Hydromorphological restoration stimulates river ecosystem metabolism

Kupilas, Benjamin; Hering, Daniel; Lorenz, Armin W.; Knuth, Christoph; Gücker, Björn

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1989-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1989-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1989-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 7

Research article

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12 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 12 Apr 2017

Hydromorphological restoration stimulates river ecosystem metabolism

Benjamin Kupilas, Daniel Hering, Armin W. Lorenz, Christoph Knuth, and Björn Gücker

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SC1: 'Details on Aeration Rate', Robert Pennington, 01 Nov 2016
- SC2: 'Response to SC1', Benjamin Kupilas, 02 Nov 2016
  - SC3: 'Reply to Reply on Seration Rate', Robert Pennington, 02 Nov 2016
RC1: 'Referee Comment – ‘Hydromorphological restoration stimulates river ecosystem metabolism’, Kupilas et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Nov 2016
- SC4: 'Response to RC1', Benjamin Kupilas, 25 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Nov 2016
RC3: 'Anonymous Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Dec 2016
AC1: 'authors comments on Reviewers 2 and 3', Daniel Hering, 31 Jan 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (17 Feb 2017) by Tom J. Battin

AR by Daniel Hering on behalf of the Authors (20 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Mar 2017) by Tom J. Battin

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Modern ecosystem restoration should consider a wide range of environmental characteristics, including functional ones, such as rates and patterns of ecosystem metabolism. We show that hydromorphological river restoration enhanced habitat availability and abundance of macrophytes, promoting river primary productivity and respiration. Incorporating ecosystem functioning into monitoring programs enables a more holistic assessment of river health and a better understanding of restoration effects.