Riverine Ecosystem Management : : Science for Governing Towards a Sustainable Future.

• Superior document: Aquatic Ecology Series ; v.8
• Author: Schmutz, Stefan.
• TeilnehmendeR: Sendzimir, Jan.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Aquatic Ecology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (562 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Challenges in Riverine Ecosystem Management -- 1.1 Justification of Book -- 1.2 Past and Future Trends -- 1.2.1 Future Trends in River Engineering -- 1.3 Managing River Systems -- 1.3.1 Assessing Degradation -- 1.3.2 Integrating Assessment, Policy, and Action -- 1.3.3 Adaptive Management and Governance -- 1.4 Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I: Human Impacts, Mitigation and Restoration -- Chapter 2: Historic Milestones of Human River Uses and Ecological Impacts -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Historical River Uses and Resulting Impacts -- 2.2.1 General Patterns of River Uses -- 2.2.2 Milestones of Dam Building -- 2.2.3 River Channelization to Secure Transport and Land Use -- 2.2.4 Water Supply from Rivers: Increasing Imprint on Urban Hinterland -- 2.2.5 Pollution of Rivers and Its Legacies -- 2.2.6 Land-Use Change, Hydrology, and Erosion -- 2.2.7 Fisheries: Intended and Unintended Dispersal of Nonnative Species -- 2.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: River Morphology, Channelization, and Habitat Restoration -- 3.1 River Channels as One Piece in the Puzzle -- 3.2 River Types: Complex Diversity or Confusing Variety? -- 3.3 A Shifting Balance of Form and Motion -- 3.4 Channelized Rivers -- 3.5 Assessing the Hydromorphological State of Rivers -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: River Hydrology, Flow Alteration, and Environmental Flow -- 4.1 The Water Cycle and Hydrological Regimes -- 4.2 Flow Determines Habitats and Biotic Communities -- 4.3 Flow Regulation -- 4.4 Human Alteration of Flow Regimes -- 4.5 Ecological Responses to Altered Flow Regime -- 4.6 Environmental Flow -- 4.6.1 The Concept and Definitions of Environmental Flow -- 4.6.2 Assessing and Implementing Environmental Flows -- 4.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Hydropeaking Impacts and Mitigation -- 5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Detection and Characterization of Flow Fluctuation Intensity and Frequency -- 5.3 Hydropeaking Impacts on Aquatic Biota -- 5.3.1 Flow Velocity, Shear Stress, and Sediment Transport -- 5.3.2 Ramping Rate -- 5.3.3 Frequency, Periodicity, and Timing of Hydropeaking -- 5.3.4 Channel Morphology -- 5.3.5 Water Temperature -- 5.4 Research Application and Hydropeaking Mitigation -- 5.4.1 Potential Hydropeaking Mitigation Measures -- 5.4.2 Integrative Hydropeaking Mitigation and Example of Application -- 5.4.3 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 6: Dams: Ecological Impacts and Management -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Transforming Rivers to Reservoirs -- 6.3 Downstream Effects -- 6.4 Other Downstream Impacts -- 6.5 Mitigation Measures -- 6.5.1 Reestablishing Longitudinal Continuity -- 6.5.2 Sediment Management -- 6.5.3 Habitat Improvements in Reservoirs -- References -- Chapter 7: Aquatic Habitat Modeling in Running Waters -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Principles of Habitat Modeling -- 7.2.1 Biotic Habitat Modeling -- 7.2.2 Abiotic Habitat Modeling -- 7.2.3 Integrative Habitat Assessment -- 7.3 Managing River Systems Through Habitat Assessment -- 7.3.1 Case Study on Microhabitat Scale: E-Flow Study at River Ybbs, Austria -- 7.3.2 Example at Mesohabitat Scale: Mesohabitat Evaluation Model (MEM) -- References -- Chapter 8: The Role of Sediment and Sediment Dynamics in the Aquatic Environment -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Sediments and River Morphology -- 8.2.1 River Morphology and Substrate Size -- 8.2.2 Sediment Sources -- 8.2.3 Scaling of Sediment Dynamics in the River Environment -- 8.3 Sediment Dynamics and Anthropogenic Alterations of the Sediment Flux: What Aquatic Biota Need and How They React to Altera... -- 8.3.1 Ecological Adaptations of Macroinvertebrates to Sediment Dynamics -- 8.3.2 Ecological Adaptations of Lithophilic Fishes.

