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The science and practice of river restoration

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Wohl, Ellen, Lane, Stuart N., Wilcox, Andrew C.·2015·Water Resources Research
DOI 10.1002/2014wr016874
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River restoration is one of the most prominent areas of applied water‐resources science. From an initial focus on enhancing fish habitat or river appearance, primarily through structural modification of channel form, restoration has expanded to incorporate a wide variety of management activities designed to enhance river process and form. Restoration is conducted on headwater streams, large lowland rivers, and entire river networks in urban, agricultural, and less intensively human‐altered environments. We critically examine how contemporary practitioners approach river restoration and challenges for implementing restoration, which include clearly identified objectives, holistic understanding of rivers as ecosystems, and the role of restoration as a social process. We also examine challenges for scientific understanding in river restoration. These include: how physical complexity supports biogeochemical function, stream metabolism, and stream ecosystem productivity; characterizing response curves of different river components; understanding sediment dynamics; and increasing appreciation of the importance of incorporating climate change considerations and resiliency into restoration planning. Finally, we examine changes in river restoration within the past decade, such as increasing use of stream mitigation banking; development of new tools and technologies; different types of process‐based restoration; growing recognition of the importance of biological‐physical feedbacks in rivers; increasing expectations of water quality improvements from restoration; and more effective communication between practitioners and river scientists.

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Authors
Wohl, E., Lane, S. N., & Wilcox, A. C.
Venue
Water Resources Research
Publisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Published
2015-08
Volume
51
Issue
8
Pages
5974-5997
ISSN
  • 0043-1397 (ISSN-L)
  • 1944-7973
DOI
10.1002/2014wr016874
OpenAlex
W1874839958
Cited by
710
References
183
FWCI
27.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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