Peer-reviewed Publications Lynch AJ, Cooke SJ, Arthington AH, Baigun C, Bossenbroek L, Dickens C, Ian Harrison I, Kimirei I, Langhans SD, Murchie KJ, Olden JD, Ormerod SJ, Owuor M, Raghavan R, Samways MJ, Schinegger R, Sharma S, Tachamo-Shah R-D, Tickner D, Tweddle D, Young N, Jähnig SC (2023) People need freshwater life. WIREs Water e1633. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1633.
Langhans SD, Neilson A, Schallenberg M (2022) Cluster analysis reveals latent structure in stakeholder interests relevant to the management of Blueskin Bay estuary, Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2022.2103159.
Jähnig SC, Jardine T, Pusch M, Scholz M, Tharme R, Wantzen M, Langhans SD (2022) Ecosystem services of river systems - undervalued, irreplaceable, and at risk. In: Tockner K, Mehner T etc. (eds), Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (2nd edition).
Parmesan C, Morecroft MD, Trisurat Y (coordinating lead authors); Rita Adrian R, Anshari GZ, Arneth A, Gao Q, Gonzales P, Harris R, Price J, Stevens N, Talukdar GH (lead authors); Ackerly DD, Anderson E, Bremerich V, Brotons L, Chen YY, Dhimal M, Domisch S, Douwes E, Flecker A, Foden W, Gallagher RV, Goulding M, Gaxiola A, Grey, KA, Harrison S, Keith DA, Kraemer BM, Langhans SD, Latimer A, Loisel J, Pearce-Higgins J, Midgley G, Mordecai E, Moreira F, Myers-Smith I, Peterson AT, Postigo JC, Rocklöv J, Gallego-Sala A, Seddon N, Singer MC, Slingsby J, Strutz SE, Turetsky M, Turner B, Young K (contributing authors) (2022) Chapter 2: Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems and their Services. In: Climate Change 2022. Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. IPCC WGII Sixth Assessment Report.
Steward A, Langhans SD, Datry T (2022) The terrestrial and semi-aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.12848.
Kuehne LM, Rolls RJ, Brandis KJ, Chen K, Fraley KM, Frost LK, Ho SS, Kunisch EH, Langhans SD, LeRoy CJ, McDonald G, McInerney PJ, O’Brien KR, Strecker AL (2022) Benefits of permanent adoption of virtual conferences for conservation ecology and ecologists. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13884. Online ahead of print.
Maasri A, Adamescu M, Adrian R, Baigun C, Baird D, Batista-Morales A, Bonada N, Brown L, Cai Q, Campos-Silva J, Clausnitzer V, Contreras-MacBeath T, Cooke S, Datry T, Delacámara G, Dijkstra KD, Do VT, Domisch S, Dudgeon D, Erös T, Freitag H, Freyhof J, Friedrich J, Friedrichs-Manthey M, Geist J, Gessner G, Goethals P, Gollock M, Gordon C, Grossart HP, Gulemvuga G, Gutiérrez-Fonseca P, Haase P, Hering D, Hahn HJ, Hawkins C, He F, Heino J, Hermoso V, Hogan Z, Hölker F, Jeschke J, Jiang M, Johnson R, Kalinkat G, Karimov B, Kasangaki A, Kimirei I, Kohlmann B, Kuemmerlen M, Kuiper J, Kupilas B, Langhans SD, Lansdown R, Leese F, De Meester L, Magbanua F, Matsuzaki SI, Monaghan M, Mumladze L, Muzon J, Mvogo Ndongo P, Nejstgaard J, Nikitina O, Ochs C, Odume ON, Opperman J, Patricio H, Pauls S, Raghavan R, Ramírez A, Rashni B, Ross-Gillespie V, Samways M, Schaefer R, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Seehausen O, Shah DN, Sharma S, Soininen J, Sommerwerk N, Stockwell J, Suhling F, Tachamo Shah RD, Tharme R, Thorp J, Tickner D, Tockner K, Tonkin J, Valle M, Jean Vitule J, Martin Volk M, Wang D, Wolter C, Worischka S (2021) A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research. Ecology Letters.doi: 10.1111/ele.13931.
Langhans SD, Schallenberg M (2021) Co-creation of freshwater management plans: the case study of Lake Wanaka in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2021.19879325
He F, Jähnig SC, Wetzig A, Langhans SD (2021) More exposure opportunities for promoting freshwater conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.doi: 10.1002/aqc3725.
