File Name : Hyporheic rehabilitaion in rivers: restoring vertical connectivity. Boulton, A. (2007), 18 pgs.

The role of the hyporheic zone (HZ) in mediating the nutrient turnover of surface waters is well accounted for in academic literature, but river restoration strategies rarely explicitly target the HZ. This review describes the importance of vertical and horizontal connectivity between the HZ and surface and groundwaters, and the HZ microbial community which govern the biogeochemical processing of nutrients. The review calls for carefully designed experiments which asses hyporheic rehabilitation strategies at streambed and catchment scales.


INTEREST Particular Measure
REGION World (other than above)
DATE 2007
NUMBER OF PAGES 18
TECHNICAL / PLAIN ENGLISH
MEASURES | Rriver & Floodplain
DOCUMENT TYPE JOURNAL ARTICLE
LEAD ORGANISATION / AUTHORING TEAM Boulton

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