Despite the recognition of floodplain importance in the scientific community, floodplains are
not afforded the same legal protection as river channels. In the United States alone, flood …

Artificial levees are anthropogenic structures designed to hydrologically disconnect rivers
from floodplains. The extent of artificial levees in the contiguous United States (CONUS) is …

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) stretches several hundred kilometres along the Queensland
coast, Australia. Landward of the reef is a dynamic and functionally important coastal …

During the latter half of the 19th Century and first half of the 20th Century, the Illinois River
was heavily altered through leveeing off large portions of its floodplain, draining wetlands …

Despite extensive anthropogenic degradation of most wetlands and other aquatic habitats
associated with large rivers in the Midwest, the region still supports continentally important …

As anthropogenic influences push ecosystems past tip** points and into new regimes,
complex management decisions are complicated by rapid ecosystem changes that may be …

The flood pulse drives primary productivity, biotic communities, and abiotic processes in
large river systems; however, the effects of floods on restored floodplain lakes and …

ABSTRACT The Illinois River Valley (IRV) in central Illinois, USA, provides migratory
stopover habitat for millions of waterfowl during autumn and spring in the Mississippi Flyway …

Water quality indicators have been tied to natural or man-made surface hydraulic connection
(SHC) conditions. Among these, temporally connected lakes (TCL) are hydraulic …

Abstract Knowledge of how invasive species use invaded habitats can aid in develo**
management practices to exclude them. Swan Lake, a 1100‐ha Illinois River (USA) …