Floodplains perform diverse functions, including attenuation of fluxes of water, solutes, and
particulate material. Critical details of floodplain storage including magnitude, duration, and …

The decline in freshwater mussel populations in many river basins throughout North
America has been attributed, in part, to land-use modifications that cause changes in …

Two decades after the construction of the first major dam, the Mekong basin and its six
riparian countries have seen rapid economic growth and development of the river system …

Based on a review of a number of documented case studies from various countries and a
detailed analysis of sediment exploitation from five rivers in Italy and Poland, we discuss …

The Anthropocene is a major new concept in the Earth sciences and this book examines the
effects on geomorphology within this period. Drawing examples from many different global …

Sand is considered one of the most consumed natural resource, being essential to many
industries, including building construction, electronics, plastics, and water filtration. This …

Dams are well known for influencing channel and vegetation dynamics downstream, but
little work has focused on distinguishing effects of land use and channel responses to the …

Mining has a remarkable potential for production, employment, income distribution, socio-
economical development in both local and national level. Among minerals, sand is …

The impacts of gravel mining on physical habitat, fine-sediment dynamics, biofilm,
invertebrates, and fish were studied in three Ozark Plateaus gravel bed streams. Intense …

Mediterranean environments have been subject to major land cover change since the end of
the second world war. Housing, agricultural activities, forests, green spaces and other land …