River restoration is one of the most prominent areas of applied water‐resources science.
From an initial focus on enhancing fish habitat or river appearance, primarily through …

Globally, many rivers are experiencing declining water quality, for example, with altered
levels of sediments, salts, and nutrients. Effective water quality management requires a …

Water pollution is a major environmental problem worldwide, especially in develo**
countries. China's environmental protection strategies have been pushed to the highest …

Given that few ecosystems on the Earth have been unaffected by humans, restoring them
holds great promise for stemming the biodiversity crisis and ensuring ecosystem services …

While human activities are known to elicit rapid turnover in species composition through
time, the properties of the species that increase or decrease their spatial occupancy …

Freshwater connectivity and the associated flow regime are critical components of the health
of freshwater ecosystems. When freshwater ecosystems are fragmented, the movements …

Aquatic ecosystems are degraded by a variety of pressures as a result of the growing human
population. Global‐scale impacts include homogenization of biological communities …

Previously regarded as the passive drains of watersheds, over the past 50 years, rivers have
progressively been recognized as being actively connected with off‐channel environments …

This well-illustrated book highlights freshwater mussels' fabulous diversity, amazing array of
often bizarre ecological adaptations and their dire conservation plight. Summarizing and …

The biological assessment of rivers ie, their assessment through use of aquatic
assemblages, integrates the effects of multiple-stressors on these systems over time and is …