Man and River Systems: The Functioning of River Systems at the Basin Scale

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Plankton dynamics in the river Rhine during downstream transport as influenced by biotic interactions and hydrological conditions....Pages 1-10
Aquatic bryophyte assemblages along a gradient of regulation in the river Rhine....Pages 11-16
A macrophyte communities sequence as an indicator of eutrophication and acidification levels in weakly mineralised streams in north-eastern France....Pages 17-24
Use of oligochaete communities for assessment of ecotoxicological risk in fine sediment of rivers and canals of the Artois-Picardie water basin (France)....Pages 25-37
Contribution of the macrobenthic compartment to the oxygen budget of a large regulated river: the Mosel....Pages 39-46
Contribution to the ecological quality of Aliakmon river (Macedonia, Greece): a multivariate approach....Pages 47-58
Multiple human impacts by the City of Paris on fish communities in the Seine river basin, France....Pages 59-68
Rehabilitation efforts for Atlantic salmon in the Meuse basin area: Synthesis 1983–1998....Pages 69-77
Biophysical interactions and the structure and dynamics of riverine ecosystems: the importance of biotic feedbacks....Pages 79-86
Biogeochemical nutrient cycles and nutrient management strategies....Pages 87-96
Application of the ‘snapshot’ methodology to a basin-wide analysis of phosphorus and nitrogen at stable low flow....Pages 97-102
Nutrient runoff and transfer from land and rivers to the Gulf of Riga....Pages 103-110
Retention of nutrients in river systems: dependence on specific runoff and hydraulic load....Pages 111-122
Modelling nutrient fluxes from source to river load: a macroscopic analysis applied to the Rhine and Elbe basins....Pages 123-130
Integrated modelling of hydrological processes and nutrient dynamics at the river basin scale....Pages 131-138
Nitrogen transfers through the Seine drainage network: a budget based on the application of the ‘Riverstrahler’ model....Pages 139-150
Understanding the oxygen budget and related ecological processes in the river Mosel: the RIVERSTRAHLER approach....Pages 151-166
Model-based analysis of oxygen budget and biological processes in the regulated rivers Moselle and Saar: modelling the influence of benthic filter feeders on phytoplankton....Pages 167-176
Optimal design and real time control of the integrated urban run-off system....Pages 177-184
Quantification of nitrate removal by a flooded alluvial zone in the Ill floodplain (Eastern France)....Pages 185-193
The impact of hydrological fluctuations on shallow groundwater hydrochemistry under two alluvial meadows....Pages 195-206
Scenario analysis of nutrient management at the river basin scale....Pages 207-212
Methodology for multifunctional assessment of riverine wetlands in the Seine river basin....Pages 213-221
Linking land use, erosion and sediment yields in river basins....Pages 223-240
High frequency variations of water flux and sediment discharge during the Little Ice Age (1586–1725 AD) in the Rhône Delta (Mediterranean France). Relationship to the catchment basin....Pages 241-250
Estimation of sediment yield and soil loss using suspended sediment load and 137 Cs measurements on agricultural land, Brie Plateau, France....Pages 251-261
Assessment of soil erosion in a small agricultural basin of the St. Lawrence River watershed....Pages 263-268
Challenges in relating land use to sediment yield in the Upper Yangtze....Pages 269-277
Bank erosion in a Danish lowland stream system....Pages 279-285
Flood transport of dissolved and suspended matter in the El Abid river basin (Morocco)....Pages 287-294
Spatial and temporal variability of Total Suspended Solids in the Seine basin....Pages 295-306
Point and diffuse source analysis of heavy metals in the Elbe drainage area: Comparing heavy metal emissions with transported river loads....Pages 307-314
Annual emissions of pollutants from mine stone applications in drainage basins of Dutch rivers....Pages 315-323
Role of the dams on the River Lot on two types of pollution:point-sources (cadmium) and non-point sources (phosphorus)....Pages 325-329
A cadmium budget for the Lot-Garonne fluvial system (France)....Pages 331-341
Contamination by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in French and European rivers....Pages 343-348
Variability of herbicides (triazines, phenylureas) and tentative mass balance as a function of stream order, in the river Marne basin (France)....Pages 349-355