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1. The 2000 Yigong landslide (Tibetan Plateau), rockslide-dammed lake and outburst flood: Review, remote sensing analysis, and process modelling

Author:
Keith B. Delaney; Stephen G. Evans
Source:
Geomorphology 2015 v.246 pp. 377-393
ISSN:
0169-555X
Subject:
Landsat; dams (hydrology); floodplains; floods; lakes; landslides; military personnel; models; remote sensing; rivers; rockfalls; China; India; Indus River; Pakistan
Abstract:
... In April 2000 a large-scale rock avalanche dammed the Yigong Zangpo River, forming an extensive rockslide-dammed lake. The impoundment lasted for 62days before a catastrophic breaching caused a massive outburst flood in the Yarlung Zangpo (Tibet) and the Dihang rivers (India) that travelled downstream to the main floodplain of the Brahmaputra in northeastern India. In response to discrepancies in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.020

2. The 2011 Brisbane Floods: Causes, Impacts and Implications

Author:
Robin C. van den Honert; John McAneney
Source:
Water 2011 v.3 no.4 pp. 1149-1173
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
climatic factors; dams (hydrology); floods; infrastructure; insurance; land use planning; rain; risk; risk management; rivers; state government; streams; water supply; watersheds; Queensland
Abstract:
... On 13th January 2011 major flooding occurred throughout most of the Brisbane River catchment, most severely in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Creek catchment (where 23 people drowned), the Bremer River catchment and in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland. Some 56,200 claims have been received by insurers with payouts totalling $2.55 billion. This paper backgrounds weather and climatic factors imp ...
DOI:
10.3390/w3041149

3. The 2013 flood event in the South Saskatchewan and Elk River basins: Causes, assessment and damages

Author:
John W. Pomeroy; Ronald E. Stewart; Paul H. Whitfield
Source:
Canadian water resources journal 2016 v.41 no.1-2 pp. 105-117
ISSN:
1918-1817
Subject:
basins; culverts; dams (hydrology); flood damage; floods; lakes; melting; rain; rivers; roads; sewer systems; snow; storms; streams; watersheds; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; Rocky Mountain region; Saskatchewan
Abstract:
... In late June 2013, heavy rainfall and rapidly melting alpine snow triggered flooding throughout much of the southern half of Alberta. Heavy rainfall commenced on 19 June and continued for 3 days. When the event was over, more than 200 mm and as much as 350 mm of precipitation had fallen over the Front Ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Tributaries to the Bow River including the Ghost, Kananas ...
DOI:
10.1080/07011784.2015.1089190

4. 30 years of data reveal dramatic increase in abundance of brown trout following the removal of a small hydrodam

Author:
Kim Birnie-Gauvin; Martin H. Larsen; Jan Nielsen; Kim Aarestrup
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2017 pp. -
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
Salmo trutta; dams (hydrology); fish communities; freshwater ecosystems; habitats; humans; rivers; spawning; surveys; trout; vegetation; water flow; Denmark
Abstract:
... Humans and freshwater ecosystems have a long history of cohabitation. Today, nearly all major rivers of the world have an in-stream structure which changes water flow, substrate composition, vegetation, and fish assemblage composition. The realization of these effects and their subsequent impacts on population sustainability and conservation has led to a collective effort aimed to find ways to mit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.022

5. Acidity and metallic elements release from AMD-affected river sediments: Effect of AMD standstill and dilution

Author:
Meiqin Chen; Guining Lu; Jingxiong Wu; Jianteng Sun; Chengfang Yang; Yingying Xie; Kaifeng Wang; Fucai Deng; Xiaoyun Yi; Zhi Dang
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109490
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; acid mine drainage; acidity; adsorption; anion exchange; arsenic; cadmium; cations; copper; dams (hydrology); dialysis; environmental factors; environmental hazards; heavy metals; iron; lead; manganese; minerals; moieties; oxyanions; pH; phase transition; protons; remediation; rivers; sediments; sulfates; toxic substances; zinc
Abstract:
... In acid mine drainage (AMD) polluted rivers, considerable fraction of potential toxic elements are temporarily sequestered by sediments. There are two main potential environmental hazards associated with the sediments, acidity liberation and re-mobilization of metallic elements, during environmental conditions change. The effects of AMD standstill and water dilution on metallic elements migration ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109490

6. An Adaptive Surrogate Assisted CE-QUAL-W2 Model Embedded in Hybrid NSGA-II_ AMOSA Algorithm for Reservoir Water Quality and Quantity Management

Author:
Motahareh Saadatpour
Source:
Water resources management 2020 v.34 no.4 pp. 1437-1451
ISSN:
0920-4741
Subject:
adverse effects; algorithms; dams (hydrology); economic development; environmental degradation; issues and policy; livelihood; rivers; simulation models; total dissolved solids; water quality; water storage; water supply; watersheds; Iran
Abstract:
... The Meimeh dam construction is a project, planned to provide sustainable livelihoods, social, and economic developments in the Meimeh River Basin, Ilam, Iran. However, due to the high concentration of TDS in the Meimeh River and its tributaries, river impoundment and water storage can be harmful to the Meimeh Reservoir. The upstream inflow control and the reservoir operation management in a select ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11269-020-02510-x

