River restoration success: a question of perception
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What defines success and failure of river restoration measures is a strongly debated topic in restoration science, but standardized approaches to evaluate either are still not available. The debate is usually centered on measurable parameters, which adhere to scientific objectivity. More subjective aspects, such as landscape aesthetics or recreational value, are usually left out, although they play an important role in the perception and communication of restoration success. In this paper, we show that different perceptions of restoration success exist by analyzing data from 26 river restoration measures in Germany. We addressed both objective parameters, such as hydromorphological changes and changes in fish and benthic invertebrate assemblages, from field investigations, and subjective parameters, such as opinions and perceptions, from water managers via an online survey. With regard to the objective hydromorphological and biotic parameters, our results agree with many studies that have reported improvements in the hydromorphology following restoration; however, there is no similar agreement between results concerning changes in the benthic invertebrate and fish assemblages. The objective results do not correspond to the subjective parameters because self-evaluation of the restoration projects by water managers was overly positive. Indeed, 40% of the respondents admitted that their evaluation was based on gut feeling, and only 45% of the restoration measures were monitored…
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Evaluating aquatic ecosystem change is not well suited to conventional experimental approaches because replicates of large ecosystems are not available.
“Like other research problems with attributes that vary between landscapes (e.g., planning climate adaptation for food supply), evaluating aquatic ecosystem change is not well suited to conventional experimental approaches because replicates of large ecosystems are not available; although case studies can provide insight, more formal evaluative and predictive methods are needed to provide”
From Evidence‐based evaluation of the cumulative effects of ecosystem restoration (2016) · cites this paper as Jähnig et al. 2011
River restoration and the management of endangered species and ecosystems have been criticized for insufficient monitoring, a lack of standardized approaches for evaluation, and complicated adaptive management plans the requirements of which are rarely fulfilled.
“River restoration and the management of endangered species and ecosystems have been criticized for insufficient monitoring, a lack of standardized approaches for evaluation, and complicated adaptive management plans the requirements of which are rarely fulfilled (Stankey et al. 2003, Jähnig et al. 2011, Morandi et al. 2014).”
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- Authors
- Jähnig, S. C., Lorenz, A. W., Hering, D., Antons, C., Sundermann, A., Jedicke, E., & Haase, P.
- Affiliations
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Jähnig, S. C.
- Venue
- Ecological Applications
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-09
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 2007-2015
- ISSN
- 1051-0761 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2112006331
- Cited by
- 203
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 11.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Ecological Applications (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Keywords
- river restoration, restoration success, restoration evaluation, hydromorphology, benthic invertebrates, fish assemblages, landscape aesthetics, recreational value, restoration monitoring, restoration targets
- MeSH terms
- Conservation of Natural Resources, Data Collection, Germany, Surveys and Questionnaires, Ecosystem, Rivers, Environmental Restoration and Remediation
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