TY - JOUR
T1 - Aquatic interfaces
T2 - a hydrodynamic and ecological perspective
AU - Marion, Andrea
AU - Nikora, Vladimir
AU - Puijalon, Sara
AU - Bouma, Tjeerd
AU - Koll, Katinka
AU - Ballio, Francesco
AU - Tait, Simon
AU - Zaramella, Mattia
AU - Sukhodolov, Alexander
AU - O'Hare, Matthew
AU - Wharton, Geraldene
AU - Aberle, Jochen
AU - Tregnaghi, Matteo
AU - Davies, Peter
AU - Nepf, Heidi
AU - Parker, Gary
AU - Statzner, Bernhard
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - Ecologically-appropriate management of natural and constructed surface water bodies has become increasingly important given the growing anthropogenic pressures, statutory regulations, and climate-change impacts on environmental quality. The development of management strategies requires that a number of knowledge gaps be addressed through interdisciplinary research efforts particularly focusing on the water-biota and water-sediment interfaces where most critical biophysical processes occur. This paper discusses the current state of affairs in this field and highlights potential paths to resolve critical issues, such as hydrodynamically-driven mass transport processes at interfaces and associated responses of organisms through the development of traits. The roles of experimental methods, theoretical modelling, statistical tools, and conceptual upscaling methods in future research are discussed from both engineering and ecological perspectives. The aim is to attract the attention of experienced and emerging hydraulic and environmental researchers to this research area, which is likely to bring new and exciting discoveries at the discipline borders.
AB - Ecologically-appropriate management of natural and constructed surface water bodies has become increasingly important given the growing anthropogenic pressures, statutory regulations, and climate-change impacts on environmental quality. The development of management strategies requires that a number of knowledge gaps be addressed through interdisciplinary research efforts particularly focusing on the water-biota and water-sediment interfaces where most critical biophysical processes occur. This paper discusses the current state of affairs in this field and highlights potential paths to resolve critical issues, such as hydrodynamically-driven mass transport processes at interfaces and associated responses of organisms through the development of traits. The roles of experimental methods, theoretical modelling, statistical tools, and conceptual upscaling methods in future research are discussed from both engineering and ecological perspectives. The aim is to attract the attention of experienced and emerging hydraulic and environmental researchers to this research area, which is likely to bring new and exciting discoveries at the discipline borders.
KW - Flow-biota interactions
KW - hydrodynamics
KW - interfaces
KW - sediments
KW - wetlands
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84919441950&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00221686.2014.968887
DO - 10.1080/00221686.2014.968887
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919441950
SN - 0022-1686
VL - 52
SP - 744
EP - 758
JO - Journal of Hydraulic Research
JF - Journal of Hydraulic Research
IS - 6
ER -