River restoration is one of the most prominent areas of applied water‐resources science.
From an initial focus on enhancing fish habitat or river appearance, primarily through …

Despite the recognition of floodplain importance in the scientific community, floodplains are
not afforded the same legal protection as river channels. In the United States alone, flood …

Hydrochory, or the passive dispersal of organisms by water, is an important means of
propagule transport, especially for plants. During recent years, knowledge about hydrochory …

Hydropower is often presented as a clean and renewable energy source that is
environmentally preferable to fossil fuels or nuclear power. Hydropower production …

The primary focus of many in‐stream restoration projects is to enhance habitat diversity for
salmonid fishes, yet the lack of properly designed monitoring studies, particularly ones with …

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph
Series, Volume 19. What are the forms and processes characteristic of mountain rivers and …

We developed a conceptual framework for evaluating the process of ecological restoration
and applied it to 10 examples of restoration projects in the northern hemisphere. We …

Over the past centuries, European streams have been heavily influenced by humans
through pollution and regulation. As a result, the quality and diversity of freshwater riparian …

We reviewed follow‐up studies from Finnish and Swedish streams that have been restored
after timber floating to assess the abiotic and biotic responses to restoration. More …

Stream restoration efforts, particularly within meadow systems, increasingly rely on 'pond
and plug'type methods in which (a) alluvial materials are excavated from the floodplain …