Gupta S, Langhans SD, Domisch S, Fuso-Nerini F, Felländer A, Battaglini M, Tegmark M, Vinuesa R (2021) Assessing whether artificial intelligence is an enabler or an inhibitor of sustainability. Transportation Engineering 4:100064. doi: 10.1016/j.treng.2021.100064.
He F, Langhans SD, Zarfl C, Wanke R, Tockner K, Jähnig SC (2021) Combined effects of life-history traits and anthropogenic threats on extinction risk of freshwater megafauna. Conservation Biology 35:643-653. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13590.
Friedrichs M, Langhans SD, Hein T, Borgwardt F, Kling H Jähnig SC (2020) From topography to hydrology - The modifiable area unit problem impacts freshwater species distribution models. Ecology and Evolution 10:2956-2968. doi:10.1002/ece3.6110.
Vinuesa R, Azizpour H, Leite I, Balaam M, Dignum V, Domisch S, Felländer A, Langhans SD, Tegmark M, Fuso Nerini F (2020) The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Communications 11:233. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14108-y.
von Schiller D, Datry T, Corti R, Tockner K, Marcé R, Garcia-Baquero G, Odriozola I, Obrador B, Elosegi A, Mendoza-Lera C, Gessner MO, Stubbington R, Albarino R, Allen DC, Altermatt F, Arce MI, Arnon S, Banas D, Banegas-Medina A, Beller E, Blanchette ML, Blanco-Libreros JF, Blessing J, Boechat IG, Boersma KS, Bogan MT, Bonada N, Bond NR, Brintrup K, Bruder A, Burrows RM, Cancellario T, Carlson SM, Cauvy-Fraunié S, Cid N, Danger M, de Freitas Terra B, Dehedin A, De Girolamo AM, del Campo R, Diaz-Villanueva V, Duerdoth CP, Dyer F, Faye E, Febria C, Figueroa R, Four B, Gafny S, Gomez R, Gomez-Gener L, Graca MAS, Guareschi S, Gücker B, Hoppeler F, Hwan JL, Kubheka S, Laini A, Langhans SD, Leigh C, Little CJ, Lorenz S, Marshall J, Martin EJ, McIntosh A, Meyer EI, Milisa M, Mlambo MC, Moleon M, Morais M, Negus P, Niyogi D, Papatheodoulou A, Pardo I, Paril P, Pesic V, Piscart C, Polasek M, Rodriguez-Lozano P, Rolls RJ, Sanchez-Montoya MM, Savic A, Shumilova O, Steward A, Taleb A, Uzan A, Vander Vorste R, Waltham N, Woelfle-Erskine C, Zak D, Zarfl C, Zoppini A (2019) Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 33:1251-1263. doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006276
Schuwirth N, Kneis D, Martínez-López J, Friedrichs M, Langhans SD, Vermeiren P, Kuemmerlen M, Kattwinkel M, Borgwardt F, Domisch S (2019) How to make ecological models useful for environmental management. Environmental Modelling & Software 411:108784.
Langhans SD, Jähnig SC, Lago M, Schmid-Kloiber A, Hein T (2019) Editorial: The potential of ecosystem-based management to integrate biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision in aquatic ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment 672:1017-1020. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.025.
Langhans SD, Domisch S, Balbi S, Delacámara G, Gomez CM, Hermoso V, Martínez-López J, Schuwirth N, Vermeiren P, Villa F, Jähnig SC (2019) Combining eight research areas to foster the uptake of ecosystem-based management in fresh waters. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 1-19. doi:10.1002/aqc.3012.
Shumilova O, Tockner K, Righetti M, Langhans SD, Lucía A, Zarfl C (2019) Floating organic matter: A key component controlling the ecological and geomorphic integrity of rivers. Aquatic Sciences 81:25. doi:10.1007/s00027-019-0619-2.
Domisch S, Friedrichs M, Hein T, Pletterbauer F, Wetzig A, Jähnig SC, Langhans SD (2019) Spatially-explicit species distribution models: a missed opportunity in conservation planning? Diversity and Distributions 25:758-769. doi:10.1111/ddi.12891.
Shumilova, O, Zak D, Datry T, et al. (2019) Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: a global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Global Change Biology 25: 1591-1611. doi:10.1111/gcb.14537.
Domisch, Jähnig SC, Kakouei K, Langhans SD, Martínez-Lopez J, Bagstad KJ, Magrach A, Balbi S, Villa F, Funk A, Hein T, Borgwardt F, Hermoso V (2019) Social equity shapes zone selection: Balancing aquatic biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services delivery in the transboundary Danube River Basin. Science of the Total Environment 656:797-807. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.348.
