Making waves. Bridging theory and practice towards multiple stressor management in freshwater ecosystems (2021), published in Water Research
  • Effects of agricultural land use on river biota: a meta-analysis (2022), published in Environmental Sciences Europe

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Christian K. Feld include:

  • Sebastian Birk
  • Ralf B. Schäfer
  • Bernd Sures
  • Daniel Hering
  • María Teresa Ferreira

Publications often appear in notable venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Water Research

Best Publications

  • Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

    Francesco de Bello;Sandra Lavorel;Sandra Myrna Diaz;Richard Harrington

  • The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: A critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future

    Daniel Hering;Angel Borja;Jacob Carstensen;Laurence Carvalho

  • Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

    Marie Vandewalle;Marie Vandewalle;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Matty P. Berg;Thomas Bolger

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

    Sebastian Birk;Daniel Chapman;Laurence Carvalho;Bryan M. Spears

  • Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services

    Gary W. Luck;Richard Harrington;Paula A. Harrison;Claire Kremen

  • Cook book for the development of a Multimetric Index for biological condition of aquatic ecosystems: experiences from the European AQEM and STAR projects and related initiatives

    Daniel Hering;Christian K. Feld;Otto Moog;Thomas Ofenböck

  • Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

    Laurence Carvalho;Eleanor B. Mackay;Ana Cristina Cardoso;Annette Baattrup-Pedersen

  • Indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem services: a synthesis across ecosystems and spatial scales

    Christian K. Feld;Pedro Martins da Silva;José Paulo Sousa;Francesco De Bello

  • From Natural to Degraded Rivers and Back Again: A Test of Restoration Ecology Theory and Practice

    Christian K. Feld;Sebastian Birk;David C. Bradley;Daniel Hering

  • Community structure or function: effects of environmental stress on benthic macroinvertebrates at different spatial scales

    Christian K. Feld;Daniel Hering

  • The Development of a System to Assess the Ecological Quality of Streams Based on Macroinvertebrates – Design of the Sampling Programme within the AQEM Project

    Daniel Hering;Andrea Buffagni;Otto Moog;Leonard Sandin

  • Multiple stressors determine river ecological status at the European scale: Towards an integrated understanding of river status deterioration.

    Jan U Lemm;Markus Venohr;Lidija Globevnik;Kostas Stefanidis

  • Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems

    Paula A. Harrison;Marie Vandewalle;Martin T. Sykes;Pam M. Berry

  • Ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation: concepts and a glossary

    Richard Harrington;Christian Anton;Terence P. Dawson;Francesco de Bello

  • 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

  • A comparative review of recovery processes in rivers, lakes, estuarine and coastal waters

    P. F. M. Verdonschot;B. M. Spears;C. K. Feld;S. Brucet

  • Analysing the impact of multiple stressors in aquatic biomonitoring data: A ‘cookbook’ with applications in R

    Christian K. Feld;Pedro Segurado;Cayetano Gutiérrez-Cánovas

  • Assessing streams in Germany with benthic invertebrates: Development of a multimetric invertebrate based assessment system

    Jürgen Böhmer;Claudia Rawer-Jost;Armin Zenker;Carolin Meier

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

    Armin W. Lorenz;Christian K. Feld

  • Assessing streams in Germany with benthic invertebrates: selection of candidate metrics.

    Daniel Hering;Carolin Meier;Claudia Rawer-Jost;Christian K. Feld

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

    Anne Lyche-Solheim;Christian K. Feld;Sebastian Birk;Geoff Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Hering
Daniel Hering University of Duisburg-Essen
Francesco de Bello
Francesco de Bello Spanish National Research Council
Paula A. Harrison
Paula A. Harrison Lancaster University
Bernd Sures
Bernd Sures University of Duisburg-Essen
Sebastian Birk
Sebastian Birk University of Duisburg-Essen
Bryan M. Spears
Bryan M. Spears UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington Rothamsted Research
Laurence Carvalho
Laurence Carvalho Natural Environment Research Council
Martin T. Sykes
Martin T. Sykes Lund University
Sandra Lavorel
Sandra Lavorel Grenoble Alpes University

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