River Research and Applications

Papers
(The median citation count of River Research and Applications is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Elucidation of mosaic patterns in gravel riverbeds using classifying flow velocity regimes obtained from a planar two‐dimensional analysis34
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Unraveling trait‐based fish community assembly in tropical reservoirs22
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A Comparative Investigation of Infiltration and Channel Roughness of Ephemeral and Perennial Streams in a Mountainous Catchment20
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Foundational conditions enabling participatory river management in watersheds of two regulatorily disparate states: A mixed methods study19
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The fate of the City of Mutare's urban water supply as changing climate impacts on its source in the Pungwe sub‐catchment19
Perceptions of the impacts of invasive alien plants in the riparian zone of the Ganga River: Insights from Varanasi, India19
Cannibalism in Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra)18
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Are the Seasonal Dynamics of Zooplankton Different Between Contrasting Climatic Zones in Brazil? A Comparison Between Tropical and Subtropical Rivers17
Spatial variation characteristics and influencing factors of CO2 partial pressure in the middle reaches of the Yellow River during summer17
Evaluating the risk of fish stranding due to hydropeaking in a large continental river16
Differences in Native and Invasive Fish Larval Occupancy and Detection Probabilities in the Upper Mississippi River16
Attraction and passage efficiency for salmonids and non‐salmonids based on fishway: A meta‐analysis approach15
Evaluating hydrologic region assignment techniques for ungaged basins in Alaska, USA15
Defining river thermal sensitivity as a function of climate15
Developing a taxa‐related physical habitat score based on the response of macroinvertebrate community structure to fine bed sediment composition in the Tsitsa River, Eastern Cape, South Africa15
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Neural networks for fast fluvial flood predictions: Too good to be true?14
An investigation into remote sensing techniques and field observations to model hydraulic roughness from riparian vegetation13
Turbulent structural analysis of the combined fishway with vertical seam and bottom hole13
Tributary mitigates river discontinuity by dam depending on the distance from dam to the tributary confluence13
The overlooked contribution of a fish bypass channel to the density and diversity of macroinvertebrate drift in a heavily modified river system13
Systematic comparison of 1D and 2D hydrodynamic models for the assessment of hydropeaking alterations13
Movements of a model fish, the common carp, through a generic Mississippi River lock and dam demonstrate how fish swimming performance, behavior, and discharge‐driven flow‐fields determine fish passag13
My father put them up there: Anthropogenic environmental change associated with abandoned river vessels in the Clarence River, NSW, Australia12
Evaluating hydrological components and streamflow characteristics under conventional and adaptive multi‐paddock grazing management12
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A model for quantifying the effectiveness of leaky barriers as a flood mitigation intervention in an agricultural landscape12
The Adaptive Systemic Approach: Catalysing more just and sustainable outcomes from sustainability and natural resources development research12
Scenario‐based hydrodynamic simulation of adaptive strategies for urban design to improve flood resilience: A case study of the Mingzhu Bay Region, Guangzhou, Greater Bay Area12
Horizontal ramping rate framework to quantify hydropeaking stranding risk for fish12
Blue catfish population characteristics and dispersal along a Great Plains river gradient12
Impacts of an extreme flood event on the riparian vegetation of a monsoonal cobble‐bed stream in southern Korea: A multiscale fluvial biogeomorphic framework12
Impacts of the Victoria Nile Bujagali hydropower dam on fisheries and livelihoods11
Why wood should move in rivers11
How low is too low? Partnering with stakeholders and managers to define ecologically based low‐flow thresholds in a perennial temperate river11
Sediment regimes in South Korea11
Longitudinal Variability in the Oxygen Demand of Channel Bed Matrix Sediment in a UK Agricultural Catchment: Implications for Managing the Sediment Problem10
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Assessing downstream aquatic habitat availability relative to headwater reservoir management in the Henrys Fork Snake River10
Research on coupled socio‐ecohydrological systems—implementing a highly integrative and interdisciplinary research agenda in the Doctoral School “Human River Systems in the 21st Century (HR2110
Does where they start affect where they finish? A multimethod investigation of the role of stocking location on survival and dispersal of hatchery‐reared Lake Sturgeon in Missouri River tributaries10
Cumulative downstream turbine‐induced mortality and thresholds for facilitating upstream passage of American eel10