Barbosa A, Martín B, Hermoso V, Arévalo-Torres J, Barbière J, Martínez-López J, Domisch S, Langhans SD, Balbi S, Villa F, Delacámara G, Teixeira H, Nogueira AJA, Lillebø AI, Gil-Jiménez Y, Iglesias-Campos A (2019) Cost-effective restoration and conservation planning in Green and Blue Infrastructure designs. A case study on the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean: Andalusia (Spain) – Morocco. Science of the Total Environment 652:1463-1473. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.416.
Friedrichs M, Hermoso V, Bremerich V, Langhans SD (2018) Evaluation of habitat protection under the European Natura 2000 conservation network – The example of Germany. PlosOne13(12): e0208264. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208264.
Langhans SD, Jähnig SC, Schallenberg M (2018) On the use of multicriteria decision analysis to formally integrate community values into ecosystem‐based freshwater management. River Research and Applications 35:1666-1676. doi:10.1002/rra.3388
He F, Bremerich V, Zarfl C, Geldmann J, Langhans SD, David JNW, Darwall W, Tockner K, Jähnig SC (2018) Freshwater megafauna diversity: Patterns, status and threats. Diversity and Distributions 24:1395-1404. doi:10.1111/ddi.12780.
Datry T, Foulquier A, Corti R et al. (2018) A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience 11:497-503. doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0134-4.
Venohr M, Langhans SD, Hölker F, Arlinghaus R, Mitchell L, Wolter C (2018) The underestimated dynamics and impacts of water-based recreational activities on freshwater ecosystems. Environmental Reviews 26:199-213. doi:10.1139/er-2017-0024.
Carrizo SF, Jähnig S, Bremerich V, Freyhof J, Harrison I, He F, Langhans SD, Tockner K, Zarfl C, Darwall W (2017) Global freshwater megafauna: flagship species under threat. BioScience 67:919-927. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix099.
Bruder A, Tonolla D, Schweizer S, Vollenweider S, Langhans SD, Wüest A (2016). A conceptual framework for hydropeaking mitigation. Science of the Total Environment 568:1204-12. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.032.
Langhans SD, Hermoso V, Gessner J, Wolter C (2016) Coupling systematic planning and expert judgement enhances the efficiency of river restoration. Science of the Total Environment 560-561: 266-273. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.232.
Langhans SD, Lienert J (2016) Four common simplifications of Multi-Criteria-Decision Analysis do not hold for river rehabilitation. PlosOne 11(3):e0150695. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150695.
Wilson KA, Auerbach NA, Sam K, Magini AG, Moss AStL, Langhans SD, Budiharta S, Terzano D, Meijaard E (2016) Conservation research is not happening where it is most needed. Plos Biology 14(3):e1002413. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002413.
Reichert P, Langhans SD, Lienert J, Schuwirth N (2015) The conceptual foundation of environmental decision support. Journal of Environmental Management 154:316-332. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.053.
Langhans SD, Tockner K (2014) Edge effects are important in supporting beetle biodiversity in a gravel-bed river floodplain. PlosOne 9(12):e114415. doi:10.1371/journal/pone.0114415.
Rolls, R, Leigh C, Langhans SD (2014) Improving science through improved acknowledgement of reviewers. Conservation Biology (Editorial). doi: 10.1111/cobi.12418.
Langhans SD, Tockner K (2014) Is the unsaturated sediment a neglected habitat for riparian arthropods? Evidence from a large gravel-bed river. Global Ecology & Conservation 2:129-137. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2014.08.009.
Langhans SD, Schuwirth N, Reichert P (2014) The method matters: a guide for indicator aggregation in ecological assessments. Ecological Indicators 45:494-507. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.014.
Langhans SD, Hermoso V, Linke S, Bunn SE, Possingham HP (2014) Cost-effective river rehabilitation planning: optimizing for morphological benefits at large spatial scales. Journal of Environmental Management 132:296-303. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.021.
Langhans SD, Lienert J, Reichert P (2013) How to make river assessments comparable: a demonstration for hydromorphology. Ecological Indicators 32:264-275. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.027.
Reichert P, Schuwirth, N, Langhans SD (2013) Constructing, evaluating and visualizing value and utility functions for decision support. Environmental Modelling & Software 46:283-291. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.01.017.
Langhans SD, Richard U, Rueegg J, Uehlinger U, Edwards P, Doering M, Tockner K (2013) Environmental heterogeneity affects input, storage, and transformation of course particulate organic matter in a floodplain mosaic. Aquatic Sciences 75:335-348. doi:10.1007/s00027-012-0277-0.
