Integrating Ecohydraulics in River Restoration: Advances in Science and Applications

• Main Author: Boavida, Isabel (auth)
• Other Authors: Santos, José Maria (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Fish passage and migration; Prioritization of river connectivity for sustainable fisheries; Sustainable hydropower; Spawning grounds; Invasive species management; Environmental flows; Habitat modeling; Dam/weir retrofitting and removal; Riparian and aquatic vegetation dynamics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Rivers have been intensively degraded due to increasing anthropogenic impacts from a growing population in a continuously developing world. Accordingly, most rivers suffer from pressures as a result of increasing dam and weir construction, habitat degradation, flow regulation, water pollution/abstra...