Anthropogenic stresses on the world's big rivers

J Best - Nature Geoscience, 2019 - nature.com
The world's big rivers and their floodplains were central to development of civilization and
are now home to c. 2.7 billion people. They are economically vital whilst also constituting …

Relative lake level fluctuations and their influence on productivity and resilience in tropical lakes and reservoirs

J Kolding, PAM van Zwieten - Fisheries Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Lakes and reservoirs are traditionally characterised from static morphological or chemical
parameters such as depth and dissolved solids, while the dynamic impact of shifting water …

[PDF][PDF] Dams: ecological impacts and management

S Schmutz, O Moog - … for governing towards a sustainable future, 2018 - library.oapen.org
Dam construction goes back in human history for more than 5000 years (eg, Sadd el-Kafara
dam in Egypt for fiood protection), but most of the world's existing dams have been built after …

High resolution modeling of river‐floodplain‐reservoir inundation dynamics in the Mekong River Basin

S Shin, Y Pokhrel, D Yamazaki, X Huang… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous studies have examined the changes in streamflow in the Mekong River Basin
(MRB) using observations and hydrological modeling; however, there is a lack of integrated …

[HTML][HTML] Upstream flows drive the productivity of floodplain ecosystems in tropical Queensland

CE Ndehedehe, AO Onojeghuo, B Stewart-Koster… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rivers in tropical systems across the world are well known for their strong connections with
floodplain wetlands. However, increased water needs and changing climate could drive …

Environmental and ecological effects of flow alteration in surface water ecosystems

RJ Rolls, NR Bond - Water for the Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The alteration of river flow regimes by dams, weirs, and water extraction is a key impact of
humans on freshwater ecosystems and has occurred in rivers across all inhabited continents …

The numerical simulation of shallow water: estimation of the roughness coefficient on the flood stage

SS Khrapov, AV Pisarev, IA Kobelev… - Advances in …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The results of the numerical simulations of the dynamics of shallow waters for Volga-
Akhtuba Floodplain are discussed. The mathematical model is based on the system of Saint …

Declining fisheries and increasing prices: The economic cost of tropical rivers impoundment

MAL Lima, AR Carvalho, MA Nunes, R Angelini… - Fisheries …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work tests the null hypothesis that the coefficients of the total landings, landed values,
mean catches and price per kg of migratory and resident species are constant over time …

A forecasting and prediction methodology for improving the blue economy resilience to climate change in the Romanian Lower Danube Euroregion

SM Petrea, C Zamfir, IA Simionov, A Mogodan… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
European Union (EU) policy encourages the development of a blue economy (BE) by
unlocking the full economic potential of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and other water …

Fish recruitment in a large, temperate floodplain: the importance of annual flooding, temperature and habitat complexity

K Gorski, JJ De Leeuw, HV Winter… - Freshwater …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Large river floodplains are considered key nursery habitats for many species of riverine fish.
The lower Volga River floodplains (Russian Federation) are still relatively undisturbed …