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Modeling Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (S. trutta) population responses and interactions under increased minimum flow in a regulated river Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-27 Kristine L. Bjørnås; Steven F. Railsback; Olle Calles; John J. Piccolo
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Key species selection for forest restoration after bauxite mining in the Eastern Amazon Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Rodrigo de Souza Barbosa; Giselia Ferreira Matos Pereira; Sabrina Santos Ribeiro; André Luiz Ferreria Hage; Gracialda Ferreira Costa; Rafael Paiva Salomão; Gustavo Schwartz
Bauxite mining has caused serious damage on local ecosystems and landscapes in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil. Considering these issues, the objectives of this study were to determine key species and their ecological characteristics that can contribute to forest restoration after bauxite mining. Key species are those with high frequency and abundance in different stages of vegetation succession. Data were
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Plant community C:N:P stoichiometry is mediated by soil nutrients and plant functional groups during grassland desertification Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Zhiying Ning; Xueyong Zhao; Yulin Li; Lilong Wang; Jie Lian; Hongling Yang; Yuqiang Li
Grassland has sustained serious desertification due to inappropriate human activity in arid and semi-arid areas. This desertification has disrupted ecosystem structure and function. However, desertification on the grassland's C:N:P stoichiometry (Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus) are poorly understood, which undermines management and restoration of desertified grassland. To improve our knowledge, we
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The role of physical disturbance for litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in coastal sand dunes Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Quentin Laporte-Fauret; Ana Teresa Alonso Ayuso; Tiffany Rodolfo-Damiano; Vincent Marieu; Bruno Castelle; Stéphane Bujan; David Rosebery; Richard Michalet
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Season and plant life history stage in revegetation influence competition of foundation species, subordinate species, and weeds in a reclaimed grassland Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Susumu Yamada; Masayuki Nemoto; Toshiya Okuro
River embankments offer potential semi-natural habitats for grassland species, but their large-scale reconstruction leads to vast vegetation loss. To restore both ecosystem services and biodiversity on reconstructed river embankments, we tried to achieve rapid cover by native grasses and to enhance the richness of species typical of semi-natural grasslands. We conducted a 4-year experiment to clarify
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Which concrete substrate suits you? Ostrea edulis larval preferences and implications for shellfish restoration in Europe Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Marine Potet; Aurélie Fabien; Samuel Chaudemanche; Nassim Sebaibi; Théo Guillet; Sonia Gachelin; Hélène Cochet; Mohamed Boutouil; Stéphane Pouvreau
The European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis, is an important ecosystem engineer that has been progressively disappearing from European coasts over the last century mainly due to overexploitation, habitat degradation and disease. It is now the subject of many conservation and restoration programs throughout Europe, including the Flat Oyster REcoVERy (FOREVER) project in France. Protecting and managing the
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Optimal submerged macrophyte coverage for improving water quality in a temperate lake in China Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Xiaoke Zhang; Junwang Zhang; Zhifei Li; Guangjun Wang; Yang Liu; Huili Wang; Jun Xie
Submerged vegetation is essential for maintaining a clear water state in shallow lakes. To determine the optimal submerged macrophyte coverage required to improve water quality, field investigations and a simulation experiment were carried out in a sub-lake of Baiyangdian Lake, China. The effects of two seasons and five submerged macrophyte coverage gradients (0 [C-0], 25 [C-25], 50 [C-50], 75 [C-75]
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Vegetation trends in a protected area of the Brazilian Atlantic forest Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Rosane Gomes da Silva; Alexandre Rosa dos Santos; João Batista Esteves Pelúzio; Nilton César Fiedler; Ronie Silva Juvanhol; Kaíse Barbosa de Souza; Elvis Ricardo Figueira Branco
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Evaluating the performance of horizontal sub-surface flow constructed wetlands: A case study from southern India Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Priyanka Jamwal; Anjali V. Raj; Lakshmi Raveendran; Shahana Shirin; Stephanie Connelly; Jagadeesh Yeluripati; Samia Richards; Lakshminarayana Rao; Rachel Helliwell; Matteo Tamburini
