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Living Rivers: Trends and Challenges in Science and Management

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Editors:
  1. R. S. E. W. Leuven

    1. Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
      Members of the Netherlands Centre for River Studies (NCR), Delft, The Netherlands

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  2. A. M. J. Ragas

    1. Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
      Members of the Netherlands Centre for River Studies (NCR), Delft, The Netherlands

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  3. A. J. M. Smits

    1. Members of the Netherlands Centre for River Studies (NCR), Delft, The Netherlands
      Centre for Water and Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
      Erasmus Centre for Sustainability and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  4. G. Velde

    1. Members of the Netherlands Centre for River Studies (NCR), Delft, The Netherlands
      Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  • Integrative perspective on river science and management
  • Novel approaches to environmental rehabilitation of riverine ecosystems
  • Complementary combination of natural and social sciences
  • Detailed descriptions of structure and functioning of river systems

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 187)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Linking sedimentation and ecology in riverine landscapes; influences of climate change and physical reconstruction measures

    1. Pieter Hendrik Nienhuis: aquatic ecologist and environmental scientist

      • R. S. E. W. Leuven, P. J. van den Heuvel, M. M. van Katwijk, P. M. J. Herman, G. van der Velde, A. M. J. Ragas
      Pages 1-18

  3. Functioning of River Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. BasinBox: a generic multimedia fate model for predicting the fate of chemicals in river catchments

      • A. Hollander, M. A. J. Huijbregts, A. M. J. Ragas, D. van de Meent
      Pages 21-38

    3. Trophic relationships in the Rhine food web during invasion and after establishment of the Ponto-Caspian invader Dikerogammarus villosus

      • M. C. van Riel, G. van der Velde, S. Rajagopal, S. Marguillier, F. Dehairs, A. bij de Vaate
      Pages 39-58

    4. Seasonal dependent effects of flooding on plant species survival and zonation: a comparative study of 10 terrestrial grassland species

      • W. H. J. M. van Eck, J. P. M. Lenssen, H. M. van de Steeg, C. W. P. M. Blom, H. de Kroon
      Pages 59-69

    5. Succession and rejuvenation in floodplains along the river Allier (France)

      • M. Breedveld, D. Liefhebber, G. W. Geerling, A. J. M. Smits, A. M. J. Ragas, R. S. E. W. Leuven et al.
      Pages 71-86

    6. Airborne laser scanning as a tool for lowland floodplain vegetation monitoring

      • M. W. Straatsma, H. Middelkoop
      Pages 87-103

    7. Reproduction, growth, and migration of fishes in a regulated lowland tributary: potential recruitment to the river Meuse

      • B. J. A. Pollux, P. M. J. Pollux, A. Korosi, W. C. E. P. Verberk, G. van der Velde
      Pages 105-120

    8. Amphibian diversity and nestedness in a dynamic floodplain river (Tagliamento, NE-Italy)

      • I. Klaus, J. V. Ward, K. Tockner, C. Baumgartner
      Pages 121-133

    9. Modelling recolonisation of heterogeneous river floodplains by small mammals

      • S. Wijnhoven, A. J. M. Smits, G. van der Velde, R. S. E. W. Leuven
      Pages 135-152

    10. The importance of hydrodynamics for protected and endangered biodiversity of lowland rivers

      • R. J. W. de Nooij, H. J. R. Lenders, R. S. E. W. Leuven, P.H. Nienhuis, W. C. E. P. Verberk
      Pages 153-162

  4. Rehabilitation of Riverine Ecosystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Biogeochemical constraints on the ecological rehabilitation of wetland vegetation in river floodplains

      • R. Loeb, A. W. Boxman, L. P. M. Lamers, E. H. E. T. Lucassen, A. J. P. Smolders, J. G. M. Roelofs et al.
      Pages 165-186

    3. Effects of rewetting measures in Dutch raised bog remnants on assemblages of aquatic Rotifera and microcrustaceans

      • G. A. van Duinen, Y. Zhuge, W. C. E. P. Verberk, A. M. T. Brock, H. H. van Kleef, R. S. E. W. Leuven et al.
      Pages 187-200

    4. Biological traits successfully predict the effects of restoration management on macroinvertebrates in shallow softwater lakes

      • H. H. van Kleef, G. A. van Duinen, W. C. E. P. Verberk, H. Esselink, R. S. E. W. Leuven, G. van der Velde
      Pages 201-216

    5. Analysis of naturalization alternatives for the recovery of moist-soil plants in the floodplain of the Illinois River

      • C. Ahn, D. M. Johnston, R. E. Sparks, D. C. White
      Pages 217-228

    6. Long-term developments in ecological rehabilitation of the main distributaries in the Rhine delta: fish and macroinvertebrates

      • A. bij de Vaate, R. Breukel, G. van der Velde
      Pages 229-242

    7. Flood detention, nature development and water quality along the lowland river Sava, Croatia

      • M. J. Baptist, M. Haasnoot, P. Cornelissen, J. Icke, G. van der Wedden, H. J. de Vriend et al.
      Pages 243-257

  5. Challenges and Obstacles to Sustainable Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
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About this book

All over the world, sustainable river basin management is a leading principle of policy plans and legal instruments for water management (e.g. the European Water Framework Directive). The evidence, however, to underpin the full scope of sustainability is rather scanty. In this book an integrative perspective on trends and challenges in river science and management is demonstrated. The three pillars underneath sustainable water management, ecology, economy and sociology, are elaborated by experts in their fields. A number of papers integrate the current knowledge on the structure, functioning and management of ‘living rivers’. The book includes data and experiences concerning the rivers Allier, Meuse, Rhine, Sava and Tagliamento in Europe and the river Illinois in the USA. Sustainable river basin management asks for un-orthodox rehabilitation programmes and ecosystem based and transboundary management approaches.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    R. S. E. W. Leuven, A. M. J. Ragas

  • Members of the Netherlands Centre for River Studies (NCR), Delft, The Netherlands

    R. S. E. W. Leuven, A. M. J. Ragas, A. J. M. Smits, G. Velde

  • Centre for Water and Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    A. J. M. Smits

  • Erasmus Centre for Sustainability and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    A. J. M. Smits

  • Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    G. Velde

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