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Floodplain Connectivity

Floodplain Connectivity is the ecological and hydrological process by which rivers intermittently link with adjacent riparian zones and floodplains, enabling the exchange of water, sediment, nutrients, and biota that sustains floodplain ecosystem functions.

318

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25.9K

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1.1K

Authors

475

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2017–2026

117

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River-floodplain Connectivity

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318

Biodiversity of floodplain river ecosystems: ecotones and connectivity1

J. V. Ward, Klement Tockner, F. Schiemer · Regulated Rivers Research & Management · 1999 · 1.2K citations

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Riverine landscape diversity

J. V. Ward, Klement Tockner, David B. Arscott et al. · Freshwater Biology · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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Connectivity and biocomplexity in waterbodies of riverine floodplains

Gudrun Bornette · Freshwater Biology · 2002 · 952 citations

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Ecological connectivity in alluvial river ecosystems and its disruption by flow regulation

J. V. Ward, Jack A. Stanford · Regulated Rivers Research & Management · 1995 · 937 citations

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An Ecosystem Perspective of Alluvial Rivers: Connectivity and the Hyporheic Corridor

Jack A. Stanford, J. V. Ward · Journal of the North American Benthological Society · 1993 · 809 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. JV
    J. V. Ward

    Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland

    10 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. KT
    Klement Tockner

    Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany

    9 publications · 3.9K citations

    9

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  3. FS
    F. Schiemer

    University of Vienna, Austria

    8 publications · 2.5K citations

    8

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  4. TH
    Thomas Hein

    BOKU University, Austria

    8 publications · 493 citations

    8

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  5. ZT
    Zhiqiang Tan

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    7 publications · 507 citations

    7

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Institutions

475

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    18 h-index

    64 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    59 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

    Dübendorf, Switzerland

    11 h-index

    23 publications

    9.1K citations

  6. Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Maringá, Brazil

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    3.2K citations

  8. CSIRO Land and Water

    Canberra, Australia

    10 h-index

    35 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Geomorphology

    17 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. River Research and Applications

    20 publications · 849 citations

    16

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  3. The Science of The Total Environment

    15 publications · 747 citations

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  4. Journal of Hydrology

    14 publications · 873 citations

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  5. Freshwater Biology

    12 publications · 3.9K citations

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