River Research and Applications

Papers
(The median citation count of River Research and Applications is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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The Behavioral Response of Fish to Flow Velocity Variations During Passage Through a Sluice22
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An Ecogeomorphic Evaluation of the Post‐Flood Restoration of the Little Thompson River: A Colorado Front Range (USA) Stream21
Elucidation of mosaic patterns in gravel riverbeds using classifying flow velocity regimes obtained from a planar two‐dimensional analysis20
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Differences in Native and Invasive Fish Larval Occupancy and Detection Probabilities in the Upper Mississippi River19
Perceptions of the impacts of invasive alien plants in the riparian zone of the Ganga River: Insights from Varanasi, India19
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Are the Seasonal Dynamics of Zooplankton Different Between Contrasting Climatic Zones in Brazil? A Comparison Between Tropical and Subtropical Rivers17
Cannibalism in Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra)17
Will a Fish's Perspective Improve the Ecological Relevance of River Connectivity Metrics?17
Unraveling trait‐based fish community assembly in tropical reservoirs16
Attraction and passage efficiency for salmonids and non‐salmonids based on fishway: A meta‐analysis approach16
Foundational conditions enabling participatory river management in watersheds of two regulatorily disparate states: A mixed methods study16
Addressing Unwanted Morphodynamic Processes in Re‐Naturalization Projects16
A Comparative Investigation of Infiltration and Channel Roughness of Ephemeral and Perennial Streams in a Mountainous Catchment16
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Spatial variation characteristics and influencing factors of CO2 partial pressure in the middle reaches of the Yellow River during summer15
Evaluating the risk of fish stranding due to hydropeaking in a large continental river15
Neural networks for fast fluvial flood predictions: Too good to be true?14
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Why wood should move in rivers13
A model for quantifying the effectiveness of leaky barriers as a flood mitigation intervention in an agricultural landscape13
Systematic comparison of 1D and 2D hydrodynamic models for the assessment of hydropeaking alterations13
How low is too low? Partnering with stakeholders and managers to define ecologically based low‐flow thresholds in a perennial temperate river12
Blue catfish population characteristics and dispersal along a Great Plains river gradient12
An investigation into remote sensing techniques and field observations to model hydraulic roughness from riparian vegetation12
Evaluating hydrologic region assignment techniques for ungaged basins in Alaska, USA12
Impacts of an extreme flood event on the riparian vegetation of a monsoonal cobble‐bed stream in southern Korea: A multiscale fluvial biogeomorphic framework12
Impacts of the Victoria Nile Bujagali hydropower dam on fisheries and livelihoods12
Evaluating hydrological components and streamflow characteristics under conventional and adaptive multi‐paddock grazing management12
My father put them up there: Anthropogenic environmental change associated with abandoned river vessels in the Clarence River, NSW, Australia12
The Adaptive Systemic Approach: Catalysing more just and sustainable outcomes from sustainability and natural resources development research12
Horizontal ramping rate framework to quantify hydropeaking stranding risk for fish12
Ecological Flow Study of the Gorge Section of Yongding River Based on Hydrological Methods12
Movements of a model fish, the common carp, through a generic Mississippi River lock and dam demonstrate how fish swimming performance, behavior, and discharge‐driven flow‐fields determine fish passag11
The overlooked contribution of a fish bypass channel to the density and diversity of macroinvertebrate drift in a heavily modified river system11
Turbulent structural analysis of the combined fishway with vertical seam and bottom hole11
Mapping River Bed Topography in Whitewater Rapids Using Bathymetric LiDAR11
Development of a Monitoring Method for Mangrove Forests Using Multitemporal DSMs11
Tributary mitigates river discontinuity by dam depending on the distance from dam to the tributary confluence11
Longitudinal Variability in the Oxygen Demand of Channel Bed Matrix Sediment in a UK Agricultural Catchment: Implications for Managing the Sediment Problem10
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Fine Sediment Depositional Patterns and Fish Habitat Following Wildfire and Debris Flow10
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Bank erosion and erosion processes from dendrogeomorphology in southern U.S. prairie streams10
Assessing downstream aquatic habitat availability relative to headwater reservoir management in the Henrys Fork Snake River10
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Multiscale Processes Drive Formation of Logjam Habitats and Use by Juvenile Chinook Salmon Across a Boreal Stream Network in Alaska10
Reimagining Urban River Bathing in Europe: A Multisectoral and Interdisciplinary Dive Into Lyon's Rivers (France)10