8.4 Sediment Management Options -- 8.5 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 9: River Connectivity, Habitat Fragmentation and Related Restoration Measures -- 9.1 The Importance of Connectivity in Riverine Ecology -- 9.2 River Fragmentation -- 9.3 Restoration of Longitudinal Continuity -- 9.3.1 Large-Scale Concepts -- 9.3.2 Fish Migration Aids -- References -- Chapter 10: Phosphorus and Nitrogen Dynamics in Riverine Systems: Human Impacts and Management Options -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Historic and Current Emission Situation in the Danube River Basin -- 10.3 Forms and Sources of Phosphorus and Nitrogen -- 10.4 Nutrient Cycling in Streams and Rivers -- 10.5 Human Impacts on Nutrient Cycling -- 10.6 Potential and Limitations of Mitigation Measures -- 10.7 Conclusions and Open Questions -- References -- Chapter 11: Climate Change Impacts in Riverine Ecosystems -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Water Temperature -- 11.3 Impacts -- 11.3.1 Climate Change Impacts on Thermal Regimes -- 11.3.2 Climatic Aspects in Hydrology -- 11.3.3 Interactions of Climate Change with Other Stressors -- 11.3.4 Ecological Impacts of Thermal Regimes on Aquatic Fauna -- 11.4 Adaptation and Restoration -- 11.4.1 Case Study BIO_CLIC: Potential of Riparian Vegetation to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change on Biological Assemblages o... -- 11.5 Conclusions, Open Questions, and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 12: Ecotoxicology -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Impacts -- 12.2.1 Propagation of Impacts Across Levels of Biological Organization -- 12.2.2 Relevance of Chemical Input into River Ecosystems -- 12.2.3 Assessing and Predicting Impacts of Chemicals in River Systems -- 12.3 Mitigation -- 12.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13: Land Use -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Land Use and Land Cover Definitions -- 13.3 Methods and Data in Land Use Analysis.

13.4 Land Use as Human Pressure and Its Impacts on Rivers -- 13.5 Research Outlook -- References -- Chapter 14: Recreational Fisheries: The Need for Sustainability in Fisheries Management of Alpine Rivers -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 The Ybbs Case Study -- 14.3 Managing Impacted Habitats -- 14.3.1 Analyzing Habitat Quality -- 14.3.2 Stocking Fish: Restrictions and Possibilities -- 14.4 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Management, Methodologies, Governance -- Chapter 15: Restoration in Integrated River Basin Management -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Guiding Principles for River Restoration -- 15.2.1 The Riverine Landscape Perspective: Restoration Strategies Across Spatial Scales -- 15.2.2 Process-Orientated Versus Static Approaches -- 15.2.3 Setting Goals and Benchmarks for River Restoration: The ``Leitbild Concept ́́-- 15.2.4 Socio-political Forces That Restore River Basins -- 15.3 Comprehensive Restoration Planning -- 15.4 Restoration Measures -- 15.4.1 Common Restoration Measures Improving the Morphological Character of the River-Floodplain Systems -- 15.5 Good Practice Examples of Morphological River Restoration -- 15.5.1 River Restoration Drava -- 15.5.2 River Restoration ``Traisen ́́-- 15.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 16: Adaptive Management of Riverine Socio-ecological Systems -- 16.1 Becoming Adaptive in an Increasingly Variable World -- 16.2 Management as an Adaptive Learning Process -- 16.2.1 Fundamentals of Adaptive Management -- 16.2.2 Challenges to the Adoption of Adaptive Management -- 16.2.3 Advances in Adaptive Management -- 16.2.4 Specific Barriers to Different Phases of the Adaptive Management Cycle -- 16.3 Diverse Approaches to Adaptive Water Management -- 16.4 Adaptive Management: The Law and Governance -- 16.4.1 Law -- 16.4.2 Governance -- 16.5 Putting Adaptive Management in Action.

16.5.1 Case Study: Active Adaptive Governance in Colorado -- 16.6 Comparing Adaptive Management with Other Management Approaches -- References -- Chapter 17: Legislative Framework for River Ecosystem Management on International and European Level -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 International Law -- 17.2.1 International Water Conventions -- 17.2.2 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance -- 17.3 European Union Law -- 17.3.1 Water Framework Directive -- 17.3.2 Birds and Habitats Directives -- 17.4 Challenges for the Future: How Can Modern Water Legislation Address and Adapt to It? -- 17.4.1 Is European Water Law Fit for Future Challenges? -- 17.4.2 Review of European Water Legislation -- 17.5 Conclusions -- References -- Sources of Law -- Bibliography -- Chapter 18: Ensuring Long-Term Cooperation Over Transboundary Water Resources Through Joint River Basin Management -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 The Global Legal Framework for Managing Shared Watercourses -- 18.3 International Water Treaties and River Basin Organizations: Institutionalizing Cooperation Over Shared Watercourses at th... -- 18.4 Specific Mechanisms for River Basin Management: Implementing Cooperation Over Shared Rivers -- 18.4.1 Data and Information Management and Sharing for River Basin Management -- 18.4.2 River Basin Management Plans -- 18.4.2.1 Case Study: Danube River Basin Management Plan -- 18.4.3 Prior Notification and Consultation Mechanisms -- 18.4.3.1 Case Study: Xayaburi Hydropower Project in the Mekong River Basin -- 18.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19: Biomonitoring and Bioassessment -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 History of Water Quality Assessment -- 19.3 The Saprobic System -- 19.4 Biotic Indices and Scoring -- 19.5 The Multivariate Approach -- 19.6 The Multi-metric Approach -- 19.7 Integrative Assessment Systems -- 19.8 Indicator Groups.

19.8.1 Periphyton (Contributed by Peter Pfister, ARGE Limnologie, Innsbruck, Austria).