[HTML][HTML] A brief review of random forests for water scientists and practitioners and their recent history in water resources

H Tyralis, G Papacharalampous, A Langousis - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Random forests (RF) is a supervised machine learning algorithm, which has recently started
to gain prominence in water resources applications. However, existing applications are …

Climate change and European rivers: An eco‐hydromorphological perspective

R O'Briain - Ecohydrology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to modify temperature and precipitation patterns throughout
Europe, leading to warmer drier summers; wetter, milder winters; and an extended growing …

Assessing the potential of drone‐based thermal infrared imagery for quantifying river temperature heterogeneity

SJ Dugdale, CA Kelleher, IA Malcolm… - Hydrological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is altering river temperature regimes, modifying the dynamics of
temperature‐sensitive fishes. The ability to map river temperature is therefore important for …

The influence of landscape characteristics on the spatial variability of river temperatures

AM O'Sullivan, KJ Devito, RA Curry - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
River temperature is well established as an important variable for aquatic denizens. Given
its importance, researchers are attempting to disentangle complex interactions between …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying thermal refugia connectivity by combining temperature modeling, distributed temperature sensing, and thermal infrared imaging

JR Dzara, BT Neilson, SE Null - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
Watershed-scale stream temperature models are often one-dimensional because they
require fewer data and are more computationally efficient than two-or three-dimensional …

Individual behaviour and resource use of thermally stressed brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis portend the conservation potential of thermal refugia

SL White, BC Kline, NP Hitt, T Wagner - Journal of Fish Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Individual aggression and thermal refuge use were monitored in brook trout Salvelinus
fontinalis in a controlled laboratory to determine how fish size and personality influence time …

[PDF][PDF] Long term variations of river temperature and the influence of air temperature and river discharge: case study of Kupa River watershed in Croatia

S Zhu, O Bonacci, D Oskoruš… - Journal of hydrology …, 2019 - sciendo.com
The bio-chemical and physical characteristics of a river are directly affected by water
temperature, which therefore affects the overall health of aquatic ecosystems. In this study …

[PDF][PDF] Efficient hydrogeological characterization of remote stream corridors using drones

MA Briggs, CB Dawson… - Hydrological …, 2019 - escholarship.org
This project demonstrates the successful use of small unoccupied aircraft system (sUASs)
for hydrogeological characterization of a remote stream reach in a rugged mountain terrain …

Characterizing watershed-scale effects of habitat restoration actions to inform life cycle models: Case studies using data-rich vs. data-poor approaches

GR Pess, CE Jordan - 2019 - repository.library.noaa.gov
In this report, we describe a general approach to developing and evaluating alternative
restoration scenarios and present examples of alternative methods for each step in the …

River modification reduces climate resilience of brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations in Ireland

R O'Briain, B Coghlan, S Shephard… - Fisheries Management …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated interactions between eco‐hydromorphological state, riparian
vegetation cover, water temperature and fish community composition in lowland rivers in …