7. Addressing fish-passage issues at hydropower and irrigation infrastructure projects in Indonesia

Author:
Lee J. Baumgartner; Arif Wibowo
Source:
Marine & freshwater research 2018 v.69 no.12 pp. 1805-1813
ISSN:
1323-1650
Subject:
dams (hydrology); developmental stages; fisheries; floodplains; freshwater fish; habitats; infrastructure; irrigation; migratory behavior; rivers; water power; weirs; Indonesia
Abstract:
... Development activities threaten the long-term sustainability of tropical floodplain systems. The construction of dams, weirs, irrigation infrastructure and regulators affect connectivity among habitats and can facilitate rapid declines in riverine biota, especially fish. Indonesia is a tropical island country with an abundance of monsoonal rivers. Massive expansions in hydropower and irrigation in ...
DOI:
10.1071/MF18088

8. Age and extent of a giant glacial-dammed lake at Yarlung Tsangpo gorge in the Tibetan Plateau

Author:
Weiming Liu; Zhongping Lai; Kaiheng Hu; Yonggang Ge; Peng Cui; Xiaogang Zhang; Feng Liu
Source:
Geomorphology 2015 v.246 pp. 370-376
ISSN:
0169-555X
Subject:
dams (hydrology); glaciers; lacustrine sediments; lakes; loess; luminescence; plateaus; quartz; remote sensing; rivers; surface area; surveys; China
Abstract:
... Many glacier dams on major rivers at the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau had been previously determined through remote sensing and glacier terminal position calculation. It was hypothesized that such damming substantially impeded river incision into the plateau interior. Investigation on the large glacial-dammed lake at the entrance of Tsangpo gorge is critical for understanding this hypo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.034

9. Akinetes and ancient DNA reveal toxic cyanobacterial recurrences and their potential for resurrection in a 6700-year-old core from a eutrophic lake

Author:
Benjamin Legrand; Yannick Miras; Aude Beauger; Matthieu Dussauze; Delphine Latour
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.687 pp. 1369-1380
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
DNA; Nostocales; X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy; biosynthesis; cell division; dams (hydrology); eutrophication; genes; germination; grazing; lakes; land use; magnetism; microcystins; models; planting; pollen; rivers; toxicity; viability; watersheds; woodlands
Abstract:
... In order to evaluate the recurrence of toxic cyanobacterial blooms and to determine the survival capabilities of the resistance cells through time, a sedimentary core spanning 6700 years was drilled in the eutrophic Lake Aydat. A multiproxy approach (density, magnetic susceptibility, XRF, pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses), was used initially to determine the sedimentation model and the l ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.100

10. Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) spawning and nursery areas in a sentinel estuary: spatial and temporal patterns

Author:
K. W. Able; T. M. Grothues; M. J. Shaw; S. M. VanMorter; M. C. Sullivan; D. D. Ambrose
Source:
Environmental biology of fishes 2020 v.103 no.11 pp. 1419-1436
ISSN:
0378-1909
Subject:
Alosa pseudoharengus; Anguilla rostrata; anadromous fish; autumn; catadromous fish; dams (hydrology); eggs; estuaries; freshwater; gonads; habitats; larvae; predation; predators; reproduction; rivers; salinity; spawning; watersheds; New Jersey
Abstract:
... Spatial and temporal distribution of anadromous alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus Wilson) spawning and nursery habitats were determined by sampling in the Mullica River – Great Bay watershed (New Jersey, USA) in a combination of long- and short-term observational and quantitative studies. Reproduction was confirmed by examination of developing gonads, visual observations of spawning, and egg collectio ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10641-020-01032-0

11. Algal blooms in the middle and lower Han River: Characteristics, early warning and prevention

Author:
Xiaokang Xin; Hong Zhang; Pei Lei; Wenzhong Tang; Wei Yin; Jian Li; Huan Zhong; Kefeng Li
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.706 pp. 135293
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; Cyclotella; algae; algal blooms; dams (hydrology); dominant species; drinking water; eutrophication; meteorological data; phosphorus; rivers; total phosphorus; water quality
Abstract:
... Eutrophication with the sustained occurrence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) has been widely recognized since the 1990s as one of the largest drinking water quality issues in the middle and lower reaches of the Han River (MLHR, the largest tributary of Yangtze). Due to impoundment of the middle route of the South to North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP), the height of the Danjiangkou Reservoir Dam ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135293

12. Alteration of River Flow and Flood Dynamics by Existing and Planned Hydropower Dams in the Amazon River Basin

Author:
Suyog Chaudhari; Yadu Pokhrel
Source:
Water resources research 2022 v.58 no.5 pp. e2021WR030555
ISSN:
0043-1397
Subject:
basins; dams (hydrology); models; power generation; research; river flow; rivers; water; water power; watersheds; Amazon River; Brazil
Abstract:
... Hydropower dams have received increased global attention due to their detrimental socioenvironmental ramifications. Such attention has led to an increase in studies on the impacts of reservoir operation on river flow; however, a holistic understanding of the compounded effects of hydropower dams on different hydrological characteristics is lacking, especially for large river basins such as the Ama ...
DOI:
10.1029/2021WR030555

13. Amazon dams and waterways: Brazil’s Tapajós Basin plans

Author:
Philip M. Fearnside
Source:
Ambio 2015 v.44 no.5 pp. 426-439
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
barges; basins; dams (hydrology); laws and regulations; rivers; soybeans; waterways; Amazon River; Brazil
Abstract:
... Brazil plans to build 43 “large” dams (>30 MW) in the Tapajós Basin, ten of which are priorities for completion by 2022. Impacts include flooding indigenous lands and conservation units. The Tapajós River and two tributaries (the Juruena and Teles Pires Rivers) are also the focus of plans for waterways to transport soybeans from Mato Grosso to ports on the Amazon River. Dams would allow barges to ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-015-0642-z
PubMed:
25794814
PubMed Central:
PMC4510327

