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Fuzzy cognitive mapping for predicting hydromorphological responses to multiple pressures in rivers.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Lorenz, S. & Martinez-Fernández, V. & Alonso, C. & Mosselman, E. & García de Jalón, D. & González del Tánago, M. & Belletti, B. & Hendriks, D. & Wolter, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Different pressures often co-occur in rivers and act simultaneously on important processes and variables. This complicates the diagnosis of hydromorph...

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Challenges in developing and implementing ecological standards for geomorphic river restoration projects: a practitioner's response to Palmer et al. (2005).

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Gillilan, S. & Boyd, K. & Hoitsma, T. & Kauffman, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The authors of 'Standards for ecologically successful restoration' (Palmer et al. 2005) are commended for clearly articulating and discussing the nuan...

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Nature Ambition Great Waters and implementation of the Delta Programme: identification of administrative and organizational leads.

Published online: 23 Mar 2016

Authors: Veraart, J. & Fontein, R. J. & Tol-Leenders, D. van

Content type: Bulletin

This report describes the thematic and organizational similarities and differences between the national Delta Programme (DP) and the Nature Ambition f...

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Effect of small catchment dams on downstream vegetation of a seasonal river in semi-arid African savanna.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal rivers in semiarid African savannas support riparian woodland and hydromorphic grassland, key habitats for wildlife or livestock. We investig...

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A comparative analysis of restoration measures and their effects on hydromorphology and benthic invertebrates in 26 central and southern European rivers.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Jähnig, S. C. & Brabec, K. & Buffagni, A. & Erba, S. & Lorenz, A. W. & Ofenböck, T. & Verdonschot, P. F. M. & Hering, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hydromorphological river restoration usually leads to habitat diversification, but the effects on benthic invertebrates, which are frequently used to ...

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The effects of weirs on structural stream habitat and biological communities.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Mueller, M. & Pander, J. & Geist, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most of the world's rivers are affected by dams and weirs. Information on the quantitative and qualitative effects of weirs across biological communit...

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Detecting impacts and setting restoration targets in arid-zone rivers: aquatic micro-invertebrate responses to reduced floodplain inundation.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Jenkins, K. M. & Boulton, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water extraction from arid-zone rivers increases the time between floods across their floodplain wetlands. Less frequent flooding in Australian arid-z...

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Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin.

Published online: 13 Apr 2016

Authors: Pavelic, P. & Karthikeyan, B. & Amarnath, G. & Eriyagama, N. & Muthuwatta, L. & Smakhtin, V. & Gangopadhyay, P. K. & Malik, R. P. S. & Atmaram Mishra & Sharma, B. R. & Hanjra, M. A. & Reddy, R. V. & Mishra, V. K. & Verma, C. L. & Laxmi Kant

Content type: Bulletin

Floods and droughts, along with over-exploitation of groundwater, are major issues of concern across much of the developed and developing world. This ...

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Responses of riparian plants to flooding in free-flowing and regulated boreal rivers: an experimental study.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Johansson, M. E. & Nilsson, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The long history of river regulation has resulted in extensively changed ecosystem structures and processes in rivers and their associated environment...

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A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Sugden, F. & Silva, S. de & Clement, F. & Maskey-Amatya, N. & Vidya Ramesh & Anil Philip & Bharati, L.

Content type: Bulletin

This review presents a framework for understanding structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin countries: Nepal, India and Ba...

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