River Research and Applications

Papers
(The TQCC of River Research and Applications is 4. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Perceptions of the impacts of invasive alien plants in the riparian zone of the Ganga River: Insights from Varanasi, India24
Differences in Native and Invasive Fish Larval Occupancy and Detection Probabilities in the Upper Mississippi River23
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Spatial variation characteristics and influencing factors of CO2 partial pressure in the middle reaches of the Yellow River during summer20
Cannibalism in Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra)19
Evaluating the risk of fish stranding due to hydropeaking in a large continental river19
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Are the Seasonal Dynamics of Zooplankton Different Between Contrasting Climatic Zones in Brazil? A Comparison Between Tropical and Subtropical Rivers19
Foundational conditions enabling participatory river management in watersheds of two regulatorily disparate states: A mixed methods study18
Unraveling trait‐based fish community assembly in tropical reservoirs18
A Comparative Investigation of Infiltration and Channel Roughness of Ephemeral and Perennial Streams in a Mountainous Catchment17
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An Ecogeomorphic Evaluation of the Post‐Flood Restoration of the Little Thompson River: A Colorado Front Range (USA) Stream17
The Behavioral Response of Fish to Flow Velocity Variations During Passage Through a Sluice17
Addressing Unwanted Morphodynamic Processes in Re‐Naturalization Projects16
Attraction and passage efficiency for salmonids and non‐salmonids based on fishway: A meta‐analysis approach16
Elucidation of mosaic patterns in gravel riverbeds using classifying flow velocity regimes obtained from a planar two‐dimensional analysis16
Will a Fish's Perspective Improve the Ecological Relevance of River Connectivity Metrics?15
Ecological Characteristics of Stream Reaches With and Without Low‐Tech Process‐Based Restoration in a Wildfire‐Affected Catchment14
Turbulent structural analysis of the combined fishway with vertical seam and bottom hole14
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Tributary mitigates river discontinuity by dam depending on the distance from dam to the tributary confluence14
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The overlooked contribution of a fish bypass channel to the density and diversity of macroinvertebrate drift in a heavily modified river system14
An investigation into remote sensing techniques and field observations to model hydraulic roughness from riparian vegetation13
Mapping River Bed Topography in Whitewater Rapids Using Bathymetric LiDAR13
Evaluating hydrologic region assignment techniques for ungaged basins in Alaska, USA13
Impacts of the Victoria Nile Bujagali hydropower dam on fisheries and livelihoods13
My father put them up there: Anthropogenic environmental change associated with abandoned river vessels in the Clarence River, NSW, Australia13
The Adaptive Systemic Approach: Catalysing more just and sustainable outcomes from sustainability and natural resources development research12
Development of a Monitoring Method for Mangrove Forests Using Multitemporal DSMs12
Horizontal ramping rate framework to quantify hydropeaking stranding risk for fish12
Why wood should move in rivers12
Hydropower Operations Reduce Alluvial Nesting Habitat and Alter Riverine Turtle Population Demographics12
Unraveling the Drivers and Evolutionary Trajectory of the Flood Pulse in the Middle‐Lower Yangtze River and Its Ecological Effects on Fish12
Systematic comparison of 1D and 2D hydrodynamic models for the assessment of hydropeaking alterations12
How low is too low? Partnering with stakeholders and managers to define ecologically based low‐flow thresholds in a perennial temperate river12
A model for quantifying the effectiveness of leaky barriers as a flood mitigation intervention in an agricultural landscape12
Blue catfish population characteristics and dispersal along a Great Plains river gradient12
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Neural networks for fast fluvial flood predictions: Too good to be true?11
Ecological Flow Study of the Gorge Section of Yongding River Based on Hydrological Methods11
Fish Assemblage Diversity of Dharla River, Bangladesh, With Relation to Environmental Variables: A Multivariate Analysis10
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Automated streamflow measurements in high‐elevation Alpine catchments10
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 (HR2110
Longitudinal Variability in the Oxygen Demand of Channel Bed Matrix Sediment in a UK Agricultural Catchment: Implications for Managing the Sediment Problem10
Past hydraulics influence microhabitat selection by invertebrates and fish in hydropeaking rivers10