14. Amazonian freshwater habitats experiencing environmental and socioeconomic threats affecting subsistence fisheries

Author:
Cleber J. R. Alho; Roberto E. Reis; Pedro P. U. Aquino
Source:
Ambio 2015 v.44 no.5 pp. 412-425
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
aquatic organisms; biodiversity; cattle; dams (hydrology); deforestation; fishery resources; forests; freshwater; freshwater ecosystems; habitats; human communities; infrastructure; logging; mining; overfishing; pastures; rain; risk; rivers; Amazon River
Abstract:
... Matching the trend seen among the major large rivers of the globe, the Amazon River and its tributaries are facing aquatic ecosystem disruption that is affecting freshwater habitats and their associated biodiversity, including trends for decline in fishery resources. The Amazon’s aquatic ecosystems, linked natural resources, and human communities that depend on them are increasingly at risk from a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-014-0610-z
PubMed:
25572836
PubMed Central:
PMC4510326

15. Amazonian run‐of‐river dam reservoir impacts underestimated: Evidence from a before–after control–impact study of freshwater turtle nesting areas

Author:
Andrea Bárcenas‐García; Fernanda Michalski; James P. Gibbs; Darren Norris
Source:
Aquatic conservation 2022 v.32 no.3 pp. 508-522
ISSN:
1052-7613
Subject:
Podocnemis; biodiversity; dams (hydrology); dry season; experimental design; habitats; humans; rivers; turtles; water power
Abstract:
... Hydropower dams are associated with adverse impacts on biodiversity, yet there remains a lack of robust scientific evidence documenting the magnitude of these impacts, particularly across highly biodiverse tropical waterways. Aquatic and semi‐aquatic vertebrates are disproportionately affected by human changes to aquatic environments and hydropower expansion is an increasing threat to the Endanger ...
DOI:
10.1002/aqc.3775

16. Anadromous Sturgeons (Acipenseridae, Actinopterygii) of the Don River Upstream from the Tsimlyansk Hydroengineering Complex

Author:
V. S. Boldyrev
Source:
Biology bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2018 v.45 no.10 pp. 1129-1138
ISSN:
1062-3590
Subject:
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii; Acipenser stellatus; Huso huso; anadromous fish; dams (hydrology); fish ladders; juveniles; rivers; spawning; sturgeon
Abstract:
... —Data based on the results of published, unpublished, and questionable materials concerning the occurrence of anadromous sturgeons after damming of the Don River downstream and upstream of the Tsimlyansk hydroengineering complex are presented. Two peaks of approaches of spawners to the dam in the 1950s and 1980s were recorded. The first peak was related to the wild population that existed in these ...
DOI:
10.1134/S1062359018100084

17. Analysis of Landslide Movements Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar: A Case Study in Hunza-Nagar Valley, Pakistan

Author:
Mohib Ur Rehman; Yi Zhang; Xingmin Meng; Xiaojun Su; Filippo Catani; Gohar Rehman; Dongxia Yue; Zainab Khalid; Sajjad Ahmad; Ijaz Ahmad
Source:
Remote Sensing 2020 v.12 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
case studies; dams (hydrology); deformation; geophysics; infrastructure; interferometry; lakes; landslides; remote sensing; rivers; standard deviation; synthetic aperture radar; time series analysis; villages; Pakistan
Abstract:
... From a geological standpoint, northern Pakistan is one of the most active and unstable areas in the world. As a consequence, many massive landslides have occurred in the area in historical times that have destroyed infrastructure, blocked the Hunza River, and damaged the Karakoram Highway repeatedly. However, despite the high frequency of large magnitude landslide events, and the consequent damage ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs12122054

18. Analysis of Near-surface Soil Moisture Spatial and Temporal Dynamics in an Experimental Catchment in Southern Italy

Author:
P. Nasta; B. Sica; G.B. Chirico; S. Ferraris; N. Romano
Source:
Procedia Environmental Sciences 2013 v.19 pp. 188-197
ISSN:
1878-0296
Subject:
watersheds; summer; land use; grasslands; orchards; pastures; soil heterogeneity; water reservoirs; runoff; wet season; dry season; temporal variation; basins; stream flow; winter; soil water content; models; dams (hydrology); soil water; Mediterranean climate; rivers; rain; Italy
Abstract:
... Management of water resources in basins under Mediterranean climate is based on t e knowledge of the complex interaction among rainfall, evapotranspira ion, streamflow discharge, and changes in water storage. Understanding the spatial and temporal evolution of such relations is a key issue for obtaining reliable applications of hydrologica models. In this study we identified the water dynamics inv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.proenv.2013.06.021

19. An Analysis of Terrestrial and Aquatic Environmental Controls of Riverine Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Conterminous United States

