Riparian shading mitigates warming but cannot revert thermal alteration by impoundments in lowland rivers

• Published in: Earth surface processes and landforms Vol. 47; no. 9; pp. 2209 - 2229
• Main Authors: Marteau, Baptiste, Piégay, Hervé, Chandesris, André, Michel, Kristell, Vaudor, Lise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2022; Wiley
• Subjects: agricultural plain; Emissions; Environment and Society; Environmental Sciences; Fish; Flow alteration; Gases; Geomorphology; Global Changes; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Impoundments; Infrared imaging; Mitigation; Planting; Riparian vegetation; Rivers; Shading; Stagnant water; Streams; Temperature rise; Thermal imaging; thermal infrared imaging; thermal regime; Thermal stratification; Tree planting; Vegetation; Water temperature; Weirs; weirs; agricultural plain; water temperature; riparian vegetation; thermal infrared imaging; thermal regime

Given the actual trajectory of greenhouse gases emissions, in situ actions are needed to limit rivers water warming. Riparian tree planting has been shown as a successful mitigation strategy, but most studies have been conducted on upland forested rivers. The hydraulic, geomorphic and thermal condit...