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Title:

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

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Theodoropoulos, Christos; Stamou, Anastasios; Vardakas, Leonidas; Papadaki, Christina; Dimitriou, Elias; Skoulikidis, Nikolaos; Eleni, Kalogianni:
Abstract:
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 too weak to justify the high costs of restoration projects. The ecological effectiveness of river restoration has thus been much debated over claims that large-scale environmental drivers often overshadow the potential positive ecological effects of locally placed in-stream structures. In this study, we used a two-dim...     »
Keywords:
Aquatic restoration; Habitat use; Habitat suitability; Droughts; Temporary rivers; Climate change
Dewey Decimal Classification:
620 Ingenieurwissenschaften
Journal title:
Water Research
Year:
2020
Journal volume:
173
Journal issue:
April
Pages contribution:
Article No. 115550
Covered by:
Scopus; Web of Science
Reviewed:
ja
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.115550
Publisher:
Elsevier
Publisher address:
Amsterdam u. a.
Print-ISSN:
0043-1354
E-ISSN:
1879-2448
Impact Factor:
9.13 (2019)
Copyright statement:
Copyright: © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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