A review of the impacts of dams on the hydromorphology of tropical rivers

XY Chong, D Vericat, RJ Batalla, FY Teo… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
A major programme of dam building is underway in many of the world's tropical countries.
This raises the question of whether existing research is sufficient to fully understand the …

Mega-reservoir regulation: A comparative study on downstream responses of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers

X Wu, Y Yue, AGL Borthwick, LJ Slater, J Syvitski… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large reservoirs can considerably alter the water-sediment dynamics and morphology of
alluvial rivers. Here we review the effects of two mega reservoirs operated with different …

Hydro-geomorphological characteristics in response to the water-sediment regulation scheme of the Xiaolangdi Dam in the lower Yellow River

M Lu, Q Zhao, S Ding, S Wang, Z Hong, Y Jing… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water-sediment regulation schemes (WSRS) enacted by dams drive downstream
hydrological and geomorphic processes. However, few studies have been conducted to …

Severely declining suspended sediment concentration in the heavily dammed Changjiang fluvial system

J Sun, F Zhang, X Zhang, B Lin, Z Yang… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As a key component of global change, dam‐induced sediment reduction occurs in large
rivers worldwide, which has profound implications on the fluvial systems. However, the …

Effects of multiple stressors on river biofilms depend on the time scale

F Romero, V Acuña, C Font, A Freixa, S Sabater - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Global change exposes ecosystems to a myriad of stressors differing in their spatial (ie
surface of stressed area) and temporal (ie exposure time) components. Among freshwater …

Modeling the effect of multiple reservoirs on water and sediment dynamics in a semiarid catchment in Brazil

GL Mamede, A Guentner, PHA Medeiros… - Journal of Hydrologic …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
Taking into account the climatic conditions of the semiarid region of Brazil, with its
intermittent rivers and long periods of water scarcity, a dense network of surface reservoirs …

Alteration of gravel-bed river morphodynamics in response to multiple anthropogenic disturbances: Insights from the sediment-starved Parma River (northern Italy)

A Brenna, N Surian, L Mao - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
The alteration of sediment transport regime represents one of the key factors controlling the
response of fluvial systems to human impacts. Additional research efforts are required to …

The connectivity between soil erosion and sediment entrapment in reservoirs

C Zarfl, A Lucía - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 2018 - Elsevier
Rivers are characterized by their water flow regime and sediment transport. Sediments are
crucial for channel morphology, water quality, providing habitat for aquatic organisms and …

Stabilization of fluvial bed sediments by invasive quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis)

H Sanders, RJ Mason, DN Mills… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
River gravel mobility is an important control on river behaviour, morphology, and ecosystem
processes. Gravel stability is dependent on abiotic flow and sediment properties, alongside …

Variation in flow and suspended sediment transport in a montane river affected by hydropeaking and instream mining

M Béjar, D Vericat, RJ Batalla, CN Gibbins - Geomorphology, 2018 - Elsevier
The temporal and spatial variability of water and sediment loads of rivers is controlled by a
suite of factors whose individual effects are often difficult to disentangle. While land use …