Author:
Qichun Yang; Xuesong Zhang; Xingya Xu; Ghassem R. Asrar
Source:
Water 2017 v.9 no.6 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
United States Geological Survey; carbon cycle; cropland; dams (hydrology); dissolved organic carbon; environmental factors; forests; phosphorus; rivers; sand fraction; shrublands; soil organic matter; soil water; soil water content; standard deviation; streams; surface water; uncertainty; urban areas; watersheds; Mississippi River; Southeastern United States; Western United States
Abstract:
... Analyses of environmental controls on riverine carbon fluxes are critical for improved understanding of the mechanisms regulating carbon cycling along the terrestrial-aquatic continuum. Here, we compile and analyze riverine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration data from 1402 United States Geological Survey (USGS) gauge stations to examine the spatial variability and environmental controls ...
DOI:
10.3390/w9060383

20. Analysis of extreme hydrological events in a monsoon climate catchment: the Hongru River, China

Author:
Source:
Hydrological sciences journal 1997 v.42 no.3 pp. 343-356
ISSN:
0262-6667
Subject:
climate; dams (hydrology); hydrologic models; monsoon season; rivers; runoff; storms; uncertainty; watersheds; China
Abstract:
... In August 1975, an extraordinary storm hit the Hongru River basin in Henan Province, China. Two dams were overtopped, breached and totally destroyed and the river basin experienced a severe flood. Various methods for assessing the return period of the peak discharges and changes in hydrological response due to the dambreak have been investigated: Annual Maximum Series (AMS), Partial Duration Serie ...
DOI:
10.1080/02626669709492033

21. Analysis of flow modifications and stress in the Tangon river basin of the Barind tract

Author:
Swades Pal; Arpita Saha; Tithi Das
Source:
International journal of river basin management 2019 v.17 no.3 pp. 301-321
ISSN:
1814-2060
Subject:
dams (hydrology); livelihood; rivers; stream flow; watersheds; wetlands; Bangladesh; India
Abstract:
... The Tangon river (267 km long), of India and Bangladesh, is highly affected by the construction of the dam (1989) at 10 km west of Boda in Panchgarh district, Bangladesh. The aim of the current work is to find out the impacts of flow change on hydrological and ecological components in the Tangon river and riparian wetlands using indicators of hydrologic alteration (IHA). Estimation of threshold fl ...
DOI:
10.1080/15715124.2018.1546714

22. Analysis of past and future dam formation and failure in the Santa Cruz River (San Juan province, Argentina)

Author:
Ivanna M. Penna; Marc-Henri Derron; Michele Volpi; Michel Jaboyedoff
Source:
Geomorphology 2013 v.186 no. pp. 28-38
ISSN:
0169-555X
Subject:
dams (hydrology); infrastructure; lakes; land use planning; morphometry; rivers; topographic slope; watersheds; Argentina
Abstract:
... Around 11.5∗10⁶m³ of rock detached from the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz valley (San Juan province, Argentina) in the first fortnight of January 2005. The rockslide–debris avalanche blocked the course, resulting in the development of a lake with maximum length of around 3.5km. The increase in the inflow rate from 47,000–74,000m³/d between April and October to 304,000m³/d between late October an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.011

23. Analysis of the Impact of Hydrotechnical Construction on the Amur River near Blagoveshchensk and Heihe Cities Using a Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model

Author:
I. Krylenko; V. Belikov; E. Fingert; P. Golovlyov; A. Glotko; A. Zavadskii; M. Samokhin; S. Borovkov
Source:
Water resources 2018 v.45 no.Supplement 1 pp. 112-121
ISSN:
0097-8078
Subject:
cities; computer software; dams (hydrology); hydrologic models; rivers; sediment transport; water flow; Russia
Abstract:
... Water flow and sediment transport under the effect of hydrotechnical constructions on the Amur River near Blagoveshchensk and Heihe cities was analyzed based on two-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling using STREAM_2D software (the authors V. Belikov et al., Russia). Three modeling scenarios were considered: without constructions, with the embankment of Blagoveshchensk, with the embankment of Blagove ...
DOI:
10.1134/S0097807818050378

24. Analysis of the use of selected reservoirs in the Wielkopolska province

Author:
Błażej Waligórski; Mariusz Sojka; Joanna Jaskuła; Mariusz Korytowski
Source:
Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences, SGGW 2018 v.50 no.4 pp. 373-385
ISSN:
2081-9617
Subject:
atmospheric precipitation; dams (hydrology); eutrophication; land use; nitrates; nitrites; rivers; runoff; summer; vegetation; water quality; water storage; winter
Abstract:
... The paper presents characteristics of six selected retention reservoirs located in the Wielkopolskie province, i.e. the Radzyny and Przebędowo reservoirs located near the city of Poznań, the Miedzichowo reservoir situated at the western border of the province, as well as the Stare Miasto and Jutrosin and Pakosław reservoirs, situated at the eastern and southern parts of the province, respectively. ...
DOI:
10.2478/sggw-2018-0029

25. Analysis of water balance by surface–groundwater interaction using the SWAT model for the Han River basin, South Korea

Author:
So Ra Ahn; Seong Joon Kim
Source:
Paddy and water environment 2018 v.16 no.3 pp. 543-560
ISSN:
1611-2490
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; aquifers; base flow; basins; dams (hydrology); dry season; evapotranspiration; groundwater; groundwater flow; groundwater recharge; health effects assessments; rivers; soil water; surface water; water analysis; water budget; water table; watersheds; weirs; wet season; South Korea
Abstract:
... The water balance and groundwater dynamics due to surface–groundwater interactions for watershed health assessment were investigated for the Han River basin (34,148 km²) of South Korea using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The model was established considering 4 multipurpose dams and 3 multifunction weirs. The SWAT was spatially calibrated and validated using daily observed inflows for ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10333-018-0647-x

