Protecting and restoring habitats to benefit freshwater biodiversity

ML Piczak, D Perry, SJ Cooke, I Harrison… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Freshwater biodiversity is under great threat across the globe as evidenced by more severe
declines relative to other types of ecosystems. Some of the main stressors responsible for …

Reviving Europe's rivers: Seven challenges in the implementation of the Nature Restoration Law to restore free‐flowing rivers

T Stoffers, F Altermatt, D Baldan… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The EU Nature Restoration Law represents an important opportunity for freshwater
habitat restoration and, consequently, freshwater biodiversity protection. However, a number …

Patterns, drivers, and a predictive model of dam removal cost in the United States

JJ Duda, S Jumani, DJ Wieferich, D Tullos… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Given the burgeoning dam removal movement and the large number of dams approaching
obsolescence in the United States, cost estimating data and tools are needed for dam …

Six years of fluvial response to a large dam removal on the Carmel River, California, USA

AE East, LR Harrison, DP Smith… - Earth Surface …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Measuring river response to dam removal affords a rare, important opportunity to study
fluvial response to sediment pulses on a large field scale. We present a before–after/control …

Hybrid differential evolution-based regression tree model for predicting downstream dam hazard potential

EM Abdelkader, A Al-Sakkaf, G Alfalah, N Elshaboury - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are a large number of dams throughout the United States, and a considerable portion
of them are categorized as having high hazard potential. This state of affairs constitutes a …

[HTML][HTML] Science and management achieving connectivity, coherence and equivalence to ensure the health of estuarine fish communities

M Elliott, AK Whitfield - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2025 - Elsevier
The essence of an appropriate and expected structure and function of healthy and
sustainable estuarine fish communities lies in achieving and maintaining ecological …

Social considerations for the removal of dams and other aquatic barriers

SH Lutter, S Cuppett, SA Sethi, BG Rahm - BioScience, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Stream connectivity restoration through the removal or mitigation of dams and other
anthropogenic barriers is critical for aquatic species conservation. Historically, stream …

How does flow alteration propagate across a large, highly regulated basin? Dam attributes, network context, and implications for biodiversity

A Ruhi, J Hwang, N Devineni, S Mukhopadhyay… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Large dams are a leading cause of river ecosystem degradation. Although dams have
cumulative effects as water flows downstream in a river network, most flow alteration …

The Spatial–Racial Patterns of US Dam Removals Since 2010

JC Galster, GC Galster - The Professional Geographer, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Dam removal in the United States has grown exponentially, yet we do not know whether the
pattern of such removals comports with principles of environmental justice. This exploratory …

Prioritisation of Barriers According to Their Impact on Migratory Fish in the Lowland River Basin District

T Virbickas, V Kesminas - Fishes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Artificial barriers are one of the most damaging anthropogenic factors, but are also socio-
economic constructions, so the decision between removing a barrier and installing a fishway …