River damming has brought great benefits to flood mitigation, energy and food production,
and will continue to play a significant role in global energy supply, particularly in Asia, Africa …

Riparian zones are critical for functional integrity of riverscapes and conservation of
riverscape biodiversity. The synergism of intermediate flood-induced disturbances, moist …

Major ecological realignments are already occurring in response to climate change. To be
successful, conservation strategies now need to account for geographical patterns in traits …

Connectivity describes the efficiency of material transfer between geomorphic system
components such as hillslopes and rivers or longitudinal segments within a river network …

We identified 14 emerging and poorly understood threats and opportunities for addressing
the global conservation of freshwater mussels over the next decade. A panel of 17 …

Abstract The EU Nature Restoration Law represents an important opportunity for freshwater
habitat restoration and, consequently, freshwater biodiversity protection. However, a number …

Hydropower, although an attractive renewable energy source, can alter the flux of water,
sediments, and biota, producing detrimental impacts in downstream regions. The Mekong …

Although the hydrologic cycle is a continuously renewable resource, the natural rate of water
delivery is highly variable. Water is made available to our society on a consistent and …

The removal of dams and reservoirs may seem to be an unforeseen and sometimes
controversial step in water management. The removal of barriers may be different for each …

One of the desired outcomes of dam decommissioning and removal is the recovery of
aquatic and riparian ecosystems. To investigate this common objective, we synthesized …