Protecting and restoring habitats to benefit freshwater biodiversity

ML Piczak, D Perry, SJ Cooke, I Harrison… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Freshwater biodiversity is under great threat across the globe as evidenced by more severe
declines relative to other types of ecosystems. Some of the main stressors responsible for …

Adaptation strategies and approaches for forested watersheds

PD Shannon, CW Swanston, MK Janowiak… - Climate services, 2019 - Elsevier
Intentional climate adaptation planning for ecosystems has become a necessary part of the
job for natural resource managers and natural resource professionals in this era of non …

River restoration is prone to failure unless pre-optimized within a mechanistic ecological framework| Insights from a model-based case study

C Theodoropoulos, A Stamou, L Vardakas, C Papadaki… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
River restoration with the use of in-stream structures has been widely implemented to
maintain/improve physical habitats. However, the response of aquatic biota has often been …

Use of ecohydraulic-based mesohabitat classification and fish species traits for stream restoration design

JS Schwartz - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
Stream restoration practice typically relies on a geomorphological design approach in which
the integration of ecological criteria is limited and generally qualitative, although the most …

Holistic design of wetlands for mine water treatment and biodiversity: a case study

A Sobolewski, N Sobolewski - Mine Water and the Environment, 2022 - Springer
Passive treatment wetlands are conventionally designed with the primary objective of
purifying contaminated mine water; any benefit of enhanced biodiversity is ancillary. We …

Is urban stream restoration really a wicked problem?

CS Herrington, K Horndeski - Urban Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
The many impacts of increasing human populations and urban expansion on streams in the
urban environment, collectively described as the urban stream syndrome, is well …

Riverbank fascines mostly fail due to scouring: Consistent evidence from field and flume observations

S Leblois, G Piton, A Recking… - River Research and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The willow fascine soil bioengineering technique is commonly used worldwide in river
restoration projects to stabilize riverbanks, thanks to high theoretical shear stress resistance …

Displacement of racially and ethnically minoritized groups after the installation of stormwater control measures (ie, green infrastructure): a case study of Washington …

AY Chan, JY Son, ML Bell - … of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 - mdpi.com
Stormwater control measures (SCMs)(ie, green infrastructure) are advantageous methods of
stormwater management. However, studies suggest that urban greening may be associated …

Development of a benthic macroinvertebrate predictive model based on the physical and chemical variables of rivers in the Republic of Korea

JK Min, H Lee, D Kong - Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Predictive models for the benthic macroinvertebrate community based on environmental
variables facilitate the identification of the organisms expected to inhabit an area according …

Advancing restoration ecology for freshwater fish habitat of the Laurentian Great Lakes

ML Piczak - 2024 - repository.library.carleton.ca
Following decades of anthropogenic activity in Lake Ontario (LO), Canada, ecological
restoration on coastal wetlands has been aimed at preserving biodiversity. However, as …