Constructed wetlands are a nature-based engineering solution enabling polishing of septic tank effluents at low-cost. However to date, the influence of planting on treatment efficiency remains little understood. Here we report a case study evaluating the performance of two near-identical Horizontal Sub-Surface Flow Constructed Wetlands (HSSF-CW) deployed at a school in southern India. The HSSF-CWs
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Eco-restoration of degraded lands through trees and grasses improves soil carbon sequestration and biological activity in tropical climates Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-06 Avijit Ghosh; R.V. Kumar; M.C. Manna; Amit K. Singh; C.M. Parihar; Sunil Kumar; A.K. Roy; P. Koli
Despite several studies, role of eco-restoration strategies involving trees and grasses on soil organic carbon pools and fractions, response of soil enzymes in degraded land of tropical climate has remain largely overlooked. Four native fast growing fodder trees, namely, Ficus infectoria, Morus alba, Acacia nilotica and Leucaena leucocephala with combination of grasses viz., Cenchrus ciliaris, Chrysopogon
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Suppression of bloom-forming colonial cyanobacteria by phosphate precipitation: A 30 years case study in Lake Barleber (Germany) Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-06 Helmut Rönicke; Marieke A. Frassl; Karsten Rinke; Jörg Tittel; Michael Beyer; Birgit Kormann; Friedemann Gohr; Martin Schultze
Although the treatment of eutrophied lakes with aluminium (Al) compounds has been established for more than 40 years, publications reporting on long-term consequences for phytoplankton are rare. Here we present observations from Lake Barleber for the period 1985–2016. The lake was treated in autumn 1986 because of high phosphorus (P) concentrations and cyanobacteria blooms, which limited the lake's
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Bioavailability and eco-toxicity of heavy metals in chars produced from municipal sewage sludge decreased during pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Mozhdeh Alipour; Hossein Asadi; Chengrong Chen; Mehran Rezaei Rashti
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Dynamics of soil reinforcement by roots in a regenerating coppice stand of Quercus serrata and effects on slope stability Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Keitaro Yamase; Chikage Todo; Nobuyuki Torii; Toko Tanikawa; Tomonori Yamamoto; Hidetoshi Ikeno; Mizue Ohashi; Masako Dannoura; Yasuhiro Hirano
Regeneration by sprouting in secondary forests is a necessary technique not only for the utilization of forest resources, but also for maintaining forest health by regrowth and avoiding slope instability caused by over-sized aboveground biomass. The strength of soil reinforcement by roots generally decreases during the tree death process in deforestation, such as clear-cutting, whereas root system
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Fish passage assessment in stepped fishways: Passage success and transit time as standardized metrics Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Francisco Javier Bravo-Córdoba; Jorge Valbuena-Castro; Ana García-Vega; Juan Francisco Fuentes-Pérez; Jorge Ruiz-Legazpi; Francisco Javier Sanz-Ronda
Fishways are used worldwide to restore fish migration routes. However, there are few standardized metrics that allow the comparison of their performance in a consistence manner. This paper aims to assess fishway internal passage using two standardized metrics: passage success and transit time. Data from selected 20 field stepped fishways evaluation were gathered from a systematic review and own field
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Sulfonamide antibiotics in groundwater and their migration in the vadose zone: A case in a drinking water resource Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Rui Zuo; Xin Liu; Qianru Zhang; Jinsheng Wang; Jie Yang; Yanguo Teng; Xiaojuan Chen; Yuanzheng Zhai
Vadose zone is an important channel for sulfonamide contamination into groundwater, and the processes of adsorption and migration in the vadose zone are complicated. In this study, we focused on three sulfonamide antibiotics (sulfamethoxazole, sulfamethazine and sulfamethoxypyridazine) in the groundwater of Limin drinking water resource in northeastern China and assessed their migration potential in
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Early colonization of constructed technosol by microarthropods Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Lucia Santorufo; Sophie Joimel; Apolline Auclerc; Jules Deremiens; Gilles Grisard; Mickaël Hedde; Johanne Nahmani; Céline Pernin; Jerome Cortet
Technosols are defined by the World Reference Base as soils subjected to a strong human influence and containing at least 20% of artefacts. The construction of Technosol using recycled waste material is considered an appealing sustainable use of both natural and anthropic resources. Constructed Technosol can attract and host a multitude of soil organisms, forming a reserve of biodiversity. In this