Geomorphological change and rural settlement patterns: Study of the formation mechanisms of strip villages in Jiangsu, China10
Macroinvertebrate drift patterns in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers: Implications for Scaphirhynchus sturgeon conservation efforts10
Dam operations, local rainfall, changing settlement growth pattern and flooding in the Niger Delta, Nigeria9
Fish Assemblage Diversity of Dharla River, Bangladesh, With Relation to Environmental Variables: A Multivariate Analysis9
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Automated streamflow measurements in high‐elevation Alpine catchments9
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Model estimated baseflow for streams with endangered Atlantic Salmon in Maine,USA9
Effects of cold and warm thermopeaking on drift and stranding of juvenile European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)9
Past hydraulics influence microhabitat selection by invertebrates and fish in hydropeaking rivers9
Environmental drivers of cyanobacterial abundance and cyanotoxin production in backwaters of the Upper Mississippi River9
Bank erosion and erosion processes from dendrogeomorphology in southern U.S. prairie streams8
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Turbulence signatures of natural river morphology in four dimensions8
Crayfish assemblages correlate with dam‐induced effects on abiotic factors and predatory fish assemblages in Alabama streams8
Timescales of tree‐covered island dynamics on the mixed bedrock‐alluvial anabranching Vaal River, South Africa8
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Macroinvertebrate response to run‐of‐river hydropower tailrace inflow: Spatial assessment of community and traits8
Multiscale Processes Drive Formation of Logjam Habitats and Use by Juvenile Chinook Salmon Across a Boreal Stream Network in Alaska8
Do highly anthropized hydrological conditions in marshes influence fish communities according to their life‐history strategies?8
Trends and prospects in the Yangtze River Basin research: A bibliometric analysis8
Modeling the dynamics of total suspended solids in a mountain basin using network theory8
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From a continuous thermal profile to a stepped one: The effect of run of river hydropower plants on the river thermal regime8
Taking Application Rates With a Grain of Salt: Uncovering the Impact of Road De‐Icing Salt on Freshwaters of a Mountain Catchment in the Italian Alps8
Initial ecological recovery post‐weir removal amidst catchment‐wide improvements, in a groundwater‐dominated chalk stream7
The economic cost of hydropower environmental constraints under decreasing price volatility7
Influence of submerged woody debris at labyrinth weirs in river applications7
Development of a flow‐sensitive macroinvertebrate index for Australian rivers7
When does a stream become a river?7
Linking flow alteration with fish assemblage structure in a river regulated by a small hydropower project in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India7
Application of an unsteady three‐dimensional computational fluid dynamics model to predictive habitat modelling of macroinvertebrates—A case study at the Ziller River in Austria7
Assessing reservoir effect on water quality in the Missouri River basin using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model7
Effects of regulation on open‐water flows in the lower Peace River, Canada, and implications for the recharge of Peace‐Athabasca Delta basins7
Effects of 2D hydrodynamic model resolution on habitat estimates for rearing Coho Salmon in contrasting channel forms7
Modeling depth‐averaged streamwise velocity in a channel with one‐line emergent vegetation patches7
Habitat suitability of golden mahseer young ones (Tor putitora, Hamilton 1822) in Himalayan waters, India7
Wakesurfing, Wakeboarding, and Waterskiing: A Comparison of Wake Characteristics7
Floodplain Restoration and Its Effects on Summer Water Temperature and Macroinvertebrates in Whychus Creek, Oregon (USA)7
Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in large river secondary channels: Contemporaneous and legacy effects of flow connectivity7
Evaluating soil quality status of fluvisols at the regional scale: A multidisciplinary approach crossing multiple variables7
Logjams in a mountain stream network: Patterns, biogeomorphic associations, and anthropogenic impacts7
Watersheds and stream networks viewed longitudinally: Example insights from novel spatial portrayals of watershed characteristics6
Equilibrium morphology and scour evolution at blunt nosed chevrons6
Macroinvertebrate and diatom community responses to thermal alterations below water supply reservoirs6
Carbon sequestration potential of process‐based river restoration6
By‐pass valves in hydropower plants: An ecologically important measure to mitigate stranding in rivers due to emergency turbine flow shutdown6
Performance of an environmentally‐aligned, low maintenance flood alleviation scheme on the Burn of Mosset, Forres, Scotland6
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Limitations of Non‐Volitional Upstream Passage for Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis)6
Spatiotemporal change in the river network in rapidly urbanized plain regions of the Yangtze River Delta in China6
