Most larger water bodies worldwide are used for navigation, and the intensity of commercial
and recreational navigation is expected to further increase. Navigation profoundly affects …

Recreational activities on, in, and along freshwaters (eg, boating, bathing, angling) positively
contribute to human well-being but can also concurrently stress aquatic ecosystems. While …

We analyse the impact of ship traffic in the vicinity of navigation channels in a wide shallow
waterbody. The crucial hydrodynamic driver in this situation is the depression (Bernoulli) …

With the development of global tourism, tourist boats, a significant form of anthropogenic
disturbance, are having an increasingly serious impact on the structure and function of …

Vessel‐induced waves affect the morphology and ecology of banks and shorelines around
the world. In rivers used as waterways, ship passages contribute to the erosion of …

For centuries, rivers have experienced massive changes of their hydromorphic structures
due to human activities. The Danube River, the second largest river in Europe, is a case in …

Two factors complicate the ecological status classification of very large rivers in Europe
according to the EU Water Framework Directive: First, current assessment methods do not …

As invaders of European and North American aquatic systems, Ponto–Caspian gobiids are
believed to represent a significant negative threat to native fish assemblages and cottid …

In recent years, increasing ship sizes and associated increasing wave loads have led to a
demand for prediction tools quantifying the ship-induced loads on waterways. Depth …

The rapid changes in the shipping fleet during the last decades has increased the ship-
induced loads and, thus, their impact on infrastructures, margin protections and ecosystems …