Research on coupled socio‐ecohydrological systems—implementing a highly integrative and interdisciplinary research agenda in the Doctoral School “Human River Systems in the 21st Century (HR219
Past hydraulics influence microhabitat selection by invertebrates and fish in hydropeaking rivers9
Environmental drivers of cyanobacterial abundance and cyanotoxin production in backwaters of the Upper Mississippi River9
Thermal Regimes of Beaver‐Impacted Stream Reaches in the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, United States9
Automated streamflow measurements in high‐elevation Alpine catchments9
Dam operations, local rainfall, changing settlement growth pattern and flooding in the Niger Delta, Nigeria9
Hydrologic Connectivity and Secondary Channel Habitat Properties of the Lower Mississippi River, a Large, Meandering River in the Southern USA9
Effects of cold and warm thermopeaking on drift and stranding of juvenile European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)9
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Assessing reservoir effect on water quality in the Missouri River basin using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model8
Timescales of tree‐covered island dynamics on the mixed bedrock‐alluvial anabranching Vaal River, South Africa8
Crayfish assemblages correlate with dam‐induced effects on abiotic factors and predatory fish assemblages in Alabama streams8
Fish Assemblage Diversity of Dharla River, Bangladesh, With Relation to Environmental Variables: A Multivariate Analysis8
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Initial ecological recovery post‐weir removal amidst catchment‐wide improvements, in a groundwater‐dominated chalk stream8
Floodplain Restoration and Its Effects on Summer Water Temperature and Macroinvertebrates in Whychus Creek, Oregon (USA)8
Turbulence signatures of natural river morphology in four dimensions8
Geomorphological change and rural settlement patterns: Study of the formation mechanisms of strip villages in Jiangsu, China8
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Macroinvertebrate response to run‐of‐river hydropower tailrace inflow: Spatial assessment of community and traits8
The economic cost of hydropower environmental constraints under decreasing price volatility8
Wakesurfing, Wakeboarding, and Waterskiing: A Comparison of Wake Characteristics7
From a continuous thermal profile to a stepped one: The effect of run of river hydropower plants on the river thermal regime7
Do highly anthropized hydrological conditions in marshes influence fish communities according to their life‐history strategies?7
Application of an unsteady three‐dimensional computational fluid dynamics model to predictive habitat modelling of macroinvertebrates—A case study at the Ziller River in Austria7
Subaquatic Photogrammetry Helps Understanding Habitat Suitability for Juvenile Lamprey in Streams7
Abiotic Drivers of Spawning and Early Life Stage Assemblage Dynamics of Great Plains Fishes7
A complete homogenization of water temperatures during widespread flooding7
Variation and Controls of Sediment Oxygen Demand in Backwater Lakes of the Upper Mississippi River During Winter7
Habitat suitability of golden mahseer young ones (Tor putitora, Hamilton 1822) in Himalayan waters, India7
Stream Restoration for the Spawning of Trout: How to Enhance the Egg to Fry Survival and to Monitor the Spawning Efficiency?7
Taking Application Rates With a Grain of Salt: Uncovering the Impact of Road De‐Icing Salt on Freshwaters of a Mountain Catchment in the Italian Alps7
Characterization of the evolution of runoff‐sediment relationship in Min River based on coupling coordination theory7
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Phytoplankton species richness as an ecological indicator in a subtropical, human‐regulated, fragmented river7
Differences in respiration rates and abrasion losses may muddle attribution of breakdown to macroinvertebrates versus microbes in litterbag experiments7
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Macroinvertebrate Community Responses to Disturbance in a Fragmented River With Contrasting Legacies of Alteration7
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Trends and prospects in the Yangtze River Basin research: A bibliometric analysis7
When does a stream become a river?7
Logjams in a mountain stream network: Patterns, biogeomorphic associations, and anthropogenic impacts7
Spatial scales in instream flow modeling: Why and how to use ecologically appropriate resolutions7
Development of a flow‐sensitive macroinvertebrate index for Australian rivers7
Effects of 2D hydrodynamic model resolution on habitat estimates for rearing Coho Salmon in contrasting channel forms6
Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in large river secondary channels: Contemporaneous and legacy effects of flow connectivity6
Effects of regulation on open‐water flows in the lower Peace River, Canada, and implications for the recharge of Peace‐Athabasca Delta basins6
Recent changes in riparian and floodplain vegetation in England and Wales and its geomorphic implications6
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Relationships Between Zooplankton and Habitat Conditions in the Upper Mississippi River System6
