| Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits F De Bello, S Lavorel, S Díaz, R Harrington, JHC Cornelissen, ... Biodiversity and Conservation 19 (10), 2873-2893, 2010 | 1317 | 2010 |
| Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: an almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive S Birk, W Bonne, A Borja, S Brucet, A Courrat, S Poikane, A Solimini, ... Ecological indicators 18, 31-41, 2012 | 1282 | 2012 |
| The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: a critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future D Hering, A Borja, J Carstensen, L Carvalho, M Elliott, CK Feld, ... Science of the total Environment 408 (19), 4007-4019, 2010 | 1239 | 2010 |
| Assessment of European streams with diatoms, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and fish: a comparative metric‐based analysis of organism response to stress D Hering, RK Johnson, S Kramm, S Schmutz, K Szoszkiewicz, ... Freshwater biology 51 (9), 1757-1785, 2006 | 771 | 2006 |
| Overview and application of the AQEM assessment system D Hering, O Moog, L Sandin, PFM Verdonschot Hydrobiologia 516 (1), 1-20, 2004 | 716 | 2004 |
| Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems S Birk, D Chapman, L Carvalho, BM Spears, HE Andersen, C Argillier, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 (8), 1060-1068, 2020 | 660 | 2020 |
| 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 D Hering, CK Feld, O Moog, T Ofenböck Hydrobiologia 566 (1), 311-324, 2006 | 602 | 2006 |
| Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive L Carvalho, EB Mackay, AC Cardoso, A Baattrup-Pedersen, S Birk, ... Science of the Total Environment 658, 1228-1238, 2019 | 577 | 2019 |
| Quantifying the contribution of organisms to the provision of ecosystem services GW Luck, R Harrington, PA Harrison, C Kremen, PM Berry, R Bugter, ... Bioscience 59 (3), 223-235, 2009 | 534 | 2009 |
| Implementation options for DNA-based identification into ecological status assessment under the European Water Framework Directive D Hering, A Borja, JI Jones, D Pont, P Boets, A Bouchez, K Bruce, ... Water research 138, 192-205, 2018 | 488 | 2018 |
| From natural to degraded rivers and back again: a test of restoration ecology theory and practice CK Feld, S Birk, DC Bradley, D Hering, J Kail, A Marzin, A Melcher, ... Advances in ecological research 44, 119-209, 2011 | 397 | 2011 |
| Indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem services: a synthesis across ecosystems and spatial scales CK Feld, P Martins da Silva, J Paulo Sousa, F De Bello, R Bugter, ... Oikos 118 (12), 1862-1871, 2009 | 377 | 2009 |
| Managing aquatic ecosystems and water resources under multiple stress—An introduction to the MARS project D Hering, L Carvalho, C Argillier, M Beklioglu, A Borja, AC Cardoso, ... Science of the total environment 503, 10-21, 2015 | 372 | 2015 |
| Drivers and stressors of freshwater biodiversity patterns across different ecosystems and scales: a review S Stendera, R Adrian, N Bonada, M Cañedo-Argüelles, B Hugueny, ... Hydrobiologia 696 (1), 1-28, 2012 | 331 | 2012 |
| www. freshwaterecology. info–an online tool that unifies, standardises and codifies more than 20,000 European freshwater organisms and their ecological preferences A Schmidt-Kloiber, D Hering Ecological Indicators 53, 271-282, 2015 | 326 | 2015 |
| Community structure or function: effects of environmental stress on benthic macroinvertebrates at different spatial scales CK Feld, D Hering Freshwater Biology 52 (7), 1380-1399, 2007 | 312 | 2007 |
| The development of a system to assess the ecological quality of streams based on macroinvertebrates–design of the sampling programme within the AQEM project D Hering, A Buffagni, O Moog, L Sandin, M Sommerhäuser, I Stubauer, ... International Review of Hydrobiology: A Journal Covering all Aspects of …, 2003 | 289 | 2003 |
| A new method for assessing the impact of hydromorphological degradation on the macroinvertebrate fauna of five German stream types A Lorenz, D Hering, CK Feld, P Rolauffs Hydrobiologia 516 (1), 107-127, 2004 | 280 | 2004 |
| The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt P Haase, DE Bowler, NJ Baker, N Bonada, S Domisch, ... Nature 620 (7974), 582-588, 2023 | 272 | 2023 |
| The use of large wood in stream restoration: experiences from 50 projects in Germany and Austria J Kail, D Hering, S Muhar, M Gerhard, S Preis Journal of Applied Ecology 44 (6), 1145-1155, 2007 | 263 | 2007 |