26. Anammox response to natural and anthropogenic impacts over the Yangtze River

Author:
Liming Chen; Sitong Liu; Qian Chen; Guibing Zhu; Xuan Wu; Jiawen Wang; Xiaofei Li; Lijun Hou; Jinren Ni
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.665 pp. 171-180
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
anaerobic ammonium oxidation; anthropogenic activities; bacterial communities; dams (hydrology); denitrification; ecosystems; mountains; nitrogen; nitrogen cycle; rivers; sediments; spatial variation; species diversity; stable isotopes; total organic carbon; tracer techniques; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Increasing attention has been paid to anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) in river ecosystems due to their special role in the global nitrogen cycle from land to the ocean. This study have revealed the spatial patterns of anammox bacterial response to geographic characteristics and dam operation along the Yangtze River, using ¹⁵N tracers and molecular analyses of microbial communities in sedime ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.096

27. Anthropogenic Reservoirs of Various Sizes Trap Most of the Sediment in the Mediterranean Maghreb Basin

Author:
Mahrez Sadaoui; Wolfgang Ludwig; François Bourrin; Yves Le Bissonnais; Estela Romero
Source:
Water 2018 v.10 no.7 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
arid zones; basins; climatic factors; coasts; dams (hydrology); databases; drainage; global warming; hills; infrastructure; landscapes; models; particulates; rivers; sediment traps; sediment yield; sediments; starvation; surface water; suspended sediment; watersheds; Algeria; Maghreb; Mediterranean Sea; Morocco; Tunisia
Abstract:
... The purpose of this study is to obtain a spatially explicit assessment of the impact of reservoirs on natural river sediment fluxes to the sea in the Mediterranean Maghreb Basin (MMB), a region where both mechanical erosion rates and the anthropogenic pressure on surface water resources are high. We combined modeling of riverine sediment yields (sediment fluxes divided by the drainage basin area) ...
DOI:
10.3390/w10070927

28. Anthropogenic disruption to the seismic driving of beach ridge formation: The Sendai coast, Japan

Author:
James Goff; Jasper Knight; Daisuke Sugawara; James P. Terry
Source:
Science of the total environment 2016 v.544 pp. 18-23
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
bedload; coasts; dams (hydrology); earthquakes; geophysics; models; rivers; sediment traps; sediments; suspended sediment; tsunamis; watersheds; Japan
Abstract:
... The expected geomorphic after-effects of the Mw 9.0 Tōhoku-oki earthquake of 11 March 2011 (eastern Japan) are summarized by a schematic model of seismic driving, which details seismogenic disturbances to sediment systems that affect the rate or timing of sediment delivery to coastlines over timescales of 10²–10⁴years. The immediate physical environmental responses to this high-magnitude earthquak ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.106

29. Anthropogenic influences on the sedimentary geochemical record in western Lake Superior (1800–present)

Author:
Molly D. O'Beirne; Ladislaus J. Strzok; Josef P. Werne; Thomas C. Johnson; Robert E. Hecky
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2015 v.41 pp. 20-29
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; carbon; climate change; dams (hydrology); forests; lakes; nitrogen; nitrogen content; nutrients; organic matter; phosphorus; primary productivity; rivers; sediments; stable isotopes; urbanization; water treatment; watersheds; Lake Superior
Abstract:
... The sediments of western Lake Superior hold a record of environmental changes that have accompanied the settlement and urbanization of the surrounding watershed. Organic carbon concentrations are low (1.5%) with little variation in stable isotope composition (−26.5±0.5‰) prior to 1900. Organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations begin to rise after 1900, as increased anthropogenic disturbance led t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.11.005

30. Anthropogenic stressors and riverine fish extinctions

Author:
Murilo S. Dias; Pablo A. Tedesco; Bernard Hugueny; Céline Jézéquel; Olivier Beauchard; Sébastien Brosse; Thierry Oberdorff
Source:
Ecological indicators 2017 v.79 pp. 37-46
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
anthropogenic stressors; dams (hydrology); data collection; extinction; fish; habitat fragmentation; homogenization; humans; introduced species; riverine habitat; rivers; stream flow; watersheds; United States; Western European region
Abstract:
... Human activities are often implicated in the contemporary extinction of contemporary species. Concerning riverine fishes, the major biotic and abiotic threats widely cited include introduction of non-native species, habitat fragmentation and homogenization in stream flow dynamics due to the damming of rivers, dumping of organic loadings, degradation of the riverine habitat by agricultural practice ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.053

31. Application of Landsat derived indices and hydrological alteration matrices to quantify the response of floodplain wetlands to river hydrology in arid regions based on different dam operation strategies

Author:
Xarapat Ablat; Gaohuan Liu; Qingsheng Liu; Chong Huang
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.688 pp. 1389-1404
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Landsat; arid zones; dams (hydrology); floodplains; hydrologic data; regression analysis; remote sensing; rivers; spatial data; time series analysis; vegetation cover; wetlands
Abstract:
... The response of floodplain wetlands to changes in river hydrology caused by different dam operation strategies in arid regions has attracted worldwide attention in recent decades. However, less is known about quantifying the effects of dam operations on wetlands in different lateral zones located in low-gradient floodplains in arid regions using remote sensing and hydrological time series. In this ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.232