Hydrologic Connectivity and Secondary Channel Habitat Properties of the Lower Mississippi River, a Large, Meandering River in the Southern USA10
Multiscale Processes Drive Formation of Logjam Habitats and Use by Juvenile Chinook Salmon Across a Boreal Stream Network in Alaska10
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Assessing downstream aquatic habitat availability relative to headwater reservoir management in the Henrys Fork Snake River10
Thermal Regimes of Beaver‐Impacted Stream Reaches in the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, United States10
Bank erosion and erosion processes from dendrogeomorphology in southern U.S. prairie streams9
Dam operations, local rainfall, changing settlement growth pattern and flooding in the Niger Delta, Nigeria9
Fine Sediment Depositional Patterns and Fish Habitat Following Wildfire and Debris Flow9
Spatiotemporal Assessment of Groundwater Interactions With a Regulated River: A Case Study of the Nechako River, Canada9
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Reimagining Urban River Bathing in Europe: A Multisectoral and Interdisciplinary Dive Into Lyon's Rivers (France)9
Effects of cold and warm thermopeaking on drift and stranding of juvenile European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)9
Environmental drivers of cyanobacterial abundance and cyanotoxin production in backwaters of the Upper Mississippi River9
Turbulence signatures of natural river morphology in four dimensions8
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Crayfish assemblages correlate with dam‐induced effects on abiotic factors and predatory fish assemblages in Alabama streams8
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Macroinvertebrate response to run‐of‐river hydropower tailrace inflow: Spatial assessment of community and traits8
Trends and prospects in the Yangtze River Basin research: A bibliometric analysis8
Assessing reservoir effect on water quality in the Missouri River basin using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model8
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Wakesurfing, Wakeboarding, and Waterskiing: A Comparison of Wake Characteristics8
Timescales of tree‐covered island dynamics on the mixed bedrock‐alluvial anabranching Vaal River, South Africa7
From a continuous thermal profile to a stepped one: The effect of run of river hydropower plants on the river thermal regime7
Habitat suitability of golden mahseer young ones (Tor putitora, Hamilton 1822) in Himalayan waters, India7
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
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The economic cost of hydropower environmental constraints under decreasing price volatility7
Stream Restoration for the Spawning of Trout: How to Enhance the Egg to Fry Survival and to Monitor the Spawning Efficiency?7
Floodplain Restoration and Its Effects on Summer Water Temperature and Macroinvertebrates in Whychus Creek, Oregon (USA)7
Initial ecological recovery post‐weir removal amidst catchment‐wide improvements, in a groundwater‐dominated chalk stream7
Engineered Gravel Trench Hyporheic Exchange to Create Cold‐Water Thermal Refuges7
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
Phytoplankton species richness as an ecological indicator in a subtropical, human‐regulated, fragmented river6
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The Transboundary Reach of the Columbia River: Cottonwood Colonization Followed Flow Moderation From the Columbia River Treaty Dams6
Differences in respiration rates and abrasion losses may muddle attribution of breakdown to macroinvertebrates versus microbes in litterbag experiments6
Variation and Controls of Sediment Oxygen Demand in Backwater Lakes of the Upper Mississippi River During Winter6
When does a stream become a river?6
Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in large river secondary channels: Contemporaneous and legacy effects of flow connectivity6
Spatial scales in instream flow modeling: Why and how to use ecologically appropriate resolutions6
Subaquatic Photogrammetry Helps Understanding Habitat Suitability for Juvenile Lamprey in Streams6
Three‐Dimensional Flow Structures in an Open Channel Bend With a Tributary Confluence6
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Relationships Between Zooplankton and Habitat Conditions in the Upper Mississippi River System6
Dam It, I’m Stranded: Evaluating Fish Stranding Downstream of Two Hydropeaking Dams in Northern Ontario6
Limitations of Non‐Volitional Upstream Passage for Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis)6
A complete homogenization of water temperatures during widespread flooding6
Logjams in a mountain stream network: Patterns, biogeomorphic associations, and anthropogenic impacts6
