Riverine Ecosystem Management

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River modification reduces climate resilience of brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations in Ireland

“…Within the limits of this investigation, it was not possible to characterise exact chains of causality between river modification, tem- Murphy & Lomnicky, 2016;Fullerton et al, 2018). In particular, quantifying the effect of a warming climate in tandem with altered flow regimes on salmonid abundance in river systems is necessary (Wenger et al, 2011) for informing process-based mitigation and restoration strategies (Pletterbauer, Melcher & Graf, 2018).…”

Identifying Ecosystem Services for a Framework of Ecological Importance for Rivers in South East Asia

“…The framework of ecological importance would present a different view of the river networks complementing the focus of frameworks used in other parts of the world, which have focused on the ecological character, water quality, and river health, rather than on ecosystem services [2,13,14,16]. As Schmutz and Sendzimir have indicated, other frameworks are focused on assessing degradation, using biotic indices, ecosystem health, and resilience [12], while the proposed framework of ecological importance would assess why river reaches and their sub-basins are valuable.…”

“…Over recent decades, various approaches have been made to understand how riverine ecosystems function and anthropogenic actions and developments can degrade the structure and functions of rivers, for example, through pollution, river channelisation, diversion and damming; with this understanding, the river ecosystems can be managed and protected more effectively. A range of systems and frameworks for riverine ecosystem management have been developed from principles of biotic integrity, ecosystem health, and ecological resilience [12]. They have depended upon survey and monitoring of physicochemical assessments of river flows and water quality, and bioassessment.…”

Infrascape – how coevolving infrastructure and landscape shape water systems

“…In the Netherlands, for example, around 170 ageing hydraulic structures are expected to need replacement or renovation in the coming 30 years (Deltacomissaris, 2013). At the same time, these hydraulic structures need to adapt to climate change (Chappin & van der Lei, 2014), handle increased shipping activity (Noble, 2019) and have less environmental and ecological impact (Schmutz & Moog, 2018). Combining functional adaptations with decisions on where, when and how to renew hydraulic structures to counter their ageing is a complex challenge (van der Vlist et al, 2015).…”