32. Application of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Neural Network for Flood Forecasting

Author:
Xuan-Hien Le; Hung Viet Ho; Giha Lee; Sungho Jung
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.7 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
dams (hydrology); data collection; model validation; neural networks; rain; rivers; watersheds; Vietnam
Abstract:
... Flood forecasting is an essential requirement in integrated water resource management. This paper suggests a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network model for flood forecasting, where the daily discharge and rainfall were used as input data. Moreover, characteristics of the data sets which may influence the model performance were also of interest. As a result, the Da River basin in Vietnam wa ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11071387

33. Application of a hierarchical framework for assessing environmental impacts of dam operation: Changes in streamflow, bed mobility and recruitment of riparian trees in a western North American river

Author:
Burke, Michael; Jorde, Klaus; Buffington, John M.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2009 v.90 pp. S224
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
dams (hydrology); environmental impact; environmental assessment; rivers; watershed hydrology; stream flow; riparian areas; Populus; trees; plant ecology; case studies; British Columbia; Montana; Idaho
Abstract:
... River systems have been altered worldwide by dams and diversions, resulting in a broad array of environmental impacts. The use of a process-based, hierarchical framework for assessing environmental impacts of dams is explored here in terms of a case study of the Kootenai River, western North America. The goal of the case study is to isolate and quantify the relative effects of multiple dams and ot ...
Handle:
10113/32349
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.07.022

34. Applications of Coupled Explicit–Implicit Solution of SWEs for Unsteady Flow in Yangtze River

Author:
Yufei Ding; Yong Liu; Xingnian Liu; Ridong Chen; Songdong Shao
Source:
Water 2017 v.9 no.3 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
algorithms; dams (hydrology); equations; hydrologic data; mathematical models; prototypes; rivers; transient flow; water power; waterways; China; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... In engineering practice, the unsteady flows generated from the operation of hydropower station in the upstream region could significantly change the navigation system of waterways located in the middle-lower reaches of the river. In order to study the complex propagation, convergence and superposition characteristics of unsteady flows in a long channel with flow confluence, a numerical model based ...
DOI:
10.3390/w9030091

35. Are beavers a solution to the freshwater biodiversity crisis?

Author:
Alan Law; Oded Levanoni; Garth Foster; Frauke Ecke; Nigel J. Willby
Source:
Diversity & distributions 2019 v.25 no.11 pp. 1763-1772
ISSN:
1366-9516
Subject:
Castoridae; Coleoptera; dams (hydrology); environmental factors; fauna; freshwater; habitats; herbivores; indigenous species; invasive species; landscapes; multivariate analysis; plant growth; plant litter; ponds; residual effects; rivers; species diversity; streams; topography; vegetation; wetlands; Sweden
Abstract:
... AIM: To determine whether reintroduced beavers, as an example of native herbivorous megafauna, can increase freshwater biodiversity at the landscape scale and to compare effects on two contrasting taxonomic groups. LOCATION: South‐central Sweden. METHODS: We collected data on plant and water beetle composition and supporting environmental variables from 20 closely located wetlands, half created fr ...
DOI:
10.1111/ddi.12978

36. Artificial neural network approach to flood forecasting in the River Arno

Author:
Source:
Hydrological sciences journal 2003 v.48 no.3 pp. 381-398
ISSN:
0262-6667
Subject:
basins; dams (hydrology); data collection; early warning systems; financial economics; floods; meteorological data; neural networks; prediction; rain; risk; rivers; saturated conditions
Abstract:
... The basin of the River Arno is a flood-prone area where flooding events have caused damage valued at more than 100 billion euro in the last 40 years. At present, the occurrence of an event similar to the 1966 flood of Firenze (Florence) would result in damage costing over 15.5 billion euro. Therefore, the use of flood forecasting and early warning systems is mandatory to reduce the economic losses ...
DOI:
10.1623/hysj.48.3.381.45286

37. Assessing Distribution of Migratory Fishes and Connectivity following Complete and Partial Dam Removals in a North Carolina River

Author:
Joshua K. Raabe; Joseph E. Hightower
Source:
North American journal of fisheries management 2014 v.34 no.5 pp. 955-969
ISSN:
1548-8675
Subject:
Alosa sapidissima; Dorosoma cepedianum; Pylodictis olivaris; dams (hydrology); fish; habitats; migratory behavior; rivers; transponders; North Carolina
Abstract:
... Fish, especially migratory species, are assumed to benefit from dam removals that restore connectivity and access to upstream habitat, but few studies have evaluated this assumption. Therefore, we assessed the movement of migratory fishes in the springs of 2008 through 2010 and surveyed available habitat in the Little River, North Carolina, a tributary to the Neuse River, after three complete dam ...
DOI:
10.1080/02755947.2014.938140

38. Assessing and mitigating the landscape effects of river damming on the Guadalfeo River delta, southern Spain

Author:
Rafael J. Bergillos; Miguel Ortega-Sánchez
Source:
Landscape and urban planning 2017 v.165 pp. 117-129
ISSN:
0169-2046
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; coasts; dams (hydrology); landscapes; river deltas; rivers; sediments; topography; Spain
Abstract:
... Deltaic systems are sensitive to natural and human-induced changes as they accommodate numerous activities and have high ecological, economic and social importance. Mediterranean deltas are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic activities, which alter the coastal land availability. This work addresses the morphological evolution of the Guadalfeo River delta (southern Spain) by analyzing the evo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.05.002

