The science and practice of river restoration

E Wohl, SN Lane, AC Wilcox - Water Resources Research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Catchment-scale cumulative impact of human activities on river channels in the late Anthropocene: implications, limitations, prospect

PW Downs, H Piégay - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
Evidence for the proposed Anthropocene epoch in fluvial geomorphology hinges on the
influence of human activities relative to natural forcing. However, research on cause-effect …

A method for the assessment and analysis of the hydromorphological condition of Italian streams: The Morphological Quality Index (MQI)

M Rinaldi, N Surian, F Comiti, M Bussettini - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
A new index has been developed for the hydromorphological assessment of Italian rivers.
The method was designed to comply with the EU Water Framework Directive requirements …

A conceptual model of vegetation–hydrogeomorphology interactions within river corridors

AM Gurnell, D Corenblit… - River research and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a conceptual model of vegetation–hydrogeomorphology interactions and
feedbacks within river corridors (ie river channels and their floodplains) that builds on …

The geomorphological and ecological functioning of the Silala River

L Mao - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Perennial rivers in desert regions are relevant environments that tend to concentrate most
ecosystem services and values, but are not as studied as much as intermittent and …

Floods in mountain environments: A synthesis

M Stoffel, B Wyżga, RA Marston - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
Floods are a crucial agent of geomorphic change in the channels and valley floors of
mountains watercourses. At the same time, they can be highly damaging to property …

Impact of a large flood on mountain river habitats, channel morphology, and valley infrastructure

H Hajdukiewicz, B Wyżga, P Mikuś, J Zawiejska… - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Biała River, Polish Carpathians, was considerably modified by channelization
and channel incision in the twentieth century. To restore the Biała, establishing an erodible …

Changes in the hydrodynamics of a mountain river induced by dam reservoir backwater

M Liro, V Ruiz-Villanueva, P Mikuś, B Wyżga… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Upstream from a dam reservoir, river hydrodynamics may be directly changed by temporary
inundation driven by the reservoir. This triggers morphological river changes which may …

Impact of channel incision on the hydraulics of flood flows: Examples from Polish Carpathian rivers

B Wyżga, J Zawiejska, A Radecki-Pawlik - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
Channel deepening may result from channel incision or river metamorphosis changing a
wide and shallow channel to a narrow and deep one. As only the first type of channel …

[PDF][PDF] Shaping changes in the ecological status of watercourses within barrages with hydropower schemes: literature review

P Tomczyk, M Wiatkowski - Archives of Environmental Protection, 2020 - bibliotekanauki.pl
Hydropower use of watercourses has tangible consequences for the environment, society
and economy. Based on a literature review and their own research, the authors present …