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Removing 80%–90% of nitrogen and organic contaminants with three distinct passive, lignocellulose-based on-site septic systems receiving municipal and residential wastewater Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-30 Christopher J. Gobler; Stuart Waugh; Caitlin Asato; Patricia M. Clyde; Samantha C. Nyer; Molly Graffam; Bruce Brownawell; Arjun K. Venkatesan; Jennifer A. Goleski; Roy E. Price; Xinwei Mao; Frank M. Russo; George Heufelder; Harold W. Walker
Three distinct septic systems designed for onsite removal of nitrogen (N) from residential wastewater were installed at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC) and at homes across Suffolk County (SC), New York. All configurations featured nitrifying sand beds coupled with denitrifying biofilters composed of 1) a lined, saturated sand and woodchip layer, 2) a saturated box filled
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The downstream migration success of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts through natural and impounded standing waters Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-30 Hannele M. Honkanen; Danielle L. Orrell; Matthew Newton; Simon McKelvey; Alastair Stephen; R. Alistair Duguid; Colin E. Adams
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolt migration through standing waters is generally known to be associated with slow migration speed and low success. Most previous studies have however been conducted on impounded waters. The bathymetry and specifically the flow dynamics around the outlets differ markedly between impounded lakes and naturally draining lakes. To date no study has attempted to disentangle
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Environmental factors controlling vegetation attributes, soil nutrients and hydrolases in South Mediterranean arid grasslands Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Wahida Ghiloufi; Mohamed Chaieb
Understanding environmental factors controlling vegetation and soil attributes is crucial for the prediction of future climate change impacts on ecosystem functioning. This study conducted at 10 sites in South Mediterranean grasslands along aridity gradient aims to determine the possible controlling factors (mean annual precipitation MAP, mean annual temperature MAT and soil pH) that may affect vegetation
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Evaluating the effects of forest tree species on rill detachment capacity in a semi-arid environment Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Misagh Parhizkar; Mahmood Shabanpour; Isabel Miralles; Artemio Cerdà; Nobuaki Tanaka; Hossein Asadi; Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja; Demetrio Antonio Zema
The beneficial effects of plant roots in decreasing soil detachment in forest ecosystems exposed to rill erosion are well known. However, these effects vary largely between different plant species. There has been lots of research into the relationship between root-soil systems and rill erodibility with a particular focus on grass species. Conversely, fewer studies are available for tree species, especially
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Effects of large wood (LW) blockage on bedload connectivity in the presence of a hydraulic structure Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 Gabriel Spreitzer; Jon Tunnicliffe; Heide Friedrich
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A dynamic flux model for analyses of phosphorus exchange between overlying water and sedimentary deposits of a reservoir in the cold area of north China Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 Junping Lu; Tingxi Liu; Xiaojing Zhang; Ruizhong Gao; Yu Liu
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Rehabilitation of a tropical storm-water drain creates a novel fish assemblage Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 Clare L. Wilkinson; Jeffrey T.B. Kwik; Andre M.W. Ow; Rayson B.H. Lim; Shanshan Liu; Claudia L.Y. Tan; Abel C.Y. Saw; Jia Huan Liew; Darren C.J. Yeo
A 2.7-km canalised section of the Kallang River, a major storm-water drain and reservoir spillway in Singapore, was rehabilitated into a 3-km naturalised, meandering river between 2009 and 2011. A combination of plants, natural materials, and civil engineering techniques were introduced to soften the edges of the waterway, to give it a more natural appearance and prevent soil erosion. Baseline data
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Atmospheric concentrations and ecosystem fluxes of CH2Cl2, CHCl3 and CCl4 along tidal and vegetation gradients within a coastal salt marsh in Eastern China Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-16 Jinshu Wang; Yingjia Cao; Jinxin Wang
There is a causal relationship between atmospheric concentrations and ecosystem fluxes of DCM, CF, and CT. Atmospheric concentrations of these gases likely regulate ecosystem fluxes, and they may also be influenced in turn by exchanges with the ecosystem. The relationship between atmospheric concentrations and fluxes of DCM, CF, and CT is bound to affect the occurrence and fate of these gases in the
