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  • 2015 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Earth Sciences

Overview

Klement Tockner is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and has a significant body of research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Sociology and Political Science, Water Science and Technology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Among the main topics addressed in Tockner's research are:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Notable recent publications featuring Tockner include:

  • "Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan" (2020) in BioScience
  • "Global prevalence of non-perennial rivers and streams" (2021) in Nature
  • "Impact of the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure" (2023) in Nature Sustainability
  • "A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research" (2021) in Ecology Letters
  • "Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity" (2024) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Tockner on multiple occasions include:

  • Christiane Zarfl
  • Sonja C. Jähnig
  • Fengzhi He
  • Thibault Datry
  • Michael T. Monaghan

Tockner has published predominantly in journals such as:

  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • BioScience
  • Ecology Letters
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Conservation Biology

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Tockner received an award from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2015, specific to Earth Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

    Andrea J. Reid;Andrew K. Carlson;Irena F. Creed;Erika J. Eliason

  • Riverine flood plains: present state and future trends

    Klement Tockner;Jack Arthur Stanford

  • A global boom in hydropower dam construction

    Christiane Zarfl;Christiane Zarfl;Alexander E Lumsdon;Alexander E Lumsdon;Jürgen Berlekamp;Laura Tydecks

  • Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers

    G. Grill;B. Lehner;M. Thieme;B. Geenen

  • Biodiversity of floodplain river ecosystems: ecotones and connectivity1

    J.V. Ward;K. Tockner;F. Schiemer

  • Riverine landscape diversity

    J. V. Ward;K. Tockner;D. B. Arscott;C. Claret

  • An extension of the flood pulse concept.

    K. Tockner;F. Malard;J. V. Ward

  • Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan.

    David Tickner;Jeffrey J Opperman;Robin Abell;Mike Acreman

  • Light pollution as a biodiversity threat.

    Franz Hölker;Christian Wolter;Elizabeth K. Perkin;Elizabeth K. Perkin;Klement Tockner;Klement Tockner

  • Conversion of organic material by black soldier fly larvae: establishing optimal feeding rates.

    Stefan Diener;Christian Zurbrügg;Klement Tockner

  • Emerging concepts in temporary‐river ecology

    Scott T. Larned;Thibault Datry;David B. Arscott;Klement Tockner

  • Intermittent Rivers: A Challenge for Freshwater Ecology

    Thibault Datry;Scott T. Larned;Klement Tockner

  • Hydrological connectivity, and the exchange of organic matter and nutrients in a dynamic river–floodplain system (Danube, Austria)

    Klement Tockner;Doris Pennetzdorfer;Niko Reiner;Fritz Schiemer

  • The Dark Side of Light: A Transdisciplinary Research Agenda for Light Pollution Policy

    Franz Hölker;Timothy Moss;Barbara Griefahn;Werner Kloas

  • Biological Treatment of Municipal Organic Waste using Black Soldier Fly Larvae

    Stefan Diener;Nandayure M. Studt Solano;Floria Roa Gutiérrez;Christian Zurbrügg

  • Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

    Josef Settele;Robert Scholes;Richard A Betts;Stuart Bunn

  • Riparian vegetation and island formation along the gravel‐bed Fiume Tagliamento, Italy

    Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts;David M. Hannah;Barnaby P.G. Smith

  • Global prevalence of non-perennial rivers and streams

    Mathis Loïc Messager;Bernhard Lehner;Charlotte Cockburn;Charlotte Cockburn;Nicolas Lamouroux

  • Multiple stressors in coupled river–floodplain ecosystems

    Klement Tockner;Martin Pusch;Dietrich Borchardt;Mark S. Lorang

  • Effects of Land Cover on Stream Ecosystems: Roles of Empirical Models and Scaling Issues

    David L. Strayer;R. Edward Beighley;Lisa C. Thompson;Shane Brooks

  • Understanding natural patterns and processes in river corridors as the basis for effective river restoration

    J.V. Ward;K. Tockner;U. Uehlinger;F. Malard

  • Why Should We Care About Temporary Waterways

    V. Acuña;T. Datry;J. Marshall;D. Barceló;D. Barceló

Frequent Co-Authors

James V. Ward
James V. Ward ETH Zurich
Christiane Zarfl
Christiane Zarfl University of Tübingen
Urs Uehlinger
Urs Uehlinger Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Angela M. Gurnell
Angela M. Gurnell Queen Mary University of London
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Vicenç Acuña
Vicenç Acuña Catalan Institute for Water Research
Thibault Datry
Thibault Datry Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sergi Sabater
Sergi Sabater University of Girona
Christopher T. Robinson
Christopher T. Robinson Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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