Title Abstract Case study(ies)
Soil management effects on runoff, erosion and soil properties in an olive grove of Southern Spain. Rainfall, runoff and soil loss from 6 m × 12 m plots were recorded during 7 years (2000†“2006) in an experiment in which three different soil management systems were compared in a young olive grove installed on a heavy clay soil, near Cordoba, Southern Spain. No-tillage (NT) system, kept weed-free with herbicides, cover crop (CC) of barley, and conventional tillage (CT). Cover Crops and No-Tillage in an Olive Grove (Andalusia, Spain)
Contrat de rivières transfrontalier du sud-ouest lémanique 2006-2012, Etude, bilan, évaluation et prospective, phase 1: état des lieux initial et final The report presents the results of the Contrat de rivière project, which includes Heramnce restoration project. It details initial state and final state regarding indicators linked to water quality, hydromorphological status etc Restoration of river Hermance, France
River Habitat Survey in Southern Portugal: Results from 2009 A DQA define os elementos hidromorfológicos como um dos sustentáculos dos programas de monitorização e sistemas de classificação do estado/potencial ecológico das massas de água Rios e, consequentemente, dos objectivos ambientais e programas de medidas subsequentes. De acordo com o Anexo V da DQA, são considerados três atributos para estes elementos:

● Regime hidrológico;

● Continuidade do Rio;

