Conceptualizing River Floodplains

Earth s Future, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(3)

Published: March 1, 2025

Abstract Geologic, geomorphic, hydrologic, ecological, and biogeochemical conceptual models of river floodplains developed since the mid‐20th century led to current conceptualization as integrative systems that store transform diverse materials, provide a source material can be transported downstream, function ecosystems. Scientific recognition critical component corridors is not, however, matched by societal perceptions legal or regulatory frameworks, which typically treat active channel floodplain separate entities. The development an scientific understanding reviewed here, along with five primary challenges progress in managing floodplains. These involve: integrating thinking, data collection, modeling, prediction across disciplines manner facilitates work practitioners regulators; scaling time space; measuring predicting feedbacks nonlinear interactions; resilience resistance natural human‐induced disturbances; effectively communicating social technical uncertainties management.

Language: Английский

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Beaver Versus Human: The Big Differences in Small Dams

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(2)

Published: March 1, 2025

ABSTRACT As beavers ( Castor spp.) are reintroduced to streams in the northern hemisphere and nature‐based process‐based river restoration emphasizes human‐built analogues for beaver dams, it is reasonable ask how dams ponds compare different types of small constructed by humans diverse purposes. We use published research as a basis comparing effects four human dams—beaver dam analogues, earthen embankments perpendicular flow that used create stock ponds, check mill dams. these with respect water balance three‐dimensional hydrologic connectivity, sediment, particulate organic matter carbon, nutrients, habitat, biota. These assessments inform us ranking from generally most beneficial providing ecosystem services (beaver meadows multiple dams) least (mill dams), recognizing may not be at some sites infrastructure property within corridor, where they impede upstream migration invasive species or provide lentic habitat corridor. This comparison among highlights need on cumulative along corridor across catchment, well identifying gaps our understanding specific including carbon nutrient dynamics.

Language: Английский

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Bed shear stress model for rough bed flows through rigid emergent vegetation

Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(3)

Published: April 22, 2025

Language: Английский

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Accelerating contributions of restoration ecology for enhancing natural climate solutions

Academia Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Jan. 24, 2025

Language: Английский

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