Yates Adam G, Brua Robert B, Culp Joseph M, Aguiar Francisca C, Ajayan Anila P, Aspin Thomas, Bundschuh Mirco, Calderón Mirian R, Csabai Zoltán, Dallas Helen, Datry Thibault, Silva Karina Dias, Dzavi Jean, England Judy, Erős Tibor, Gebler Daniel, Goedkoop Willem, González-Ferreras Alexia Maria, Hamilton David P, Hughes Robert M, Juen Leandro, Kefford Ben J, Koroiva Ricardo, Krynak Edward M, Lavoie Isabelle, Lento Jennifer, Ligeiro Raphael, Martins Renato T, Masese Frank O, Montag Luciano Fogaça de Assis, Musetta-Lambert Jordan, Painter Kristin J, Poikane Sandra, Rico Andreu, Ruaro Renata, Sabater Sergi, Michelan Thaisa Sala, Schoelynck Jonas, Smucker Nathan J, Stanković Igor, Stubbington Rachel, van Deventer Heidi, van Niekerk Lara, Van den Brink Paul J, Várbíró Gábor, Wanderi Elizabeth W
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Canada.
Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Hydrology Research Centre, Canada.
Ecol Indic. 2025 Jul 1;176:113646. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113646.
The past 50 years have seen biomonitoring emerge as an essential means of generating the knowledge needed to inform protection and restoration of freshwater ecosystems. Despite the successes of biomonitoring, most freshwater ecosystems remain unmonitored. Moreover, degradation of freshwaters continues at a rapid rate with new threats and novel stressors emerging that are difficult to assess using existing techniques. New technologies and techniques have been developed to improve biomonitoring, but application has been slow and integration with existing approaches is often problematic. Clearly, freshwater biomonitoring faces many important challenges that must be addressed to meet management needs of the coming decades. We identify Grand Challenges facing freshwater biomonitoring with the aim of encouraging research and practice to address these challenges. We asked 256 biomonitoring scientists from around the globe to identify what they considered the most important challenges. From their submissions we established five Grand Challenges and 18 associated subchallenges. For each Grand Challenge, we outline the current state of biomonitoring practice and suggest promising pathways and approaches to address them. By identifying and describing these challenges, we strive to position freshwater biomonitoring to take advantage of emerging opportunities and enhance its capacity to meet current and future management needs.
在过去的50年里，生物监测已成为获取相关知识的重要手段，这些知识对于指导淡水生态系统的保护和恢复至关重要。尽管生物监测取得了成功，但大多数淡水生态系统仍未得到监测。此外，淡水退化仍在快速进行，新的威胁和新型压力源不断出现，而利用现有技术很难对其进行评估。已开发出新的技术和方法来改进生物监测，但应用进展缓慢，且与现有方法的整合往往存在问题。显然，淡水生物监测面临着许多重大挑战，必须加以应对，以满足未来几十年的管理需求。我们确定了淡水生物监测面临的重大挑战，旨在鼓励开展研究和实践来应对这些挑战。我们邀请了全球256位生物监测科学家来确定他们认为最重要的挑战。根据他们的提交内容，我们确定了五项重大挑战和18项相关子挑战。对于每一项重大挑战，我们概述了生物监测实践的现状，并提出了应对这些挑战的有前景的途径和方法。通过识别和描述这些挑战，我们努力使淡水生物监测能够利用新出现的机会，并提高其满足当前和未来管理需求的能力。