Spatiotemporal change in the river network in rapidly urbanized plain regions of the Yangtze River Delta in China6
A new braiding index to assess river regulation effects in multi‐thread channels: Insights from a highly regulated Himalayan river6
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Limitations of Non‐Volitional Upstream Passage for Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis)6
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Turbulence near a sandbar island in the lower Missouri River6
Assessment of flood regulation service based on source–sink landscape analysis in urbanized watershed6
Assessment of spawning habitat suitability for Amphidromous Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in tidal Asahi River sections in Japan: Implications for conservation and restoration5
Assessing migratory bottlenecks and escapement of silver eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the highly urbanized North Sea Canal basin, the Netherlands5
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Lithological controls influence river form in contrasting sub‐catchments: The Scamander and Avenue Rivers, Tasmania5
Zooplankton Assemblage Structure of the Lower Mississippi River and Floodplain in Relation to Site Hydrological Connection5
Moving waters to mitigate hydropeaking: A case study from the Italian Alps5
Temporal variation of braided intensity and morphodynamic changes in a regulated braided river using 2D modeling and satellite images5
Introducing HyPeak: An international network on hydropeaking research, practice, and policy5
Sediment Storage Behind Low‐Head Dams: Assessing Potential Contribution to Reservoir Sedimentation in Kansas, USA5
Three‐Dimensional Flow Structures in an Open Channel Bend With a Tributary Confluence5
Experimental evaluation of louver guidance efficiency for green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)5
Mass and Momentum Flux Prediction at the Channel‐Floodplain Interface Associated With Riparian Vegetation5
Colonisation of terrestrial vegetation in an intermittent river: Diversity responses to seasonal drying5
Retention of viability by fragmented invasive Crassula helmsii, Elodea canadensis and Lagarosiphon major5
Integrated river water quality and quantity management based on undesirability and cost‐effectiveness5
Estimation of streamflow of the ungauged mountainous watersheds of the Western Ghats in India using the SWAT model5
Guiding downstream migrating Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) of different life stages in a large river using bubbles5
Automated fluvial hydromorphology mapping from airborne remote sensing5
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A New Framework for River Restoration Planning at Catchment Scale in the UK5
Morpho‐Ecological Restoration in Braided Rivers: The Need to Account for Geomorphological Heterogeneity5
Insights From Intensive Stream Monitoring in an Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Catchment Illuminate Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality5
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Carbon sequestration potential of process‐based river restoration5
Warming of the lower Columbia River, 1853 to 20185
Combined Gravel Augmentation and Flood Control Area to Rehabilitate Riverbed Diversification: Lesson From Unexpected Effects of a 30 Years Flood (Upper Rhine)5
Assessing Taxonomic and Functional Responses of Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities to Multi‐Scale Influences of Urban Land Cover5
Off‐Channel Habitat Use by Silver Carp ( Hypophthalmichthys molitrix ) and Bighead Carp ( H. nobilis ) in 5
Human–river relationships depend on human–human relationships: River and watershed organizations in three western US states5
Towards biogeomorphic river restoration: Vegetation as a critical driver of physical habitat5
Patterns of riparian forest disturbance caused by tree dislodging on a subtropical river during large floods5
Distribution analysis of adult and larval Calopteryx japonica using unmanned aerial vehicle acquired water temperature distribution5
By‐pass valves in hydropower plants: An ecologically important measure to mitigate stranding in rivers due to emergency turbine flow shutdown5
Predation preference of signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) on native and invasive bivalve species5
If a fish comes out of the river and speaks, we should believe it: South African perspective on fish kills5
Monitoring invasive alien macroinvertebrate species with environmental DNA5
Evaluation of hydropower projects in Balkan Rivers based on direct sediment transport measurements; challenges, limits and possible data interpretation – Case study Vjosa River/Albania5
Historical and contemporary drivers of knickpoint retreat and morphological evolution along Bayou Pierre, Mississippi5
Bio‐geomorphic alteration through shifting flow regime in a modified monsoonal river system in Korea5
Performance of an environmentally‐aligned, low maintenance flood alleviation scheme on the Burn of Mosset, Forres, Scotland5
Watersheds and stream networks viewed longitudinally: Example insights from novel spatial portrayals of watershed characteristics5
Human–River Relationships5
