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Ecosystem Services from Inland Waters and Their Aquatic Ecosystems

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Inland surface waters (i.e., lakes, reservoirs, running waters, and wetlands) are highly valued ecosystems [1] and are greatly relevant to global biodiversity [2].

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  1. Department of Lake Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Magdeburg, Germany

    Karsten Rinke & Philipp Steffen Keller

  2. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Xiangzhen Kong

  3. Department of Aquatic Ecosystems Analysis and Management, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Magdeburg, Germany

    Dietrich Borchardt

  4. Department of River Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Magdeburg, Germany

    Markus Weitere

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  1. Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Matthias Schröter

  2. Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Aletta Bonn

  3. Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle, Germany

    Stefan Klotz

  4. Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Ralf Seppelt

  5. Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle, Germany

    Cornelia Baessler

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Rinke, K., Keller, P.S., Kong, X., Borchardt, D., Weitere, M. (2019). Ecosystem Services from Inland Waters and Their Aquatic Ecosystems. In: Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R., Baessler, C. (eds) Atlas of Ecosystem Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96229-0_30

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