Managing riparian zones for river health improvement: an integrated approach

R Singh, AK Tiwari, GS Singh - Landscape and ecological engineering, 2021 - Springer
Riparian zones are among the most valuable ecosystems on the earth. They act as the
ecological engineers that improve river health through delivering a range of ecosystem …

Effects of agricultural land use on river biota: a meta-analysis

C Schürings, CK Feld, J Kail, D Hering - Environmental Sciences Europe, 2022 - Springer
Agriculture, the world's most dominant land use type, burdens freshwater biodiversity with a
multitude of stressors such as diffuse pollution and hydromorphological alteration. However …

[HTML][HTML] Flow resistance of floodplain vegetation mixtures for modelling river flows

W Box, J Järvelä, K Västilä - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
River flows are greatly influenced by floodplain vegetation with implications on hydrological
and hydraulic conditions from cross-sectional to river reach scales. Flow models need to …

Effects of agriculture on river biota differ between crop types and organism groups

C Schürings, J Kail, W Kaijser, D Hering - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
While the general effects of agricultural land use on riverine biota are well documented, the
differential effects of specific crop types on different riverine organism groups, remain largely …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of cultivation intensity can improve the correlative strength between agriculture and the ecological status in rivers across Germany

C Schürings, D Hering, W Kaijser, J Kail - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agriculture has been identified as a main cause for more than 90% of Germany´ s rivers still
not meeting good ecological status in 2021. While many large-scale studies observed a …

Much effort, little success: causes for the low ecological efficacy of restoration measures in German surface waters

DJ Brettschneider, T Spring, M Blumer, L Welge… - Environmental Sciences …, 2023 - Springer
Background For more than 20 years, restoration measures have been conducted on
watercourses in Germany to increase habitat diversity and thus promote biodiversity …

Riparian zone assessment and management: an integrated review using geospatial technology

A Majumdar, K Avishek - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2023 - Springer
Riparian zones act as ecological engineers through stream bank stabilization, pollutant
buffering, energy provision to food webs, and groundwater recharge. In the ongoing …

Agricultural water management using two-stage channels: Performance and policy recommendations based on Northern European experiences

K Västilä, S Väisänen, J Koskiaho, V Lehtoranta… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Conventional dredging of ditches and streams to ensure agricultural drainage and flood
mitigation can have severe environmental impacts. The aim of this paper is to investigate the …

A river temperature model to assist managers in identifying thermal pollution causes and solutions

R Abdi, T Endreny - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Thermal pollution of rivers degrades water quality and ecosystem health, and cities can
protect rivers by decreasing warmer impervious surface stormwater inflows and increasing …

Integrated management of the Ganga River: An ecohydrological approach

R Singh, GS Singh - Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ganga River is the national river of India due to its very high socio-cultural,
economic and ecological significance. It forms the largest river basin of India that supports …