River restoration is at the forefront of applied hydrologic science. However, many river
restoration projects are conducted with minimal scientific context. We propose two themes …

River restoration is one of the most prominent areas of applied water‐resources science.
From an initial focus on enhancing fish habitat or river appearance, primarily through …

Research at the intersection of hydrology and ecology is central to a future in which human
and ecological needs for water are met. We briefly identify several compelling research …

Despite some highly visible projects that have resulted in environmental benefits, recent
efforts to quantify the number and distribution of river restoration projects revealed a paucity …

Despite expenditures of more than 1 billion dollars annually, there is little information
available about project motivations, actions, and results for the vast majority of river …

Ecological restoration has grown rapidly and now encompasses not only classic ecological
theory but also utilitarian concerns, such as preparedness for climate change and …

Process-based restoration aims to reestablish normative rates and magnitudes of physical,
chemical, and biological processes that sustain river and floodplain ecosystems. Ecosystem …

This paper is a comprehensive and updated overview of river restoration and covers all
relevant aspects from drivers of restoration, linkages between hydromorphology and biota …

Although river restoration has increased rapidly, observations of successful ecological
recovery are rare, mostly due to a discrepancy in the spatial scale of the impact and the …

Extensive degradation of ecosystems, combined with the increasing demands placed on the
goods and services they provide, is a major driver of biodiversity loss on a global scale. In …