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Numerical simulation of sediment transport, phytoplankton biomass and salinity recovery processes in Lake Pontchartrain due to Bonnet Carré Spillway flood release Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-16 Xiaobo Chao; Yafei Jia; A.K.M. Azad Hossain; Yaoxin Zhang
The Bonnet Carré Spillway (BCS) was constructed from 1929 to 1936 to protect the city of New Orleans from the Mississippi River floods. When the water stage of the Mississippi River is over 5.18 m of flood stage, BCS will be opened to divert the excessive flood water into the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Pontchartrain. During these flood release events, large amounts of freshwater, sediment and nutrients
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Removal and reuse of phosphorus from plant nursery irrigation return water with reclaimed iron oxides Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-16 Sarah A. White; William H.J. Strosnider; Megan E.M. Chase; Mark A. Schlautman
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Bubble barriers to guide downstream migrating Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): An evaluation using acoustic telemetry Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-14 J. Leander; J. Klaminder; G. Hellström; M. Jonsson
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The commercial tree species Dipteryx odorata improves soil physical and biological attributes in abandoned pastures Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-14 Alberto Bentes Brasil Neto; Nilza Martins de Queiroz Xavier Brasil; Paulo Ivan Lima de Andrade; Augusto César Falcão Sampaio; Norberto Cornejo Noronha; Eduardo Jorge Maklouf Carvalho; Arystides Resende Silva; Gustavo Schwartz
In the Eastern Amazon, abandoned and unproductive areas are widespread and normally found as a result of soil degradation. In this study we presented the following scientific question: Is it possible to improve the quality of soil physical and biological attributes of areas previously occupied by abandoned pastures with commercial plantation of the native species Dipteryx odorata? To respond this question
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Improving bypass performance and passage success of Atlantic salmon smolts at an old fish-hostile hydroelectric power station: a challenging task Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Michaël Ovidio; Séverine Renardy; Arnaud Dierckx; Billy Nzau Matondo; Jean-Philippe Benitez
Old hydroelectric power stations often provide unsafe migration routes to fish, apart from passing through mobile gates during high flow. The installation of retrofitted bypass is considered to be a potential solution to improve fish passage at such old structures, but their performances are often insufficient. In the Amblève River (Belgium), a mobile 3.3 m high dam feeds two principal Francis turbines
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Case study: On hydrological function improvement for an endemic plant habitat in Gangcheon wetland, Korea Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 Daegun Han; Jungwook Kim; Changhyun Choi; Heechan Han; Imee V. Necesito; Hung Soo Kim
Wetlands are one of the most important ecosystems for the biodiversity of plants and animals. Especially, Gangcheon wetland in NamHan river, Korea is a very valuable one because Aster altaicus var. uchiyamae, which is one of endemic plants is inhabited. However, Gangcheon wetland was impaired by a river improvement project called ‘Four Major Rivers Project’. After the project, Gangcheon wetland restoration
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Estimating the gaseous carbon budget of a degraded tidal wetland Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Yinrui Cheng; Yong Zha; Chuan Tong; Dandan Du; Lijuan Chen; Geng Wei
Wetlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle but are intensively disturbed by humans. Estimating the gaseous carbon budget of degraded wetlands has great significance for wetland conservation. The Shanyutan wetland is a degraded tidal wetland in Southeast China. We compared the landscape patterns of Shanyutan in 2009 and 2019 based on remote sensing images and determined the sediment
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Opportunistic pathogens and their health risk in four full-scale drinking water treatment and distribution systems Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Jingang Huang; Susu Chen; Xu Ma; Pingfeng Yu; Pengxiao Zuo; Baoyou Shi; Haibo Wang; Pedro J.J. Alvarez
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Reduction of nutrient loads from agricultural subsurface drainage water in a small, edge-of-field constructed treatment wetland Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Brad A. Gordon; Christian Lenhart; Heidi Peterson; Joshua Gamble; John Nieber; Dean Current; Ashley Brenke