Langhans SD, Tiegs SD, Gessner MO, Tockner K (2008) Leaf decomposition heterogeneity across a riverine floodplain mosaic. Aquatic Sciences 70:337-346. doi:10.1007/s00027-008-8062-9.
Tiegs SD, Langhans SD, Tockner K, Gessner MO (2007) Cotton strips as a leaf surrogate to measure decomposition in river floodplain habitats. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26:70-77. doi: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[70:CSAALS]2.0.CO;2.
Langhans SD, Tiegs SD, Uehlinger U, Tockner K (2006) Environmental heterogeneity controls organic-matter dynamics in river-floodplain ecosystems. Polish Journal of Ecology 54:675-680.
Langhans SD, Tockner K (2006) The role of timing, duration, and frequency of inundation in controlling leaf litter decomposition in a river-floodplain ecosystem (Tagliamento, northeastern Italy). Oecologia 147:501-509. doi:10.1007/s00442-005-0282-2.
Book Chapters & Theses
Delacamara G, O'Higgins T, Lago M, Langhans SD (in press) Ecosystem Based Management: Moving from Concept to Practice. In: O'Higgins T, Lago M, and DeWitt TH (eds), Ecosystem Based Management and Ecosystem Services: Theory, Tools, and Practice.
Steward AL, Langhans SD, Corti R, Datry T (2017) The biota of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams - Terrestrial and semi-aquatic invertebrates. In: Datry T, Bonada N, Boulton A (eds), Intermittent River Ecology and Management, Elsevier. pp. 245-271.
Langhans SD (2006) Riverine floodplain heterogeneity as a controller of organic matter dynamics and terrestrial invertebrate distribution. PhD thesis, ETHZ, Switzerland.
Langhans SD, Tockner K (2005) Limnological characteristics of the Fiume Tagliamento. In: Tagliamento due sponde sul fiume - Guida storica e technica die un tratto del medio corso. Spilimbergo, Italy.
Langhans SD (2002) Floating organic debris: Indicator of ecological integrity in an Italian floodplain (Tagliamento) (in German). Diploma thesis, ETHZ, Switzerland.
Reports, Policy Brief & Publications in Practitioners' Journals
Friedrichs M, Langhans SD, Hein T, Borgwardt B, Kling H, Jähnig SC, Domisch S (2020). Art-Areal - Modellierung für Fischarten im Einzugsgebiet der oberen Donau - Theoretische Aspekte zur Interpretation der Projektionen. Wasserwirtschaft.
Perkins C, Mueller T, Boyens N, Langhans SD (2020) Upper Clutha Community Catchment Plan. Prepared for WAI Wānaka. Landpro, New Zealand.
Muller T, Boyens N, Perkins C, Langhans SD (2019) Upper Clutha Water Quality. Literature Review. Funded by the Upper Clutha Lakes Trust – Wanaka Water Project. First Edition August 2019. Landpro, New Zealand.
Domisch S, Langhans SD, Hermoso V, Jähnig SC, Martínez-López J, Balbi S, Villa F, Schuwirth N, Reichert P, Kuemmerlen M, Vermeiren P, Robinson L, Culhane F, Nogueira A, Teixeira H, Lillebo A, Funk A, Pletterbauer F, Trauner D, Hein T, Schlüter M, Martin R, Fryers Hellquist K, Delacámara G, Gómez CM, Piet G, van Hal R (2017) Guidance on methods and tools for the assessment of projected impacts of drivers of change on biodiversity, ecosystems functions and aquatic ecosystems service delivery; teaching modules for the individual modelling approaches: AQUACROSS Deliverable 7.1, European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Grant Agreement No. 642317.
Berger V, Fan F, Gabel F, Galvão P, Gies M, Grabner D, Langhans SD, Machado A, Manzione R, Matta E, Andreu A, de Moraes M, Morihama A, Macedo-Moura P, de Paiva A, Periotto N, Porst G, Rigotto C, Roters B, Schulz S, Silva T, de Sousa M, Suhogusoff A, Wahnfried I, Wolf C (2017) How Do We Want to Live Tomorrow? Perspectives on Water Management in Urban Regions. German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Water and Environmental Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Publishers); Halle/Saale, Rio de Janeiro, Essen.
Langhans SD, Gessner J, Wolter C (2017) Fließgewässer effizienter renaturieren: Neue Planungshilfe optimiert Kosten und Nutzen für Biodiversität. Wasserwirtschaft (10)3: 151-156.