Characterization of the evolution of runoff‐sediment relationship in Min River based on coupling coordination theory6
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Macroinvertebrate Community Responses to Disturbance in a Fragmented River With Contrasting Legacies of Alteration6
Effects of 2D hydrodynamic model resolution on habitat estimates for rearing Coho Salmon in contrasting channel forms6
Effects of regulation on open‐water flows in the lower Peace River, Canada, and implications for the recharge of Peace‐Athabasca Delta basins6
Abiotic Drivers of Spawning and Early Life Stage Assemblage Dynamics of Great Plains Fishes6
The hydroclimate niche: A tool for predicting and managing riparian plant community responses to streamflow seasonality5
Effects of inlet height of detention basins on fish movement to refuges during floods5
Turbulence near a sandbar island in the lower Missouri River5
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A New Framework for River Restoration Planning at Catchment Scale in the UK5
Changes in Lake Wetland Inundation and Shrinkage Within the Framework of Rivers–Lake Interactions5
Introducing HyPeak: An international network on hydropeaking research, practice, and policy5
If a fish comes out of the river and speaks, we should believe it: South African perspective on fish kills5
Warming of the lower Columbia River, 1853 to 20185
Assessment of flood regulation service based on source–sink landscape analysis in urbanized watershed5
Sediment Storage Behind Low‐Head Dams: Assessing Potential Contribution to Reservoir Sedimentation in Kansas, USA5
Experimental evaluation of louver guidance efficiency for green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)5
Zooplankton Assemblage Structure of the Lower Mississippi River and Floodplain in Relation to Site Hydrological Connection5
Human–river relationships depend on human–human relationships: River and watershed organizations in three western US states5
Integrated river water quality and quantity management based on undesirability and cost‐effectiveness5
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Carbon sequestration potential of process‐based river restoration5
Insights From Intensive Stream Monitoring in an Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Catchment Illuminate Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality5
Temporal variation of braided intensity and morphodynamic changes in a regulated braided river using 2D modeling and satellite images5
Guiding downstream migrating Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) of different life stages in a large river using bubbles5
A new braiding index to assess river regulation effects in multi‐thread channels: Insights from a highly regulated Himalayan river5
Off‐Channel Habitat Use by Silver Carp ( Hypophthalmichthys molitrix ) and Bighead Carp ( H. nobilis ) in 5
Moving waters to mitigate hydropeaking: A case study from the Italian Alps5
Performance of an environmentally‐aligned, low maintenance flood alleviation scheme on the Burn of Mosset, Forres, Scotland5
Bio‐geomorphic alteration through shifting flow regime in a modified monsoonal river system in Korea5
Assessing Taxonomic and Functional Responses of Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities to Multi‐Scale Influences of Urban Land Cover5
Mass and Momentum Flux Prediction at the Channel‐Floodplain Interface Associated With Riparian Vegetation5
Evaluation of hydropower projects in Balkan Rivers based on direct sediment transport measurements; challenges, limits and possible data interpretation – Case study Vjosa River/Albania5
Automated fluvial hydromorphology mapping from airborne remote sensing5
By‐pass valves in hydropower plants: An ecologically important measure to mitigate stranding in rivers due to emergency turbine flow shutdown5
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Estimation of streamflow of the ungauged mountainous watersheds of the Western Ghats in India using the SWAT model5
Distribution analysis of adult and larval Calopteryx japonica using unmanned aerial vehicle acquired water temperature distribution5
Morpho‐Ecological Restoration in Braided Rivers: The Need to Account for Geomorphological Heterogeneity5
Lithological controls influence river form in contrasting sub‐catchments: The Scamander and Avenue Rivers, Tasmania5
Watersheds and stream networks viewed longitudinally: Example insights from novel spatial portrayals of watershed characteristics5
Predation preference of signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) on native and invasive bivalve species5
Historical and contemporary drivers of knickpoint retreat and morphological evolution along Bayou Pierre, Mississippi5
Colonisation of terrestrial vegetation in an intermittent river: Diversity responses to seasonal drying5
