The expansion of urban areas is one of the most significant anthropogenic impacts on the
natural landscape. Due to their sensitivity to stressors in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats …

Floodplain ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots and supply multiple ecosystem services. At
the same time they are often prone to human pressures that increasingly impact their …

Large river-floodplain systems are hotspots of biodiversity and ecosystem services but are
also used for multiple human activities, making them one of the most threatened ecosystems …

River pollution is becoming a serious problem worldwide. A field-scale experiment was
undertaken to remediate a heavily polluted river using a combined engineering approach of …

Green infrastructure is a strategic, planned network of natural, semi-natural and artificial
features and networks designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem …

Riverine floodplains are among the most diverse and dynamic ecosystems, but river
regulation measures have altered the natural hydrological regime threatening their …

The zooplankton community structure and diversity were analysed against the gradient of
floodplain lakes connectivity and water level under different flood-pulse dynamics in the …

We used an isolated floodplain of the river Danube as a model system to gain an
understanding on the functioning of retention areas to predict future developments and to …

Urbanisation is an important cause of species extinctions. Although urban water systems are
also highly modified, studies on aquatic or semi-aquatic organisms are rare. The aim of this …

River floodplain channels can serve as reproduction, nursery or refuge areas for fish.
Although the complementary use of floodplain and main channels is known, few studies …