39. Assessing coastal erosion and accretion trends along two contrasting subtropical rivers based on remote sensing data

Author:
L. Valderrama-Landeros; F. Flores-de-Santiago
Source:
Ocean & coastal management 2019 v.169 pp. 58-67
ISSN:
0964-5691
Subject:
coastal zone management; coasts; dams (hydrology); geographic information systems; infrastructure; pollution load; rivers; sediment yield; sediments; shorelines; spatial data; surveys; suspended sediment; watersheds; wetlands; Mexico
Abstract:
... The temporal shoreline position is a key indicator of coastal development and provides information on beach dynamics. Previous studies have indicated that there is a strong relationship between riverine sediment fluxes and beach volume. As such, worldwide hydroelectric projects and the associated damming infrastructure have decreased suspended sediment loads, and consequently increasing coastal er ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.12.006

40. Assessing habitat exposure to eutrophication in restored wetlands: Model-supported ex-ante approach to rewetting drained mires

Author:
Mateusz Grygoruk; Agnieszka Bańkowska; Ewa Jabłońska; Georg A. Janauer; Janusz Kubrak; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Wiktor Kotowski
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2015 v.152 pp. 230-240
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
Molinia; basins; dams (hydrology); data collection; digital elevation models; eutrophication; ex ante analysis; fens; groundwater; groundwater flow; hydrodynamics; lakes; meadows; model validation; nutrient transport; peat soils; rivers; soil habitats; surface water; water table; weirs; Poland
Abstract:
... A multi-model-based study was performed in order to unravel valuable fen meadow habitats' possible exposure to eutrophication, which is expected to occur as a result of the re-saturation of degraded peat soils. The framework was tested in a 3000-ha fen-drain system to be restored in the Middle Biebrza Basin (northeast Poland), where the datasets and related models were used to delineate prospectiv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.049

41. Assessing the Habitat Suitability of Dam Reservoirs: A Quantitative Model and Case Study of the Hantan River Dam, South Korea

Author:
Hyeongsik Kang; Myoung-Jin Um; Daeryong Park
Source:
Sustainability 2016 v.8 no.11 pp. -
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
altitude; case studies; dams (hydrology); ecological restoration; ecological value; ecosystems; forests; geographic information systems; habitats; land cover; natural resources conservation; rivers; surveys; topographic slope; tree age; wildlife; South Korea
Abstract:
... The main objective of this study was to investigate ecologically healthy regions near a dam reservoir. This study developed a model for assessing habitat suitability as a proxy for the ecological value of reservoirs. Three main factors comprising nine assessment variables were selected and classified as having a habitat suitability (HS) between 0 and 1: (1) geomorphic factors of altitude, slope st ...
DOI:
10.3390/su8111117

42. Assessing the Human Role in Changing Floodplain and Channel Belt of the Yamuna River in National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

Author:
Rajesh Kumar; Vijendra Kumar Pandey; Milap Chand Sharma
Source:
Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 2019 v.47 no.8 pp. 1347-1355
ISSN:
0255-660X
Subject:
dams (hydrology); drinking water; floodplains; humans; irrigation; issues and policy; remote sensing; rivers; roads; sediments; topographic maps; urbanization; water power; water supply; India
Abstract:
... Ongoing demands for irrigation, drinking water supplies and hydropower generation encourage human beings to construct dams and reservoirs on rivers. Such engineering structures together with embankments may protect downstream areas from flooding, can give short-term benefits but may degrade the natural or pristine condition of a river by altering the longitudinal and lateral connectivity of water ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12524-019-01018-1

43. Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Sediment Loads in a Large Mediterranean Watershed

Author:
Sofia D. Nerantzaki; Georgios V. Giannakis; Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis; Ierotheos Zacharias; George P. Karatzas; Ioannis A. Sibetheros
Source:
Soil science 2016 v.181 no.7 pp. 306-314
ISSN:
0038-075X
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; climate change; dams (hydrology); lakes; pollution load; rain; rivers; sediment deposition; sediment yield; sediments; soil science; surveys; water power; watersheds; Greece
Abstract:
... Acheloos is the second longest and the largest, in terms of discharge, native river in Greece, supplying three hydroelectric dams along its route. The Kremasta dam, which forms the largest artificial lake in Greece, is the first dam fed by Acheloos and two other rivers. Sediment accumulation in such large reservoirs is of major concern, as it reduces storage capacity and hydropower production. In ...
DOI:
10.1097/SS.0000000000000164

44. Assessing the Vulnerability of a Deltaic Environment due to Climate Change Impact on Surface and Coastal Waters: The Case of Nestos River (Greece)

Author:
Charalampos Skoulikaris; Christos Makris; Margarita Katirtzidou; Vasilios Baltikas; Yannis Krestenitis
Source:
Environmental modeling and assessment 2021 v.26 no.4 pp. 459-486
ISSN:
1420-2026
Subject:
climate; climate change; coastal water; dams (hydrology); freshwater; heat stress; infrastructure; irrigated farming; irrigation; riparian areas; risk; risk assessment; river deltas; rivers; storms; urbanization; water shortages; watersheds; Greece
Abstract:
... In deltaic areas, riverine and coastal waters interact; hence, these highly dynamic environments are particularly sensitive to climate change. This adds to existing anthropogenic pressures from irrigated agriculture, industrial infrastructure, urbanization, and touristic activities. The paper investigates the estimated future variations in the dynamics of surface and coastal water resources at a M ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10666-020-09746-2

