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Environmental Sciences
Toshikazu Kizuka, Hidetoshi Mikami, Satoshi Kameyama, Satoru Ono, Hiroaki Suzuki
Summary: Re-wetting of agricultural areas reclaimed by draining peatlands may lead to nutrient leaching and downstream nutrient loads. This study assessed the risks of nutrient loading in naturally re-wetted agricultural areas in floodplain fens in northern Japan. The results showed that flooding increased the water flow and nutrient influx and outflux, with dissolved organic nitrogen and phosphorus being the main contributors to downstream nutrient loading.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Aiping Huang, Xiaobo Liu, Wenqi Peng, Fei Dong, Zhen Han, Fei Du, Bing Ma, Weijie Wang
Summary: This study analyzed the impact of inundation patterns on wetland vegetation distribution and succession in China's largest freshwater lake Poyang Lake. The results revealed that inundation patterns significantly affected the distribution and succession of wetland vegetation, which varied due to climate change and human activities. The proposed water conservancy hub may lead to changes in the inundation patterns and wetland vegetation in the future.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Walter Box, Juha Jarvela, Kaisa Vastila
Summary: This study investigates the flow resistance of flexible floodplain vegetation mixtures under a range of mean flow velocities and low relative submergences. The results show a significant decrease in flow resistance when the submergence increases, providing new evidence for extending LAI-based modeling to a wider range of vegetation densities. Adjustments to existing LAI-based approaches are needed for high water stages and the contribution of understory grasses to flow resistance should not be underestimated.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Marcelo Bevilacqua Remor, Marcio Antonio Vilas Boas, Silvio Cesar Sampaio, Sandra Regina Damatto, Jose Candido Stevaux, Ralpho Rinaldo dos Reis
Summary: The objective of this study was to reconstruct the history of sedimentation and nutrient accumulation in the Upper Parana River floodplain. The research found that flood pulses were the main regulating factor of sedimentation rate, and nitrogen was the limiting nutrient for productivity in the system.
JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Biology
Hugo Duarte Moreno, Martin Koering, Julien Di Pane, Nelly Tremblay, Karen H. Wiltshire, Maarten Boersma, Cedric L. Meunier
Summary: Global change can alter the community structure and dynamics of coastal marine systems. This study conducted a mesocosm experiment to assess the impact of future global change scenarios on plankton, a vital component of marine food webs. The findings showed that warming, acidification, and increased N:P ratios influenced plankton dynamics, favoring smaller phytoplankton species, benefiting microzooplankton, and impairing mesozooplankton. The study also identified a tipping point between different scenarios, beyond which substantial changes in food web structure and dynamics occurred. Future environmental conditions may lead to the dominance of certain key species and the decline of others in coastal planktonic food webs.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Haiqing Xu, Raymond Torres, Shailesh Steeg, Enrica Viparelli
Summary: Through-bank channels play a key role in facilitating inundation continuum, while poorly developed levees lead to overbank flow causing floodplain inundation. The dichotomy of inundation processes results in complex inundation flow paths for a given river stage.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Alice Cesar Fassoni-Andrade, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de Paiva, Sly Wongchuig, Claudio Barbosa, Fabien Durand, Thiago Sanna Freire Silva
Summary: This study used a 2D hydraulic model to analyze the hydrodynamics of the central Amazon River floodplain and found that the flows in the floodplain during floods are very intense, with a significant amount of inflow and outflow. The water extent in the floodplain remains relatively stable during floods, but the volume stored in the floodplain shows significant interannual variability.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Tomasz Berezowski, Martin Wassen
Summary: Distinctive zones of inundation water during floods in major floodplains around the world were found to originate from different sources. This study used a fully-coupled groundwater-surface water integrated hydrological model to provide standard hydrological predictors and the extent of inundation zones having a certain water source. The model that used both water source extent and standard predictors performed the best overall and was sensitive to future trends.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Boqiang Qin, Yunlin Zhang, Jianming Deng, Guangwei Zhu, Jianguo Liu, David P. Hamilton, Hans W. Paerl, Justin D. Brookes, Tingfeng Wu, Kai Peng, Yizhou Yao, Kan Ding, Xiaoyan Ji
Summary: China has successfully improved the water quality of rivers, but lakes still face challenges in terms of water quality. Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals requires controlling external nutrient loads and internal loads in lakes, utilizing a combination of nature-based solutions and engineered systems.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
S. Shaeri Karimi, N. Saintilan, L. Wen, R. Valavi, J. Cox
Summary: The ephemeral inundation of floodplains in semi-arid and arid climates is crucial for biological productivity, supporting critical reproductive life phases of natural biota. A study on the Darling River floodplain in Australia found that hydrological developments have significantly increased inter-flood periods, especially during dry climatic phases, leading to a decline in waterbird utilization, low resilience of outer floodplain vegetation to recent drought, and reduction in grazing capacity. Water resource development had less impact on large inundation events.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Wei Jing Ang, Edward Park, Enner Alcantara
Summary: This paper presents the geomorphic classification and bathymetry of 12 major floodplains along a 900 km reach of the middle-lower Amazon River, based on inundation frequency derived from Landsat data. The IF-depth model is applied to estimate bathymetry, and the model's applicability is justified by a hydrogeomorphic classification. Field survey data validate the bathymetry, showing a strong relationship between estimated and measured depth with an error of around 1 m. This study provides a complete bathymetry map for the middle-lower Amazon River, which can be used to evaluate the floodplains' role in influencing biodiversity, sedimentation, flood control, and biogeochemical cycling.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiaoning Hou, Shanghong Zhang, Qiongyao Ruan, Caihong Tang
Summary: This study investigates the impact of climate-induced changes in vegetation on hydrology and environment in the Jialing River Basin. The results show that climate change will cause increased runoff and nitrogen losses, and decreased sediment discharge and phosphorus losses in the basin. The changes in vegetation, predicted to be promoted by climate change, will have significant effects on the basin. The models used in this study provide useful information for formulating management measures.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liangliang Guo, Liangliang Dai, Jiaoli Zheng, Weicheng Zhou, Chengrong Peng, Dunhai Li, Genbao Li
Summary: This study investigated the process of Cladophora blooms and the factors affecting their growth through mesocosm experiments in Caohai Lake. The results showed that water temperature, turbidity, and soluble reactive phosphorus concentration were the main factors affecting Cladophora growth. Controlling transparency and phosphorus concentration are important measures to limit the overgrowth of Cladophora during lake ecological restoration.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Nipa Chaki, Michael Reid, Daryl L. Nielsen
Summary: Several studies suggest that flood history is important for microcrustacean egg bank composition and hatching responses. This study found that flood duration influences hatching patterns and microcrustacean abundance, with variation by sites, depth, and inundation duration. Changes in flood duration could impact microcrustacean assemblages and trophic interactions in temporary floodplain wetlands.
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Cybill Staentzel, Grzegorz Skupinski, Anais Walch, Manon Pons, Sebastian Weber, Carine Granier, Andreas Huber
Summary: The study found that, among the six chosen sites, only two showed a slight increase in forest area, while the rest remained stable. The emergence of young riparian forests along rivers was attributed to natural recovery and agricultural abandonment.