Plants as river system engineers

A Gurnell - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Plants growing within river corridors both affect and respond to fluvial processes. Their
above‐ground biomass modifies the flow field and retains sediment, whereas their below …

Modeling the interactions between river morphodynamics and riparian vegetation

C Camporeale, E Perucca, L Ridolfi… - Reviews of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The study of river‐riparian vegetation interactions is an important and intriguing research
field in geophysics. Vegetation is an active element of the ecological dynamics of a …

Theory, methods and tools for determining environmental flows for riparian vegetation: riparian vegetation‐flow response guilds

DM Merritt, ML Scott, N LeRoy Poff, GT Auble… - Freshwater …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Riparian vegetation composition, structure and abundance are governed to a large degree
by river flow regime and flow‐mediated fluvial processes. Streamflow regime exerts …

Importance of low‐flow and high‐flow characteristics to restoration of riparian vegetation along rivers in arid south‐western United States

JC Stromberg, VB Beauchamp, MD Dixon… - Freshwater …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Riparian vegetation in dry regions is influenced by low‐flow and high‐flow components of
the surface and groundwater flow regimes. The duration of no‐flow periods in the surface …

Interactions between vegetation, water flow and sediment transport: A review

C Wang, S Zheng, P Wang, J Hou - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2015 - Springer
The vegetation, as one of the most important components, plays a key role in the aquatic
environment. This paper reviews recent progress on the complex interaction between the …

Effects of stream flow patterns on riparian vegetation of a semiarid river: implications for a changing climate

JC Stromberg, SJ Lite, MD Dixon - River Research and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
As global climate change affects recharge and runoff processes, stream flow regimes are
being altered. In the American Southwest, increasing aridity is predicted to cause declines in …

[PDF][PDF] 河岸带生态学研究进展与展望

韩路, 王海珍, 于军 - 生态环境学报, 2013 - jeesci.com
河岸带是河流—陆地生态系统之间进行物质, 能量, 信息交换的重要生态过渡区,
具有独特的生态系统结构和服务功能, 近年来成为国内外生态学和环境科学的研究热点之一 …

Hydrogeomorphology influences soil nitrogen and phosphorus mineralization in floodplain wetlands

GB Noe, CR Hupp, NB Rybicki - Ecosystems, 2013 - Springer
Conceptual models of river–floodplain systems and biogeochemical theory predict that
floodplain soil nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) mineralization should increase with …

Modeled intermittency risk for small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin under climate change

LV Reynolds, PB Shafroth, NLR Poff - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Longer, drier summers projected for arid and semi-arid regions of western North America
under climate change are likely to have enormous consequences for water resources and …

The convergence of species composition along the drawdown zone of the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir, China: implications for restoration

J Zheng, M Arif, S Zhang, Z Yuan, L Zhang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Many rivers across the globe are regulated by dams, resulting in a strong alteration of the
plant community composition of the drawdown zone. But, how these changes happen along …