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Tracking long-term floodplain wetland changes: A case study in the China side of the Amur River Basin

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2020
Floodplain wetlands in the China side of the Amur River Basin (CARB) undergone consistent decreases because of both natural and anthropogenic drivers. Monitoring floodplain wetlands dynamics and conversions over long-time periods is thus fundamental to ...
Mingming Jia   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal diet shifting in a neotropical fish species: The role of riparian vegetation and seasonal inundation

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Aquatic organisms that consume resources from riparian vegetation or floodplain forests act as trophic links between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Lucia Mateus   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sediment management and the renewability of floodplain clay for structural ceramics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Netherlands has vast resources of clay that are exploited for the fabrication of structural ceramic products such as bricks and roof tiles. Most clay is extracted from the so-called embanked floodplains along the rivers Rhine and Meuse, areas that ...
Hobo, N.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Assessing the Risk of 100-year Freshwater Floods in the Lamprey River Watershed of New Hampshire Resulting from Changes in Climate and Land Use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
What is the coastal resource issue the project sought to address? Both the magnitude and frequency of freshwater flooding is on the rise in seacoast NH and around much of New England.
Miller, Steve   +8 more
core   +6 more sources

Numbers of At-Risk Structures and Roadways in the City of Austin Floodplain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This memo presents information regarding the number of at-risk roadways and buildings in Austin floodplains.Waller Creek Working ...
Smith, Kevin, Zoun, Reem
core   +1 more source

Hepatic morphology and serum biochemical profile according to dry and rainy seasons in Pygocentrus nattereri (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigated the physiological and morphological adaptations of the liver of the carnivorous fish Pygocentrus nattereri (piranha) in response to seasonal variations (dry and rainy seasons) in the Brazilian Pantanal. The objective was to describe how the liver, a central organ in metabolic regulation, responds to environmental ...
Maria Eduarda Corona Garcia   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

River-floodplain connectivity and residence times controlled by topographic bluffs along a backwater transition

open access: yesFrontiers in Water
The morphology of river levees and floodplains is an important control on river-floodplain connectivity within a river system under sub-bankfull conditions, and this morphology changes as a river approaches the coast due to backwater influence ...
Nelson Tull   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Russian-Kazakh transboundary water bodies: typology, dynamics, economic significance

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие, 2023
The issues related to transboundary reservoirs in the state border zone of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan are analysed and their typology is articulated. Issues concerning the legal definition of the concept of "transboundary water
Yu. A. Padalko, A. A. Chibilev
doaj   +1 more source

Nitrate elimination by denitrification in hardwood forest soils of the Upper Rhine floodplain – correlation with redox potential and organic matter [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Denitrification in floodplains is a major issue for river- and groundwater quality. In the Upper Rhine valley, floodplain forests are about to be restored to serve as flood retention areas (polders).
Brettar, Ingrid   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Under the Shade of a Coolabah Tree: A Second Cache of Tulas From the Boulia District, Western Queensland

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the excavation of a cache of stone artefacts, buried on the bank of a waterhole or ‘billabong’ in central western Queensland. This is an extremely rare find, and yet it is the second such site to be reported within less than a 10 km radius.
Yinika L. Perston   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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