Nogueira A, Lillebø A, Teixeira H, Daam M, Robinson L, Culhane F, Delacámara G, Gómez CM, Arenas M, Langhans SD, Martínez-López J, Funk A, Reichert P, Schuwirth N, Vermeiren P, Mattheiß V (2016) Guidance on methods and tools for the assessment of causal flow indicators between biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem services in the aquatic environment. Deliverable 5.1. European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Grant Agreement No. 642317.
Gómez CM, Gonzalo Delacámara, Jähnig SC, Langhans SD, Domisch S, Hermoso V, Piet GJ, Martínez-López J, Lago M, Boteler B, Rouillard J, Abhold K, Reichert P, Schuwirth N, Hein T, Pletterbauer F, Funk A, Nogueira A, Lillebø AI, Daam M, Teixeira H, Robinson L, Culhane F, Schlüter M, Martin R, Iglesias-Campos A, Barbosa AL, Arévalo-Torres J, O’Higgins T (2016) Developing the AQUACROSS Assessment Framework. Deliverable 3.2. European Union´s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation grant agreement No. 642317.
Gómez CM, Delacámara G, Arévalo-Torres J, Barbière J, Barbosa AL, Boteler B, Culhane F, Daam M, Gosselin MP, Hein T, Iglesias-Campos A, Jähnig S, Lago M, Langhans SD, Martínez-López J, Nogueria A, Lillebø A, O´Higgins T, Piet G, Pletterbauer F, Pusch M, Reichert P, Robinson L, Rouillard J, Schlüter M (2016) The AQUACROSS Innovative Concept. Deliverable 3.1, European Union´s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation grant agreement No. 642317.
Schallenberg M, Langhans SD (2015). Collaborative Decision Support Framework for Managing Whakaki Lake. Phase 1: Ecological Information. Prepared for the Hawkes Bay Regional Council with funding from Envirolink grant 1577-HBRC213 Langhans SD, Reichert P (2011) Einbettung von Verfahren zur Fliessgewässerbewertung in ein übergeordnetes Gewässermanagementkonzept. Vorschläge am Beispiel des Modulstufenkonzepts. Wasser Energie Luft 103(2): 139-148.
Reichert P, Schuwirth N, Langhans SD (2011) MCWM – Ein Konzept für multikriterielle Entscheidungsunterstützung im Wassermanagement. Wasser Energie Luft 103(1): 139-148.
Liechti et al (2010) Methoden zur Untersuchung und Beurteilung der Fliessgewässer. Chemisch-physikalische Erhebungen, Nährstoffe. Umwelt-Vollzug Nr. 1005. Bundesamt für Umwelt, Bern.
Stucki et al (2010) Methoden zur Untersuchung und Beurteilung der Fliessgewässer. Makrozoobenthos Stufe F. Umwelt-Vollzug Nr. 1026. Bundesamt für Umwelt, Bern.
Baumann P, Langhans SD (2010) Methoden zur Untersuchung und Beurteilung der Fliessgewässer. Synthese der Beurteilungen auf Stufe F. Entwurf. Umwelt-Vollzug. Bundesamt für Umwelt, Bern.
Weber C, Göggel W, Langhans SD (2008) Aufwertungen in Fliessgewässern planen: Die Methode „Ökomorphologie Stufe S“. Ingenieurbiologie 3: 4-8.
Langhans SD, Weber C, Göggel W (2008) D’une méthode à l’autre vers une évaluation intégrale des cours d’eau. Bulletin de l'ARPEA 238: 5-11.
Kunz Y, Pohl J, Langhans SD (2007) Uferbezogene Indikatoren - Neue Ansätze zur Fliessgewässerbewertung. Wasser Energie Luft 99(1).
Trottmann N, Langhans SD, Tockner K (2006) Schwemmgut als Ausbreitungsmedium. Das Innenleben eines unterschätzten Naturstoffs. Wasser Energie Luft 98(3): 207-213.
Trottmann N, Langhans SD, Tockner K (2005) Schwemmgut, ein wichtiger Weg der Ausbreitung. Natur und Mensch 5: 8-11.
Trottmann N, Langhans SD, Tockner K (2004) Schwemmgut als Ausbreitungsmedium – das Innenleben eines unterschätzten Naturstoffs. Eawag Jahresbericht.
Tockner K, Langhans SD (2003) Die ökologische Bedeutung des Schwemmgutes. Wasser Energie Luft 95(11/12): 353- 354.