Combined Gravel Augmentation and Flood Control Area to Rehabilitate Riverbed Diversification: Lesson From Unexpected Effects of a 30 Years Flood (Upper Rhine)5
Recent changes in riparian and floodplain vegetation in England and Wales and its geomorphic implications5
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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
Entrainment of endangered sturgeon by a large water diversion: Rescue, enumeration, and conservation opportunities4
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Bootstrap Reduced Major Axis (BRMA) to optimize the satellite‐derived discharge rating curves4
Societal drivers for the integration of hydrogeomorphology and human benefits in river restoration projects4
A random forest machine learning model to detect fluvial hazards4
Does swimming activity influence gas bubble trauma in fish?4
Environmental history of one of the largest freshwater neotropical fish (Zungaro jahu) from otolith isotopic analysis4
Water Temperature Regimes and Thermal Drivers in Semi‐Natural and Flow‐Regulated Rivers of the Northern Great Plains4
Tributary‐Trunk Sedimentary Links in an Inter‐Dam River Reach: Lessons From Low‐Altitude High‐Gradient Forested Streams, the Dyje River (Czechia‐Austria)4
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Integrating two‐dimensional water temperature simulations into a fish habitat model to improve hydro‐ and thermopeaking impact assessment4
Patterns of riparian forest disturbance caused by tree dislodging on a subtropical river during large floods4
Factors affecting interannual variation in diet and body lipid content of age‐0 Scaphirhynchus sturgeon in the lower Missouri River, USA4
Cold‐Water Thermal Refuge Enhancement and Creation for Salmonids: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned4
Mapping Turbidity Spatial Distribution of Monobe River in Kochi, Japan, Using Satellite Images and Existing Turbidity Data4
Assessing migratory bottlenecks and escapement of silver eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the highly urbanized North Sea Canal basin, the Netherlands4
An Experimental Approach for the Quantitative Assessment of Downstream Swimming Fish Behavior4
Effect of flow regulation on streambank erosion: A perspective downstream of a flood control dam, Kansas, USA4
Are protected areas effective in preserving Alpine stream morphology and biodiversity? A field study in the oldest Italian National Park4
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Rediscovering, reevaluating, and restoring Entiatqua: Identifying pre‐Anthropocene valleys in North Cascadia, USA4
Geomorphic heterogeneity as a framework for assessing river corridor processes and characteristics4
The hydromorphology indexIHMbased on fish requirements4
Temporal and spatial variations of propagule deposition in the riparian zones of mountain rivers4
Landscape features control river's confluences water quality and tributary fish composition4
Towards biogeomorphic river restoration: Vegetation as a critical driver of physical habitat4
Assessing the Physical Habitat Condition of Navigable Canals and Rivers in England4
Evaluating the Efficiency of a Fishway Installed Near a High, Artificially Created Waterfall4
Modelling flow regulation effects on vegetation recruitment and survival on alternate bars in channelized rivers4
Assessment of spawning habitat suitability for Amphidromous Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in tidal Asahi River sections in Japan: Implications for conservation and restoration4
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Cooler, bigger; warmer, smaller: Fine‐scale thermal heterogeneity maps age class and species distribution in behaviourally thermoregulating salmonids4
At‐a‐station hydraulic geometry for reaches with bridge collapse events4
Hydropeaking and Channelization Threaten Young‐of‐the‐Year Fish—The Case of the Chub ( Squalius Cephalus L.) in the Rhône River4
Meander‐Bend Erosion Dynamics Along a Gravel‐Bed River: Insights From Short‐Term UAV Monitoring4
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Waterway System Navigation Pools4
Fish Migration Patterns in Semi‐Isolated and Seasonally Variable Freshwater Systems From the Yungas Forest to the Chaco Plain (South America)4
Environmental Flows Rapidly Increase Zooplankton Abundance in a Regulated Lowland River4
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Leveraging understandings of biogeomorphic river recovery to reframe river management philosophy and communication strategies4
Geomorphic context in process‐based river restoration4
Low flows in a regulated river system are associated with reduced breeding bird abundance and diversity in Yosemite National Park, California4
Landscape influences on thermal sensitivity and predicted spatial variability among brook trout streams in the southeastern USA4
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