Ecosystem services provided by river-floodplain ecosystems

DK Petsch, VM Cionek, SM Thomaz, NCL Dos Santos - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
River-floodplain ecosystems (RFEs) provide multiple ecosystem services. However, their
importance may be underestimated because they are not summarized yet. In this paper, we …

Effects of hydromorphological impacts on river ecosystem functioning: a review and suggestions for assessing ecological impacts

A Elosegi, S Sabater - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Because of the serious effects of pollution on water supply much closer attention has been
paid to water quality than to other aspects of river integrity. However, channel form and water …

Thermodynamically controlled preservation of organic carbon in floodplains

K Boye, V Noël, MM Tfaily, SE Bone, KH Williams… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Organic matter decomposition in soils and terrestrial sediments has a prominent role in the
global carbon cycle. Carbon stocks in anoxic environments, such as wetlands and the …

Environmental management for dredging sediments–The requirement of develo** nations

N Manap, N Voulvoulis - Journal of environmental management, 2015 - Elsevier
Scientific research has characterized the effects of dredging, an underwater excavation
process for navigational purposes or material extraction, and has shown its association with …

A review of the impacts of degradation threats on soil properties in the UK

AS Gregory, K Ritz, SP McGrath… - Soil Use and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
National governments are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of their soil
resources and are sha** strategies accordingly. Implicit in any such strategy is that …

The impact of Three Gorges Dam on the hydrological connectivity of “off-stream” floodplains

Z Tan, X Wang, Y Li, Z Zhang, C Xue, J Yao, H You - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
The construction of dams has led to concerns about ecological deterioration due to the
weakening of hydrological connectivity. However, existing assessments of hydrological …

Loss of lateral hydrological connectivity impacts multiple facets of molluscan biodiversity in floodplain lakes

P Zheng, X Jiang, F Shu, Z Li, S Zhang… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lateral hydrological connectivity (LHC) is a key process in maintaining aquatic biodiversity
in river floodplain ecosystems. However, the effects of LHC loss on aquatic biodiversity are …

Variability of heavy metal transport during the water–sediment regulation period of the Yellow River in 2018

J Chen, M Liu, N Bi, Y Yang, X Wu, D Fan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
To understand the impacts of the human-induced flood event on heavy metal (HM) transport,
spatiotemporal variations in contents and fluxes of metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Pb, Cd), Pb …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of drying and re-flooding of sediment on phosphorus dynamics of river-floodplain systems

IM Schönbrunner, S Preiner, T Hein - Science of the total environment, 2012 - Elsevier
One of the consequences of human impacts on floodplains is a change in sedimentation
leading to enhanced floodplain aggradation. Thus, accumulated sediments rich in nutrients …

Review on environmental alterations propagating from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems

R Schulz, M Bundschuh, R Gergs, CA Brühl… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Terrestrial inputs into freshwater ecosystems are a classical field of environmental science.
Resource fluxes (subsidy) from aquatic to terrestrial systems have been less studied …