Constructed treatment wetlands are a common practice for filtering nitrogen from agricultural sub-surface (i.e. tile) drainage in the Midwest. Wetland size recommendations typically depend on watershed size, but little is known about the effectiveness of wetlands with a pooled area as small as 0.11 ha combined with a high infiltration rate and sub-surface treatment. A small, edge-of-field wetland treating
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Land-use configuration has significant impacts on water-related ecosystem services Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Jun-cheng Lei; Sha Wang; Jie Wu; Jun-wei Wang; Xing Xiong
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Phytomanagement with grassy species, compost and dolomitic limestone rehabilitates a meadow at a wood preservation site Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2021-01-02 Aritz Burges; Nadège Oustriere; María Galende; Lilian Marchand; Clemence M. Bes; Eric Paidjan; Markus Puschenreiter; Jose María Becerril; Michel Mench
Brownfield surface is expanding in Europe, but as often abandoned or underused, these areas become refuge for microbial, faunal and floral biodiversity. However, brownfield sites are generally contaminated, likely posing severe environmental risks. At a former wood preservation site contaminated with Cu, we evaluated the efficiency of compost and dolomitic limestone incorporation into the soil, followed
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Optimization of restoration techniques: In-situ transplantation experiment of an endangered clonal plant species (Typha minima Hoppe) Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-30 Nadège Popoff; Renaud Jaunatre; Caroline Le Bouteiller; Yoan Paillet; Gilles Favier; Morgane Buisson; Camille Meyer; Eric Dedonder; André Evette
In the current context of biodiversity erosion, ecological restoration is sometimes the only way to reinforce plant population and preserve them from the deterioration of their natural habitat. Dwarf bulrush (Typha minima Hoppe) is an endangered pioneer clonal plant, which grows in frequently disturbed habitats along Eurasian temperate piedmont rivers. In the Alps, its population has decreased by 85%
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Influence of concrete properties on the initial biological colonisation of marine artificial structures Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-30 Atteyeh S. Natanzi; Bryan J. Thompson; Paul R. Brooks; Tasman P. Crowe; Ciaran McNally
Artificial marine infrastructures now cover large stretches of the available natural shoreline in many parts of the world. This is having a substantial impact on the local marine ecosystems as biodiverse natural hard substrata are being replaced with man-made structures, which have been shown to support lower levels of biodiversity. The ecological value of artificial coastal structures could be enhanced
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River regulation intensity matters: Riverbank vegetation is characterized by more typical riverbank plant species with increasing distance from weirs Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Julia T. Wollny; Willi Bergmann; Annette Otte; Sarah Harvolk-Schöning
The installation of weirs leads to extensive alterations in species composition of riverbank vegetation, as they distinctly change the natural disturbance regime of rivers. Due to their infrastructural significance, the removal of most weirs and impoundments is unlikely, which is why restoration measures along impounded rivers are strongly limited. To evaluate the restoration potential of weir-near
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Impact of road salting on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-26 Jana Zítková; Jitka Hegrová; Zdeněk Keken; Roman Ličbinský
Evaluation of the impact of transport on the surrounding environment requires an ecosystem approach: to analyze components that provide information about the distribution of concentrations of the monitored contaminants and to allow an estimate of the dynamics of movement of these substances in the environment. Trees are used for biomonitoring for wide range of contaminants, coming not only from air
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Use of okara-derived hydrogel for enhancing growth of plants by minimizing leaching and locking nutrients and water in growing substrate Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-20 Wee Kee Tan; Jingling Zhu; Jing Ying Lim; Zhengyang Gao; Chiang Shiong Loh; Jun Li; Choon Nam Ong
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Effect of the microorganism-adherent carrier for Nitzschia palea to control the cyanobacterial blooms Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-19 Aimin Hao; Tomokazu Haraguchi; Takahiro Kuba; He Kai; Yingchao Lin; Yasushi Iseri
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Evalution of the fate of greenhouse gas emissions from the sludge mineralisation process in Sludge Treatment Wetlands Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-17 Junyu Liang; Yubo Cui; Mingyue Zhang; Zhaobo Chen; Shiquan Wang; Xiaoxiang Li
