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SUMMARY:River restoration - Complex hydrological and ecological changes: T
 he RECORD-Project
DTSTART:20101213T161500
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DESCRIPTION:Schirmer\, Mario (EAWAG)\nRestoration is an essential means to
  enhance the dynamic stability of rivers while correspondingly improving h
 abitat diversity and variability and lowering long-term maintenance expend
 itures. Although the number of restoration projects has increased in recen
 t years\, scientific understanding is still limited with regards to the un
 derlying principles determining how hydromorphological variability in rest
 ored river corridors relates to ecosystem functioning\, biodiversity and (
 ground)water quality. In order to cope with the challenges of river restor
 ation in a successful and efficient way\, we need to increase our mechanis
 tic understanding of the coupled hydrological and ecological processes in 
 near-river corridors. Limitations in scientific advancement in these areas
  have especially been impaired by discipline-specific research rather than
  a multi-disciplinary endeavor that collaboratively investigates cause-and
 -effect relationships and re-examines historical assumptions and approache
 s. In the multi-disciplinary RECORD Project (Assessment and Modeling of Co
 upled Ecological and Hydrological Dynamics in the Restored Corridor of a R
 iver (Restored Corridor Dynamics))\, we investigated coupled hydrological 
 and ecological dynamics in a channelized and restored river section in nor
 theast Switzerland by synthesizing physical\, chemical\, and biological ex
 periments and modeling.
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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