Martin Palt

Bio

Dr. Martin Palt is a research associate in aquatic ecology at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld of the University for Applied Sciences Trier, Germany. In his previous studies, he has continuously focused on riverine ecosystems, most recently on the effect of woody riparian vegetation on instream organisms. Martin Palt is passionate about conservation of freshwaters as these are of immense intrinsic ecological value along with being important features in cultural landscapes. Therefore, management should also  incorporate societal co-benefits of river restoration in their agendas. He wants to generate knowledge about how ecologically motivated measures can be highly valuable from the perspective of society. Hence, in COSAR, Martin Palt works on assessing the outcomes of river restoration, both regarding biological indicators as well as societal benefits. Also, he coordinates stakeholder involvement.

Publications

Palt, M., Hering, D., & Kail, J. (2023). Context‐specific positive effects of woody riparian vegetation on aquatic invertebrates in rural and urban landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Palt, M., Le Gall, M., Piffady, J., Hering, D., & Kail, J. (2022). A metric-based analysis on the effects of riparian and catchment landuse on macroinvertebrates. Science of The Total Environment, 816, 151590.

Schinegger, R., Palt, M., Segurado, P., & Schmutz, S. (2016). Untangling the effects of multiple human stressors and their impacts on fish assemblages in European running waters. Science of the Total Environment, 573, 1079-1088.