Mineralisation process of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data from a sludge treatment wetlands (STWs) has been lacked currently. A study was conducted to quantify the release rates of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) from three similar pilot-scale STW units in relation to seasonal change based on the release rates in order to estimate annual GHG release rates of mineralisation process. A static
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Greenhouse gas emissions from stormwater bioretention basins Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-17 Emad Kavehei; Naima Iram; Mehran Rezaei Rashti; Graham Andrew Jenkins; Charles Lemckert; Maria Fernanda Adame
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Contribution of various categories of environmental factors to sediment nitrogen-removal in a low C/N ratio river Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-16 Haoping Wu; Beibei Hao; Qichao Zhou; Ke Xu; Yanpeng Cai; Guihua Liu
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Influence of the hierarchical structure of land use on metals, nutrients and organochlorine pesticides in urban river sediments Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-15 Buddhi Wijesiri; An Liu; Ayomi Jayarathne; Godfred Duodu; Godwin A. Ayoko; Lan Chen; Ashantha Goonetilleke
Land use management plays a key role in mitigating urban river pollution. Past research has addressed how primary land uses influence river water and sediment quality, but has given limited attention to the subdivision of primary land uses to a secondary level, limiting the accurate identification of potential sources of pollutants. The current study, using Bayesian Networks, investigated how the hierarchical
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Ecosystem stability and water quality improvement in a eutrophic shallow lake via long-term integrated biomanipulation in Southeast China Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Guogan Peng; Xijie Zhou; Bin Xie; Cheng Huang; Mohammad Mazbah Uddin; Xingxing Chen; Lingfeng Huang
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Assessing biochemical responses of filamentous algae integrated with surface waters in Yavuzeli-Araban catchment Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Abuzer Çelekli; Hüseyin Bozkurt
The present study aimed to investigate biochemical responses of filamentous algae integrated with surface waters in Yavuzeli-Araban catchment (the south-east of Turkey) by the use of a multivariate approach. This catchment having anthropogenic activities and different climate could affect environmental variables of surface waters, changed the biochemical compounds of filamentous species. A canonical
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Effects of microtopography and nutrients on biomass production and plant species diversity in experimental wetland communities Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-11 Mun Gi Hong; Bo Eun Nam; Jae Geun Kim
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Identifying fish ecological risk patterns based on the effects of long-term dam operation schemes Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-09 Weiwei Yao; Ruidong An; Guoan Yu; Jia Li; Xiaoyi Ma
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Water retention capacity and runoff peak flow duration of the urban food garden: A city-based model and field experiment Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-05 Ying-Chu Chen; Zih-An Chen
The urban food garden is an interesting natural solution to the need to develop sponge cities structured and designed to absorb and capture rain water for reducing flooding, worldwide. This study applied a storm water management model and field experiments to investigate properties of the garden substrates. Taipei City was taken as a case study as the Taiwan government has promoted urban food garden
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Exposure of Typha domingensis to high concentrations of multi-metal and nutrient solutions: Study of tolerance and removal efficiency Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-05 María De Las Mercedes Mufarrege; Gisela Alfonsina Di Luca; Hernán Ricardo Hadad; María Alejandra Maine
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Performance of a new low-cost Zn/Fe-layered double hydroxide-modified ceramsite for the removal of P from agricultural runoff Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-03 Feng Liu; Xinqiang Liang; Shuang He; Fayong Li; Yingbing Jin; Ziyi Zhao; Liang Zhu
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Insights on the roles of climate and human activities to vegetation degradation and restoration in Beijing-Tianjin sandstorm source region Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Lu Yu; Zhitao Wu; Ziqiang Du; Hong Zhang; Yong Liu
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Response of the redox species and indigenous microbial community to seasonal groundwater fluctuation from a typical riverbank filtration site in Northeast China Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-11-29 Li Meng; Rui Zuo; Jin-sheng Wang; Qiao Li; Can Du; Xin Liu; Minhua Chen
