Floodplains include unique environments shaped over a long time horizon along rivers and
smaller streams and formed by alluvial sediments. As floodplains are flat, often with highly …

Freshwater shore zones are among the most ecologically valuable parts of the planet, but
have been heavily damaged by human activities. Because the management and …

Floodplains are key ecosystems of riverine landscapes and provide a multitude of
ecosystem services. In most of the large river systems worldwide, a tremendous reduction of …

Effective management of water quality in large rivers requires information on the influence of
activities within the catchment (urban and rural) throughout the whole river basin. However …

A major challenge in ecology is to link patterns and processes across different spatial and
temporal scales. Flood plains are ideal model ecosystems to study (i) the processes that …

Floodplains in Europe are heavily impacted by human intervention and often disconnected
from the main river channel. Restoring lateral hydraulic connectivity between wetlands …

Floodplains are regularly inundated areas of land that provide ecosystem benefits for the
entire catchment area, along with numerous benefits for communities making them ideal for …

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 …

Species diversity is affected by processes operating at multiple spatial scales, although the
most relevant scales that contribute to compositional variation and the temporal shifts of the …

Chlorophyll a (Chl a) distribution across a 0.36 km2 restored floodplain (Cosumnes River,
California) was analysed throughout the winter and spring flood season from January to …