Spatial scales in instream flow modeling: Why and how to use ecologically appropriate resolutions6
Experimental evaluation of louver guidance efficiency for green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)6
Colonisation of terrestrial vegetation in an intermittent river: Diversity responses to seasonal drying6
Distribution analysis of adult and larval Calopteryx japonica using unmanned aerial vehicle acquired water temperature distribution6
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Warming of the lower Columbia River, 1853 to 20186
Evidence of shape variation in wild Tor Mahseer (Tor tor) from Indian Rivers6
A new braiding index to assess river regulation effects in multi‐thread channels: Insights from a highly regulated Himalayan river6
Differences in respiration rates and abrasion losses may muddle attribution of breakdown to macroinvertebrates versus microbes in litterbag experiments6
Assessment of flood regulation service based on source–sink landscape analysis in urbanized watershed6
Phytoplankton species richness as an ecological indicator in a subtropical, human‐regulated, fragmented river6
Historical and contemporary drivers of knickpoint retreat and morphological evolution along Bayou Pierre, Mississippi6
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Lithological controls influence river form in contrasting sub‐catchments: The Scamander and Avenue Rivers, Tasmania6
Turbulence near a sandbar island in the lower Missouri River6
Recent changes in riparian and floodplain vegetation in England and Wales and its geomorphic implications6
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Characterization of the evolution of runoff‐sediment relationship in Min River based on coupling coordination theory6
A complete homogenization of water temperatures during widespread flooding6
Macroinvertebrate Community Responses to Disturbance in a Fragmented River With Contrasting Legacies of Alteration6
Bio‐geomorphic alteration through shifting flow regime in a modified monsoonal river system in Korea6
Insights From Intensive Stream Monitoring in an Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Catchment Illuminate Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality5
Entrainment of endangered sturgeon by a large water diversion: Rescue, enumeration, and conservation opportunities5
Assessment of spawning habitat suitability for Amphidromous Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in tidal Asahi River sections in Japan: Implications for conservation and restoration5
Automated fluvial hydromorphology mapping from airborne remote sensing5
Estimation of streamflow of the ungauged mountainous watersheds of the Western Ghats in India using the SWAT model5
Guiding downstream migrating Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) of different life stages in a large river using bubbles5
Introducing HyPeak: An international network on hydropeaking research, practice, and policy5
Human–River Relationships5
High‐resolution temperature modeling of stream reconstruction alternatives5
Effect of flow regulation on streambank erosion: A perspective downstream of a flood control dam, Kansas, USA5
Response of arid‐land macroinvertebrate communities to extremes of drought, wildfire, and monsoonal flooding5
Integrated river water quality and quantity management based on undesirability and cost‐effectiveness5
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The hydroclimate niche: A tool for predicting and managing riparian plant community responses to streamflow seasonality5
Temporal variation of braided intensity and morphodynamic changes in a regulated braided river using 2D modeling and satellite images5
Mass and Momentum Flux Prediction at the Channel‐Floodplain Interface Associated With Riparian Vegetation5
A New Framework for River Restoration Planning at Catchment Scale in the UK5
If a fish comes out of the river and speaks, we should believe it: South African perspective on fish kills5
Evaluation of hydropower projects in Balkan Rivers based on direct sediment transport measurements; challenges, limits and possible data interpretation – Case study Vjosa River/Albania5
Retention of viability by fragmented invasive Crassula helmsii, Elodea canadensis and Lagarosiphon major5
Effects of inlet height of detention basins on fish movement to refuges during floods5
Patterns of riparian forest disturbance caused by tree dislodging on a subtropical river during large floods5
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Monitoring invasive alien macroinvertebrate species with environmental DNA5
Predation preference of signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) on native and invasive bivalve species5
Longitudinal patterns in riverine ecology within and among seven Pacific Northwest rivers: Implications for river research, monitoring and management5
Moving waters to mitigate hydropeaking: A case study from the Italian Alps5
Landscape features control river's confluences water quality and tributary fish composition4
Environmental Flows Rapidly Increase Zooplankton Abundance in a Regulated Lowland River4
Societal drivers for the integration of hydrogeomorphology and human benefits in river restoration projects4
Rediscovering, reevaluating, and restoring Entiatqua: Identifying pre‐Anthropocene valleys in North Cascadia, USA4
