Journal article
Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community?
Water (Basel), Vol.11(11), p.2230
11/01/2019
DOI: 10.3390/w11112230
Abstract
Rivers are important ecosystems under continuous anthropogenic stresses. The hyporheic zone is a ubiquitous, reactive interface between the main channel and its surrounding sediments along the river network. We elaborate on the main physical, biological, and biogeochemical drivers and processes within the hyporheic zone that have been studied by multiple scientific disciplines for almost half a century. These previous efforts have shown that the hyporheic zone is a modulator for most metabolic stream processes and serves as a refuge and habitat for a diverse range of aquatic organisms. It also exerts a major control on river water quality by increasing the contact time with reactive environments, which in turn results in retention and transformation of nutrients, trace organic compounds, fine suspended particles, and microplastics, among others. The paper showcases the critical importance of hyporheic zones, both from a scientific and an applied perspective, and their role in ecosystem services to answer the question of the manuscript title. It identifies major research gaps in our understanding of hyporheic processes. In conclusion, we highlight the potential of hyporheic restoration to efficiently manage and reactivate ecosystem functions and services in river corridors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community?
- Creators
- Joerg Lewandowski - Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries, Dept Ecohydrol, D-12587 Berlin, GermanyShai Arnon - Ben-Gurion University of the NegevEddie Banks - National Centre for Groundwater Research and TrainingOkke Batelaan - National Centre for Groundwater Research and TrainingAndrea Betterle - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyTabea Broecker - Technische Universität BerlinClaudia Coll - Stockholm UniversityJennifer D. Drummond - University of BirminghamJaime Gaona Garcia - Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries, Dept Ecohydrol, D-12587 Berlin, GermanyJason Galloway - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesJesus Gomez-Velez - Vanderbilt UniversityRobert C. Grabowski - Cranfield UniversitySkuyler P. Herzog - Indiana University BloomingtonReinhard Hinkelmann - Technische Universität BerlinAnja Hoehne - Univ Western Australia, Sch Earth Sci, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaJuliane Hollender - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyMarcus A. Horn - University of BayreuthAnna Jaeger - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesStefan Krause - University of BirminghamAdrian Lochner Prats - Naturalea Conservacio SL, Castellar Del Valles 08211, SpainChiara Magliozzi - Cranfield UniversityKarin Meinikmann - Julius Kühn-InstitutBrian Babak Mojarrad - KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyBirgit Maria Mueller - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesIgnacio Peralta-Maraver - University of RoehamptonAndrea L. Popp - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyMalte Posselt - Stockholm UniversityAnke Putschew - Technische Universität BerlinMichael Radke - Institut für Hygiene und UmweltMuhammad Raza - IWW Water CentreJoakim Riml - KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAnne Robertson - University of RoehamptonCyrus Rutere - University of BayreuthJonas L. Schaper - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesMario Schirmer - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyHanna Schulz - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesMargaret Shanafield - National Centre for Groundwater Research and TrainingTanu Singh - University of BirminghamAdam S. Ward - Indiana University BloomingtonPhilipp Wolke - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesAnders Worman - KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyLiwen Wu - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Water (Basel), Vol.11(11), p.2230
- DOI
- 10.3390/w11112230
- ISSN
- 2073-4441
- eISSN
- 2073-4441
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 32
- Grant note
- 734317 / Marie Curie Actions (MSCA); Marie Curie Actions NE/L003872/1; 1602135; NE/I016120/2 / Natural Environment Research Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/I016120/1; NE/R014752/1; NE/N020502/1; NE/L003872/1; NE/P003486/1; NE/I016120/2 / NERC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 641939; 765553; 734317 / European Union; European Union (EU) GRK 2032/1 / German Research Foundation's (DFG) graduate school "Urban Water Interfaces"; German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984962531902771
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