Much effort, little success: causes for the low ecological efficacy of restoration measures in German surface waters

DJ Brettschneider, T Spring, M Blumer, L Welge… - Environmental Sciences …, 2023 - Springer
Background For more than 20 years, restoration measures have been conducted on
watercourses in Germany to increase habitat diversity and thus promote biodiversity …

Evaluating good-practice cases for river restoration across Europe: context, methodological framework, selected results and recommendations

S Muhar, K Januschke, J Kail, M Poppe, S Schmutz… - Hydrobiologia, 2016 - Springer
This introductory paper presents 20 river restoration cases throughout Europe that were
investigated in the EU-funded research project REFORM. In the following, this special issue …

[PDF][PDF] River morphology, channelization, and habitat restoration

S Hohensinner, C Hauer, S Muhar - … management: science for …, 2018 - library.oapen.org
Authorities and planners involved in river restoration projects often tend to focus on the
hydromorphological state of a short river reach or certain aquatic habitats where the pending …

Effective river restoration in the 21st century: from trial and error to novel evidence-based approaches

N Friberg, NV Angelopoulos, AD Buijse… - Advances in ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper is a comprehensive and updated overview of river restoration and covers all
relevant aspects from drivers of restoration, linkages between hydromorphology and biota …

Does river restoration increase fish abundance and survival or concentrate fish? The effects of project scale, location, and fish life history

P Roni - Fisheries, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite billions of dollars spent on various river restoration techniques, we still find
ourselves debating whether habitat restoration increases fish abundance or concentrates …

Multi-temporal image analysis for fluvial morphological characterization with application to Albanian rivers

D Spada, P Molinari, W Bertoldi, A Vitti… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
A procedure for the characterization of the temporal evolution of river morphology is
presented. Wet and active river channels are obtained from the processing of imagery …

Monitoring the effectiveness of floodplain habitat restoration: A review of methods and recommendations for future monitoring

P Roni, JE Hall, SM Drenner… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Floodplains are some of the most ecologically important and human‐impacted habitats
throughout the world. Large efforts are underway in North America, Europe, Australia, and …

A review of approaches for monitoring the effectiveness of regional river habitat restoration programs

P Roni, U Åberg, C Weber - North American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Large regional programs to restore riverine habitat for fish and aquatic organisms have
become common throughout North America, Europe, and elsewhere. Evaluating the …

Restoration for variability: emergence of the habitat diversity paradigm in terrestrial ecosystem restoration

S Lengyel, B Mester, M Szabolcs… - Restoration …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem restoration implies focusing on multiple trophic levels and ecosystem functioning,
yet higher trophic levels, that is, animals, are less frequently targeted by restoration than …

Impact assessment of local land use on ecological water quality of the Guayas river basin (Ecuador)

MN Damanik-Ambarita, P Boets, HTN Thi… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Extensive anthropogenic activities including land conversion have been taking place in the
Guayas river basin (Ecuador) due to increasing population growth. Land use changes are …