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Mapping Turbidity Spatial Distribution of Monobe River in Kochi, Japan, Using Satellite Images and Existing Turbidity Data4
Geomorphic context in process‐based river restoration4
Factors affecting interannual variation in diet and body lipid content of age‐0 Scaphirhynchus sturgeon in the lower Missouri River, USA4
Environmental history of one of the largest freshwater neotropical fish (Zungaro jahu) from otolith isotopic analysis4
Low flows in a regulated river system are associated with reduced breeding bird abundance and diversity in Yosemite National Park, California4
Towards biogeomorphic river restoration: Vegetation as a critical driver of physical habitat4
Human–river relationships depend on human–human relationships: River and watershed organizations in three western US states4
Cooler, bigger; warmer, smaller: Fine‐scale thermal heterogeneity maps age class and species distribution in behaviourally thermoregulating salmonids4
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Temporal and spatial variations of propagule deposition in the riparian zones of mountain rivers4
Broadscale and fine‐scale variables predict the occurrence of a stream‐breading bufonid: Habitat use by the Arizona toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus)4
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Effects of process‐based floodplain restoration on aquatic macroinvertebrate production and community structure4
Bootstrap Reduced Major Axis (BRMA) to optimize the satellite‐derived discharge rating curves4
The hydromorphology indexIHMbased on fish requirements4
Evaluating the Efficiency of a Fishway Installed Near a High, Artificially Created Waterfall4
A comparative study of 100 major Japanese rivers: Multi‐objective evaluations and environmental flow practices4
Assessment of anthropogenic pollution using multiple hydrogeochemical tools and statistical analysis in rural plain basins of the Argentinian Pampean Plain4
Assessing migratory bottlenecks and escapement of silver eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the highly urbanized North Sea Canal basin, the Netherlands4
Hydrologic connectivity and land cover affect floodplain lake water quality, fish abundance, and fish diversity in floodplain lakes of the Wabash‐White River basin4
A random forest machine learning model to detect fluvial hazards4
Geomorphic heterogeneity as a framework for assessing river corridor processes and characteristics4
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Leveraging understandings of biogeomorphic river recovery to reframe river management philosophy and communication strategies4
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Spatial characteristics and influencing factors of Chinese traditional villages in eight provinces the Yellow River flows through4
Does swimming activity influence gas bubble trauma in fish?4
Modelling flow regulation effects on vegetation recruitment and survival on alternate bars in channelized rivers4
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At‐a‐station hydraulic geometry for reaches with bridge collapse events4
Riverbed deformation and its response to human intervention on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River4
Landscape influences on thermal sensitivity and predicted spatial variability among brook trout streams in the southeastern USA4
An Experimental Approach for the Quantitative Assessment of Downstream Swimming Fish Behavior4
Advances in regulated river research in China3
Back to the future: Exploring riverine macroinvertebrate communities' invasibility3
Are protected areas effective in preserving Alpine stream morphology and biodiversity? A field study in the oldest Italian National Park3
Village morphology and the construction of place identity in the Aihui area along the Heilongjiang River, China3
Optimal approach for upstream fish passage design: One‐size‐fits‐all or made‐to‐order?3
Preferential behavior of Tribolodon hakonensis for fishways according to biological characteristics3
Going to the archives: Combining palaeoecological and contemporary data to support river restoration appraisals3
Water penetrating radar: A fluvial scour study of antenna performance and data processing3
Distributive hydraulic engineering, cross‐scale landscape planning, and climate change resilience: On the water‐adaptive strategy in the Huai'an–Yangzhou Section of China's Grand Canal3
Ecological Functions of Autumn Olives for Improving Vegetation Species Diversity and Habitat Conditions Supporting Their Growth: A Study of Tedorigawa River, Japan3
Hydropoetics: The rewor(l)ding of rivers3
Hydro‐thermal modelling of the potential impacts of reservoirs on water temperature and incubation time of Atlantic salmon and brook trout in the Tobique River, Canada3
Working with wood in rivers in the Western United States3
Spring peak flows control abundance of Cladophora in a Hydropower‐Impacted River3
Nested analysis of macroinvertebrate diversity along a river continuum: Identifying relevant spatial scales for stream communities3
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Failure modes in cedar tree revetments: Observations on rivers and streams in eastern Kansas, USA3