45. Assessing the benefit of flow constraints on the drifting invertebrate community of a regulated river

Author:
Patterson, R.J.; Smokorowski, K.E.
Source:
River research and applications 2011 v.27 no.1 pp. 99-112
ISSN:
1535-1459
Subject:
aquatic invertebrates; dams (hydrology); energy; longitudinal studies; macroinvertebrates; marketing; predators; rivers; scrapers; spring; summer
Abstract:
... The downstream effects of hydroelectric dam operations on the abundance and diversity of the macroinvertebrate drift community of a regulated river were compared to that of an unregulated river, longitudinally and across three seasons. The regulated river operated under minimum flow and ramping rate (rate of change of flow) restrictions resulting in a ‘modified peaking' regime, which means the fac ...
DOI:
10.1002/rra.1342

46. Assessing the impact of dams on riparian and deltaic vegetation using remotely-sensed vegetation indices and Random Forests modelling

Author:
George N. Zaimes; Dimitrios Gounaridis; Elias Symenonakis
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.103 pp. 630-641
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
Landsat; anthropogenic activities; artificial intelligence; biodiversity; dams (hydrology); ecosystem services; ecosystems; hydrology; models; monitoring; remote sensing; riparian areas; riparian forests; riparian vegetation; river deltas; rivers; sediments; vegetation cover; vegetation index; Greece
Abstract:
... Riparian and deltaic areas exhibit a high biodiversity and offer a number of ecosystem services but are often degraded by human activities. Dams, for example, alter the hydrologic and sediment regimes of rivers and can negatively affect riparian areas and deltas. In order to sustainably manage these ecosystems, it is, therefore, essential to assess and monitor the impacts of dams. To this end, sit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.047

47. Assessing the impacts of dams and levees on the hydrologic record of the Middle and Lower Mississippi River, USA

Author:
Jonathan W.F. Remo; Brian S. Ickes; Julia K. Ryherd; Ross J. Guida; Matthew D. Therrell
Source:
Geomorphology 2018 v.313 pp. 88-100
ISSN:
0169-555X
Subject:
United States Army Corps of Engineers; dams (hydrology); hydrograph; hydrologic models; inventories; monitoring; rivers; standard deviation; time series analysis; Mississippi; Mississippi River; Missouri
Abstract:
... The impacts of dams and levees on the long-term (>130 years) discharge record was assessed along a ~1200 km segment of the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. To aid in our evaluation of dam impacts, we used data from the U.S. National Inventory of Dams to calculate the rate of reservoir expansion at five long-term hydrologic monitoring stations along the stu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.01.004

48. Assessing the influence of environmental impact assessments on science and policy: An analysis of the Three Gorges Project

Author:
Tullos, Desiree
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2009 v.90 no.3 pp. S208
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
rivers; dams (hydrology); environmental impact; environmental assessment; hydrogeology; water quality; sediment deposition; plant ecology; animal ecology; environmental policy; China
Abstract:
... The need to understand and minimize negative environmental outcomes associated with large dams has both contributed to and benefited from the introduction and subsequent improvements in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process. However, several limitations in the EIA process remain, including those associated with the uncertainty and significance of impact projections. These limitations a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.07.031
PubMed:
19026482

49. Assessing the origin of a massive cyanobacterial bloom in the Río de la Plata (2019): Towards an early warning system

Author:
Luis Aubriot; Bernardo Zabaleta; Facundo Bordet; Daniel Sienra; Jimena Risso; Marcel Achkar; Andrea Somma
Source:
Water research 2020 v.181 pp. 115944
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
African Americans; Dolichospermum; Microcystis; chlorophyll; coasts; dams (hydrology); estuaries; hydrometeorology; rain; research; rivers; summer; surface area; surface water; watersheds; Uruguay; Uruguay River
Abstract:
... The Río de la Plata estuary drains the second largest river basin of South America. The occurrence of frequent cyanobacterial blooms of the Microcystis and Dolichospermum complex in the Uruguayan coast are associated with high flows of Uruguay River due to rainy years. In summer 2019, a massive cyanobacterial bloom reached up to the Uruguayan Atlantic coast. This study seeks to unveil the origin a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2020.115944

50. Assessing the relative impacts of land‐use change and river regulation on Burdekin River (Australia) floodplain wetlands

Author:
John Tibby; Cameron Barr; Jonathan C. Marshall; Jenny Richards; Colton Perna; Jennie Fluin; Haidee R. Cadd
Source:
Aquatic conservation 2019 v.29 no.10 pp. 1712-1725
ISSN:
1052-7613
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; aquatic plants; dams (hydrology); ecological invasion; ecosystems; floodplains; flora; invasive species; land clearing; land use change; pastoralism; river flow; river regulation; rivers; sediments; watersheds; wetlands; Australia; Great Barrier Reef
Abstract:
... The Burdekin River floodplain wetlands are internationally important and act as a sink for sediments and nutrients that would otherwise enter the World Heritage‐listed Great Barrier Reef lagoon. The Burdekin River has the highest natural discharge of any Great Barrier Reef catchment and contributes the greatest mass of sediment to the reef. The river and its catchment have been substantially modif ...
DOI:
10.1002/aqc.3151