An Experimental Approach for the Quantitative Assessment of Downstream Swimming Fish Behavior4
Bootstrap Reduced Major Axis (BRMA) to optimize the satellite‐derived discharge rating curves4
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Fish Migration Patterns in Semi‐Isolated and Seasonally Variable Freshwater Systems From the Yungas Forest to the Chaco Plain (South America)4
Landscape influences on thermal sensitivity and predicted spatial variability among brook trout streams in the southeastern USA4
Entrainment of endangered sturgeon by a large water diversion: Rescue, enumeration, and conservation opportunities4
Evaluating the Efficiency of a Fishway Installed Near a High, Artificially Created Waterfall4
Water Temperature Regimes and Thermal Drivers in Semi‐Natural and Flow‐Regulated Rivers of the Northern Great Plains4
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Rediscovering, reevaluating, and restoring Entiatqua: Identifying pre‐Anthropocene valleys in North Cascadia, USA4
Landscape features control river's confluences water quality and tributary fish composition4
Assessing the Physical Habitat Condition of Navigable Canals and Rivers in England4
Hydropeaking and Channelization Threaten Young‐of‐the‐Year Fish—The Case of the Chub ( Squalius Cephalus L.) in the Rhône River4
Factors affecting interannual variation in diet and body lipid content of age‐0 Scaphirhynchus sturgeon in the lower Missouri River, USA4
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Broadscale and fine‐scale variables predict the occurrence of a stream‐breading bufonid: Habitat use by the Arizona toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus)4
Geomorphic context in process‐based river restoration4
Cold‐Water Thermal Refuge Enhancement and Creation for Salmonids: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned4
Effect of flow regulation on streambank erosion: A perspective downstream of a flood control dam, Kansas, USA4
Cooler, bigger; warmer, smaller: Fine‐scale thermal heterogeneity maps age class and species distribution in behaviourally thermoregulating salmonids4
Temporal and spatial variations of propagule deposition in the riparian zones of mountain rivers4
Tributary‐Trunk Sedimentary Links in an Inter‐Dam River Reach: Lessons From Low‐Altitude High‐Gradient Forested Streams, the Dyje River (Czechia‐Austria)4
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Waterway System Navigation Pools4
Geomorphic heterogeneity as a framework for assessing river corridor processes and characteristics4
At‐a‐station hydraulic geometry for reaches with bridge collapse events4
Does swimming activity influence gas bubble trauma in fish?4
Low flows in a regulated river system are associated with reduced breeding bird abundance and diversity in Yosemite National Park, California4
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Mapping Turbidity Spatial Distribution of Monobe River in Kochi, Japan, Using Satellite Images and Existing Turbidity Data4
Modelling flow regulation effects on vegetation recruitment and survival on alternate bars in channelized rivers4
Effects of inlet height of detention basins on fish movement to refuges during floods4
Response of arid‐land macroinvertebrate communities to extremes of drought, wildfire, and monsoonal flooding4
The hydroclimate niche: A tool for predicting and managing riparian plant community responses to streamflow seasonality4
A random forest machine learning model to detect fluvial hazards4
Societal drivers for the integration of hydrogeomorphology and human benefits in river restoration projects4
The hydromorphology indexIHMbased on fish requirements4
Environmental history of one of the largest freshwater neotropical fish (Zungaro jahu) from otolith isotopic analysis4
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Are protected areas effective in preserving Alpine stream morphology and biodiversity? A field study in the oldest Italian National Park4
Quantifying the Suspended Sediment Dynamics and Morphological Impacts due to Sand Mining in the Narmada River, India3
Assessing the effects of non‐stationarity on reservoir yield estimations: A case study of the Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development system in Botswana3
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Back to the future: Exploring riverine macroinvertebrate communities' invasibility3
Comparative Evaluation of Multi‐Criteria Decision Making Methods for River Hydromorphology Assessment: Case Study of the Saz‐Çayırova Basin, Türkiye3
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Mapping Apennines river paths along different hydrological conditions from satellite images: A description of the method and potential applications3
Impact assessment of waterway development on the socioeconomic conditions and ecosystem in the upper Yangtze River3
Interactions of a temperate North American fish community with a very low head hydropower facility in Ontario, Canada3
Environmental impact assessment and conservation planning of a Middle‐Eastern River basin using a fish‐based tolerance index3
Expansive, positive changes to fish habitat diversity following the formation of a valley plug in a degraded desert river3
Water penetrating radar: A fluvial scour study of antenna performance and data processing3