Impact assessment of waterway development on the socioeconomic conditions and ecosystem in the upper Yangtze River3
Individual‐based modelling of hydropeaking effects on brown trout and Atlantic salmon in a regulated river3
Group size influences light‐emitting diode light colour and substrate preference of David's Schizothoracin (Schizothorax davidi): Relevance for design of fish passage facilities3
Role of digital technology in freshwater biodiversity monitoring through citizen science during COVID‐19 pandemic3
Expansive, positive changes to fish habitat diversity following the formation of a valley plug in a degraded desert river3
Establishing present‐day Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka|sćwin) spawning capacity in the highly impacted sq,awsitkʷ|Okanagan River to guide population conservation and restoration3
Adaptation of urban distribution to the fluvial geomorphic environment and the reconstruction of the river system structure by urban distribution in Haihe Plain in the past 2,200 years3
Efficiencies of best management practices in reducing nitrate pollution of the Sebdou River, a semi‐arid Mediterranean agricultural catchment (North Africa)3
Influence of invasive crayfish on fine sediment transport, ingress and bed storage in lowland rivers3
eZ flow metrics: Using z‐scores to estimate deviations from natural flow in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam3
Identification of salmon redds using RPV‐based imagery produces comparable estimates to ground counts with high inter‐observer variability3
Environmental impact assessment and conservation planning of a Middle‐Eastern River basin using a fish‐based tolerance index3
Rivers—mouths—tides—memories: A creative, inter‐deep‐mapping of two river/tidal places. Love of place, memory and affect; movements, patterns, marks, and practices of care3
Fractal characteristics of the middle reach of the Paraná River floodplain during extreme hydrological events3
Assessing the effects of non‐stationarity on reservoir yield estimations: A case study of the Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development system in Botswana3
Downstream migration of landlocked Atlantic salmon smolt in a regulated river—Effects of multiple passage at dams with programmed spill3
The effect of trapping on the migration and survival of Atlantic salmon smolts3
A contemporary estimate for the abundance of juvenile American Eel Anguilla rostrata attempting to migrate past a barrier in the Ottawa River3
Integrating two‐dimensional water temperature simulations into a fish habitat model to improve hydro‐ and thermopeaking impact assessment3
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Hyporheic exchange flows in a mountainous river catchment identified by distributed temperature sensing3
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Seedling root growth experiments for two Australian dryland riparian eucalypts provide new insights for environmental watering3
Identifying water factors that are related to ammonia nitrogen concentrations in Columbia River using a reversed hazard exponential model3
Flow Matters: Unravelling the Interactive Influences of Flow Variation and Non‐Native Trout on Vulnerable Galaxiids3
River Hydrological Regime Changes and Their Attribution: A Case Study in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Using a Multi‐Model Approach3
Integrated tools for identifying optimal flow regimes and evaluating alternative minimum flows for recovering at‐risk salmonids in a highly managed system3
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The suitability of Hester–Dendy macroinvertebrate samplers in fluctuating flows3
Influence of the Salmo (trutta) trutta on the population structure, the growth, and the habitat preference of a Cottus gobio population3
Performing kayepa dordok living waters in Noongar boodjar, South‐Western Australia3
Environmental or spatial components? Patterns that structure the assemblages of aquatic oligochaetes in Argentine Pampas streams3
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Using acoustic tracking of an anadromous lamprey in a heavily fragmented river to assess current and historic passage opportunities and prioritise remediation2
The salmon‐peloton: Hydraulic habitat shifts of adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) due to behavioural thermoregulation2
From Concrete to Nature: Navigating Paradigm Shifts in River Management Through a Sustainability Lens2
River fragmentation in the northern Sandomierz Basin (SE Poland)2
Compliance with water resource regulation: A mixed‐method study of the effects of regulatory audits2
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Disregard of aquatic shrews in the Environmental Impact Assessment reports regarding hydropower dams in the Nepal Himalayas2
Culverts delay upstream and downstream migrations of river herring (Alosa spp.)2
Riparian recruitment persists after damming: Environmental flows and coupled colonization of cottonwoods and willows following floods along a dryland river2
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Impacts of small dams on the phytoplankton and invertebrates in an Amazonian river2
Spatial patterns of stable isotopes and trophic ecology in a hydropeaking river2
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