Integrating Ecohydraulics in River Restoration: Advances in Science and Applications

• Autore principale: Boavida, Isabel (auth)
• Altri autori: Santos, José Maria (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Soggetti: 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
• Accesso online: 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...