Influence of the Salmo (trutta) trutta on the population structure, the growth, and the habitat preference of a Cottus gobio population3
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Distributive hydraulic engineering, cross‐scale landscape planning, and climate change resilience: On the water‐adaptive strategy in the Huai'an–Yangzhou Section of China's Grand Canal3
Optimal approach for upstream fish passage design: One‐size‐fits‐all or made‐to‐order?3
Leveraging understandings of biogeomorphic river recovery to reframe river management philosophy and communication strategies3
Going to the archives: Combining palaeoecological and contemporary data to support river restoration appraisals3
Spring peak flows control abundance of Cladophora in a Hydropower‐Impacted River3
Preferential behavior of Tribolodon hakonensis for fishways according to biological characteristics3
The flood control heritage of the Yongding River in the late Qing Dynasty surrounding the Marco Polo Bridge section, 1890–18993
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Effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities on runoff change of the Weihe River basin, Northwest China3
Analyzing the Drivers of Spatio‐Temporal Riparian Vegetation Variability in a Dam‐Reservoir‐River System From Remotely Sensed Data3
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Scaling Up Individual‐Based Models for Salmonid Populations in Hydropower‐Regulated Rivers: Key Advances and Challenges3
Identifying the Morphodynamic Potential of Gilort River Sections: Natura 2000 Site as Case Study3
A contemporary estimate for the abundance of juvenile American Eel Anguilla rostrata attempting to migrate past a barrier in the Ottawa River3
Hydropeaking mitigation with re‐regulation reservoirs3
Individual‐based modelling of hydropeaking effects on brown trout and Atlantic salmon in a regulated river3
Establishing present‐day Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka|sćwin) spawning capacity in the highly impacted sq,awsitkʷ|Okanagan River to guide population conservation and restoration3
Weak Reproductive Response of European River Lamprey to a Newly Built Fishway—A Case Study From Latvia3
Failure modes in cedar tree revetments: Observations on rivers and streams in eastern Kansas, USA3
Integrating two‐dimensional water temperature simulations into a fish habitat model to improve hydro‐ and thermopeaking impact assessment3
Identification of salmon redds using RPV‐based imagery produces comparable estimates to ground counts with high inter‐observer variability3
River Hydrological Regime Changes and Their Attribution: A Case Study in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Using a Multi‐Model Approach3
The effect of trapping on the migration and survival of Atlantic salmon smolts3
Environmental Flows Rapidly Increase Zooplankton Abundance in a Regulated Lowland River3
Morphodynamic Effects and Fish Habitat Assessment at an Idealized Bifurcation: A Numerical Experiment3
A Process Based Modeling Approach to Assess Temperature Impacts of Riparian Vegetation Management in a Southwestern Wisconsin Trout Stream3
Avoiding the ‘One‐Size‐Fits‐All’ Trap in Policy‐Based Monitoring3
Assessing entrainment of larval fish in the Hogback Diversion Canal, San Juan River3
Environmental or spatial components? Patterns that structure the assemblages of aquatic oligochaetes in Argentine Pampas streams3
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Fractal characteristics of the middle reach of the Paraná River floodplain during extreme hydrological events3
Off‐Highway Vehicle Use Degrades a Mountain Stream: A Case Study Evaluating Recreation Impacts, Restoration Efficacy, and Assessing Vulnerability of Headwater Streams in the Central Rocky Mountains3
Downstream migration of landlocked Atlantic salmon smolt in a regulated river—Effects of multiple passage at dams with programmed spill3
Hydro‐thermal modelling of the potential impacts of reservoirs on water temperature and incubation time of Atlantic salmon and brook trout in the Tobique River, Canada3
Adaptation of urban distribution to the fluvial geomorphic environment and the reconstruction of the river system structure by urban distribution in Haihe Plain in the past 2,200 years3
Rivers—mouths—tides—memories: A creative, inter‐deep‐mapping of two river/tidal places. Love of place, memory and affect; movements, patterns, marks, and practices of care3
Ecological Functions of Autumn Olives for Improving Vegetation Species Diversity and Habitat Conditions Supporting Their Growth: A Study of Tedorigawa River, Japan3
Dam Submergence Flows: An Environmental Flow Prescription Designed to Aid Migratory Fish Passage3
The Long‐Term Effects of Created Habitat on Native Salmonids in a Small Headwater Stream in the Boreal Forest3
Effects of process‐based floodplain restoration on aquatic macroinvertebrate production and community structure3
Machine‐learning modeling of hourly potential thermal refuge area: A case study from the Sainte‐Marguerite River (Quebec, Canada)3
Development and Evaluation of a Pump Sampler for Small‐Bodied Fish, Suitable in Challenging Environments3
Special issue: Fluvial biogeomorphology3
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