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Flood risk can be reduced through reduced runoff and increased soil water storage. Higher vegetation coverage and reduced surface flow often result i ...nces (Rohde et al. 2005). It is important to ensure a coordinated riparian management effort along a catchment to achieve improvements in many chemical and ecolo

It is important to ensure a coordinated riparian management effort along a catchment to achieve improvements in many chemical and ecolo | Physico-chemical parameters||Reduced nutrient loads, improved water quality||Gundersen et al. 2010; Parkyn et al. 2003

...emi-natural areas other than forests may be afforested for improvements in water retention and hydrological cycling (Raftoyannis et al. 2011). ...rbon to the soil, which can improve soil structure, leading to both higher water holding capacity and greater infiltration capacity (Raftoyannis et al. 2011

...e interactions between the floodplains shallow groundwater and the surface water of the usually well connected lowland rivers (Hancock et al. 2005). | HYMO||Increase of shallow water habitats||Muhar et al. 2008

The studies on nutrient condition of the river water, have proved a significant reduction of nitrogen and less for phosphorous. ...hanges in fish populations in Danube Delta lakes: effects of hydrology and water quality change. Review of results and potential for rehabilitation. Ecohydr

...n of new wildlife habitat, increased flood storage, and the improvement of water quality. Wetland restoration projects are not conceived to create deep water ponds or alter existing natural wetlands. Depressions or low lying areas, a

...targeted at floodplains can result in runoff control and appropriate land management (af-/reforestation, limitation of the intensive use of the floodplain, the ...ous surface, allow the settling of sediments and associated pollutants and water to infiltrate into underlying soils and groundwater.

Backwaters can be described as rather small water bodies with little or no current of their own that may be seasonally or per ...U/DI ‘Comparative Study of Pressures & Measures in the Major River Basin Management Plans’ (Task 3b). Ecologic Institute, Berlin. DG ENV study carried out by

...he risk to fail because of avulsion, inadequate prey resources, cover, and water quality. It is important to ensure that these constructed habitats are conn ...morphology, flow field, substrate and biota. Regulated Rivers Research and Management, 10, 291–301.

...logical conditions were altered. Water flow was stopped, leading to static water bodies in the groynes. Also the sedimentation and erosion of the banks was ...ints in the dike (entrance & outlet) and between the groynes. This allowed water from the main channel to flow through. In essence a side channel was create

Special attention was given to stakeholder participation (agriculture, water management, nature conservation), to inform the public and to touristic aspects.

...se the Fluvial Mobility Space upstream Fraga. This measure will reduce the water level in Fraga because floods use the new space to flow and loose energy. During the '''execution''' phase, there will be different researches: Water Quality; Fishes and other communities; Sediments analysis.<br />

This artificial structure provides a shallow water body along the bank line protected from boat wave wash by a sheet pile wall ...on – challenges to improve fish and fisheries in urban waters. Fisheries Management and Ecology 17: 176-185.

For the global maintenance of the basin conditions, a Management and Use Plan was elaborated for the three areas of the SCI Río Asón.<br / ...ment of the river basin, ensuring the conservation and availability of the water resources for the ecosystems and the local populations.<br /><br />

...of the Merdero stream with the Tajo). The result is the alteration of the water quality and tha availability of instream habitat.<br /> [[Image:AltoTajo1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|High turbidity of the water, due to the input of suspended matter. ]] [[Image:AltoTajo2.jpg|center|thum

...ing, resulting in an increase of suspended solids and a noticeable loss of water quality.<br /><br /> The '''improvement of water quality''' is achieved in two ways: improving the purification of urban was

...chniques and to demonstrate these projects to a wider audience of European water managers. It was the first river restoration project of this kind in the UK ...te disposal. Waste water treatment plants have a negative influence on the water quality, while technical infrastructure such as sewer pipes and electric ca

...side channel which flows with the river during 95% of the time. During low water levels the flow in the channel is reduced by a sill between the sand pit an ...rgely related to the available substrate, which is more abundant at higher water levels. Also, a lot of exotic species were found in the area. Due to the la

Old gravel pit filled with water ...ect of the gravel mining in the area. The pool is characterized by limited water quality and botulism is a common threat to the fish during summer. To incre

...ll shallow waters, as river estuaries, swamps, coastal lagoons and lowland water bodies, due to its capacity to resist a wide range of salinity (euryhaline) ...d channel, so the farm machinery doesn´t have to reach the river for take water.<br />