The effects of the seasonal groundwater level fluctuations on the redox species in groundwater and the microbial communities in aquifer media were investigated at a typical riverbank filtration (RBF) site in northeast China. A total of 50 groundwater samples were collected to illustrate the variations of oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), dissolved oxygen (DO) and redox species such as iron (Fe2+)
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Engineering restoration for the future Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-11-27 Monte I. Masarei; Todd E. Erickson; David J. Merritt; Richard J. Hobbs; Andrew L. Guzzomi
We posit that a better meshing of traditional engineering disciplines and ecological restoration science is central to achieving environmental repair at the scale and pace required to combat globally ever-growing, human caused, land degradation and biodiversity loss. Ecological restoration is an increasingly vibrant endeavour supported by diverse fields of research. But there is a rapidly emerging
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Interactions between soil covers and rainfall affect post-mining plant restoration in a semi-arid Banded Iron Formation Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Peter J. Golos; Luis Merino-Martín; Lucy E. Commander; Carole P. Elliott; Matthew R. Williams; Ben P. Miller; Kingsley Dixon; Jason Stevens
Soil moisture and physical characteristics strongly influence plant-available water and surface crust strength, which affect seedling emergence. We test interactions between rainfall amount and topsoil and waste rock blends and their impact on restoration outcomes in a semi-arid environment. Seedling emergence was evaluated in eight species across three winter rainfall treatments (low (ambient) 68 mm
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Effects of high nitrate input in the denitrification-DNRA activities in the sediment of a constructed wetland under varying C/N ratios Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Elena Hernández-del Amo; Lluís Bañeras
In constructed wetlands (CW), denitrification usually accounts for >60% of nitrogen removal and is supposedly affected by the inflow water and the wetland management practices. Fluctuations in nutrient concentration of inflow water can cause an impact in sediment properties and microbial communities living therein. We have estimated the effects of a high input of nitrate or nitrite (simulating an eutrophication
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Managing erosion of mangrove-mud coasts with permeable dams – lessons learned Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-11-17 Johan C. Winterwerp; Thorsten Albers; Edward J. Anthony; Daniel A. Friess; Alejandra Gijón Mancheño; Kene Moseley; Abdul Muhari; Sieuwnath Naipal; Joost Noordermeer; Albert Oost; Cherdvong Saengsupavanich; Silke A.J. Tas; Femke H. Tonneijck; Tom Wilms; Celine Van Bijsterveldt; Pieter Van Eijk; Els Van Lavieren; Bregje K. Van Wesenbeeck
Mangrove-mud coasts across the world erode because of uninformed management, conversion of mangrove forests into aquaculture ponds, development of infrastructure and urbanization, and/or extraction of groundwater inducing land subsidence. The accompanied loss of ecosystem values, amongst which safety against flooding, has far reaching consequences for coastal communities, exacerbated by sea-level rise
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Survival and early growth of 51 tropical tree species in areas degraded by artisanal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-11-09 Francisco Román-Dañobeytia; France Cabanillas; David Lefebvre; Jhon Farfan; Jesús Alferez; Fredy Polo-Villanueva; Juana Llacsahuanga; Claudia M. Vega; Manuel Velasquez; Ronald Corvera; Edith Condori; Cesar Ascorra; Luis E. Fernandez; Miles R. Silman
Artisanal gold mining in Amazon forests and rivers has been reported in all Amazonian countries. Amazon mining has a wide range of negative effects and severe environmental and social consequences. Given that the activity in the region is mostly illegal, there are few studies published in the scientific literature on recovery of areas degraded by gold mining. This study conducts an experimental reforestation
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Response mechanism of typical wetland plants and removal of water pollutants under different levofloxacin concentration Ecol. Eng. (IF 3.512) Pub Date : 2020-11-07 L.U. Hongbin; Huanhua Wang; L.U. Shaoyong; L.I. Jiaxin; Tao Wang
Antibiotics are widely found in aquatic environments and pose a serious threat to natural habitats. Plants as an important part of constructed wetlands, phytoremediation is a potential way to purify antibiotic contaminated waters and soils and thus reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance. However, less is known about Response mechanism of typical wetland plants and removal of water pollutants under
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