● Condições morfológicas. 		Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
Assessment of instream structures for habitat improvement for two critically endangered fish species River ecosystems have witnessed a long history of human pressure, particularly the disruption of freshwater fish populations. The awareness of this situation has led to many habitat improvement projects, with a variable degree of success. Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
Tolka Valley Greenway opening speech by Lord Mayor Speech thanking participants and giving site overview River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland
BIOMURA Removal of heightned banks to stimulate the erosion and widening the river profile, intoruduction of rock-fill riffle to raise water levels during low and average flows, reopening of the side- channels and intoruduction of a system of wooden sluices to raise groundwater tables. Conservation of Mura banks, Slovenia
Benchmarking river habitat improvement. River ecosystems have witnessed a long history of human pressure, particularly the disruption of freshwater fish populations. The awareness of this situation has led to many habitat improvement projects, with a variable degree of success. In natural situations, fish populations co-inhabit throughout the hydrological cycle with different degrees of adequacy, and the sequence of favourable and unfavourable conditions dictates abiotic constraints and biotic interactions that shape the final biological assemblages. We postulate that a part of unsuccessful restoration results is related to insufficient closeness to the natural habitat conditions of the river type that is to be restored, including the naturally adverse periods. Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
Tramos Bajos del Aragon y del Arga Factsheet filled with data from Natura 2000 data set Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain
Rainfall interception by Sacramento, Urban Forest. A rainfall interception study was conducted in Oakland, California to determine the partitioning of rainfall and the chemical composition of precipitation, throughfall, and stemflow. Rainfall interception measurements were conducted on a gingko (Ginkgo biloba) (13.5 m tall deciduous tree), sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) (8.8 m tall deciduous), and lemon tree (Citrus limon) (2.9 m tall broadleaf evergreen). The lemon, ginkgo, and sweet gum intercepted 27.0%, 25.2% and 14.3% of gross precipitation, respectively Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
Preclassification of Ecological Quality in the Odelouca catchment area and its use in restoration guidelines The demands of the Water Framework Directive over the next few years imply considerable effort in the conservation and restoration of river reaches based upon the reliable classification of river corridor conservation status that discloses information on causes of degradation. Using an adaptation of the KT Method, originally developed as part of the National Water Plan, a Map of River Corridor Conservation Status was drawn up for the River Odelouca catchment area that included the definition of existing fluvial reaches using geographic and hydrogeomorphological variables which were then assessed according to the presence of anthropogenic pressures Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
Proyecto para la mejora del estado ecológico del rí­o Órbigo. Tramo I (León). Anejo 4 (Estudio hidrológico e hidraíºlico). Project Report Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain
EC (92/43/EEC) Council Directive on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora European Directive
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0043:EN:HTML 		Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
Proyecto para la mejora del estado ecológico del rí­o Órbigo. Tramo I (León). Anejo 5 (Estudio morfológico). Project Report Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain
Ecological assessment of an intermittent Mediterranean river using community structure and function: evaluating the role of different organism groups. Reliable lotic ecological monitoring requires knowledge of river typology, environmental factors, the effect of stressors known here as 'pressures' and appropriate indicators of anthropogenically induced change. We sampled benthic macroinvertebrate, fish, bird and macrophyte communities along an intermittent Mediterranean river and analysed community structure (relative abundance) and function (metrics) relative to environmental and pressure gradients in order to identify suitable indicator group (s) for future monitoring. Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
Modelprojekt Holter-Hammrich As a secondary result of structures and buildings of flood water protection, NWRMs aiming at nature conservation can be implemented in the Holter-Hammrich Area. Holter-Hammrich Area - Flood Protection and Nature Conservation, Germany
The influence of cover crops and tillage on water and sediment yield, and on nutrient, and organic matter losses in an olive orchard on a sandy loam soil Rainfall, runoff, sediments, nutrient and organic carbon losses from 8 × 60 m plots were measured during four hydrological years (2002†“2007) in a field trial, in which two different soil management systems were used to confirm this hypothesis: a cover crop (CC), and conventional tillage (CT) near Seville, southern Spain. Cover Crops and No-Tillage in an Olive Grove (Andalusia, Spain)
Proyecto para la mejora del estado ecológico del rí­o Órbigo. Tramo I (León). Instrucción para la elaboración y tramitación de los informes de viabilidad previstos en el artí­culo 46.5 de la Ley de Aguas). [Clave: 02.434-229/2111] Feasibility Report on actions to be implemented within the framework of the National Strategy on River Restoration Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain
Impact Assessment Of Urbanisation On Hydrology For The
River Tolka In Dublin, Ireland: A Case Study Of Remote Sensing
Supported Hydrological Modelling 		Discussion of a hydrological model studying the connections between surface water and land use in the Tolka catchment. River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament: establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
Evaluating the Response of Biological Assemblages as Potential Indicators for Restoration Measures in an Intermittent Mediterranean River. Bioindicators are essential for detecting environmental degradation and for assessing the success of river restoration initiatives. River restoration projects require the identification of environmental and pressure gradients that affect the river system under study and the selection of suitable indicators to assess habitat quality before, during and after restoration. We assessed the response of benthic macroinvertebrates, fish, bird and macrophyte assemblages to environmental and pressure gradients [...] Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal
The role of ancillary benefits on the value of agricultural soils carbon sequestration programmes: Evidence from a latent class approach to Andalusian olive groves. The research assesses society's willingness to pay using a discrete choice analysis for a soil management programme in Andalusian olive groves identifying different groups based on preference heterogeneity. The results show that soil carbon sequestration in olive groves provides net social value and can be a cheap and cost-effective way of combating climate change. Cover Crops and No-Tillage in an Olive Grove (Andalusia, Spain)
Small scale measures under the "Waters neighborhood Days" in Hamburg - Factsheet The core of the activities carried out on Osterbek river was the installation of flow control arms at mean water level.
Due to the width of the bundle of sticks of 2 to 2.5 m, they should contribute to a significant narrowing of the broad streambed. They were attached to three pegs that were fixed at the ground. In order to avoid under- or backflushing, the brushwood were strengthened with stones, coarse and fine gravel. A total of 14 flow control arms were installed at equal distances approximately transverse to the direction of flow on the left and right bank . In a wide section an island of gravel and coarse of about 15 m was applied.
Also in the Middle Bille flow control arms were installed consisting of dead wood, stones and gravel. The brushwood was shortened to a length of about 1 m and transversely and with a slight tilt attached to two pegs in the sole. The height of the installment was also based on mean water level 		Small scale measures under the 'Waters neighborhood Days' in Hamburg, Germany
LIFE Projekt Auenverbund Obere Drau Detailed project description of the former LIFE project on the river Drau. We needed basic information on the region e.g. rainfall, temperature, runoff Revitalization of the upper Drau River in Austria
Case study: Biomura LIFE06NAT/SI/000066 The Lippenbroek Regulated Tidal Exchange (RTE) scheme is a pilot scheme for the so-called controlled reduced tide (CRT) concept which Belgian authorities are planning to apply to (sections of) numerous flood storage areas in the near future to create tidal habitats (e.g. at Kruibeke, where the first inundation will likely occur in 2011). The CRT concept involves the use of two exchange mediums, one high inlet medium (e.g. a weir/spillway or sluice/culvert), and a lower outlet medium, which may be capped with a gravity controlled sluice gate. Conservation of Mura banks, Slovenia
Francia Martí­nez, J. R., Durán Zuazo, V. H., & Martí­nez Raya, A. (2006). Environmental impact from mountainous olive orchards under different soil-management systems (SE Spain). Soil erosion, runoff and nutrient-loss patterns over a two-year period (1999-2000) were monitored in erosion plots on a mountainside with olive (Olea europaea cv. Picual) trees under three different types of soil management: (1) non-tillage with barley (Hordeum vulgare) strips of 4 m width (BS); (2) conventional tillage (CT); (3) non-tillage without plant strips (NT). The erosion plots, located in Lanjaron (Alpujarras) on the southern flank of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in south-eastern Spain, had 30% slope Cover Crops and No-Tillage in an Olive Grove (Andalusia, Spain)
Minimum Tillage Field Trials in Lower Austria Project on several testing sides: application of directseeding, mulchseeding and conventional tillage. No Tillage Field Trials in lower Austria