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General Approach to Predicting Ecological Responses to Environmental Flows: Making Best Use of the Literature, Expert Knowledge, and Monitoring Data by Webb, J. A, Little, S. C, Miller, K. A, Stewardson, M. J, Rutherfurd, I. D, Sharpe, A. K, Patulny, L, Poff, N. L

“…Around the world, governments are making huge investments in environmental flows. However, much of the rationale for these releases is based on expert opinion…”
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Evaluating the relative contributions of vegetation and flooding in controlling channel widening: the case of the Nepean River, southeastern Australia by Hubble, T. C. T., Rutherfurd, I. D.

“…Many lowland stream channels have dramatically widened over the last two centuries. There has been considerable debate about whether this widening was caused…”
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The effect of riparian tree roots on the mass-stability of riverbanks by Abernethy, Bruce, Rutherfurd, Ian D.

“…Plants interact with and modify the processes of riverbank erosion by altering bank hydrology, flow hydraulics and bank geotechnical properties. The physically…”
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The role of riparian trees in maintaining riverbank stability: A review of Australian experience and practice by Hubble, T.C.T., Docker, B.B., Rutherfurd, I.D.

“…Riverside vegetation is a significant factor influencing the occurrence and progress of streambed and riverbank erosion. Recent riparian management practice in…”
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Where along a river's length will vegetation most effectively stabilise stream banks? by Abernethy, Bruce, Rutherfurd, Ian D

“…Riparian vegetation has different impacts on stream processes depending upon its position in a catchment. Native riparian vegetation is increasingly becoming…”
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Passive Recovery of Wood Loads in Rivers by Stout, J. C., Rutherfurd, I. D., Grove, J., Webb, A. J., Kitchingman, A., Tonkin, Z., Lyon, J.

“…A growing worldwide body of literature is demonstrating the geomorphic and ecological roles played by wood in rivers. After more than a century of removing…”
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Bank erosion of an incised upland channel by subaerial processes: Tasmania, Australia by Prosser, Ian P., Hughes, Andrew O., Rutherfurd, Ian D.

“…The headwaters of many rivers are characterized by gullies and incised streams that generate significant volumes of sediment and degrade downstream water…”
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Assessing the Distribution and Changes of Instream Woody Habitat in South-Eastern Australian Rivers by Tonkin, Z., Kitchingman, A., Ayres, R. M., Lyon, J., Rutherfurd, I. D., Stout, J. C., Wilson, P.

“…Managers and communities are now artificially reintroducing instream woody habitat (IWH) to rivers following historic large‐scale removal. Riverscape‐scale…”
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A geomorphic classification of intermittently open/closed estuaries (IOCE) derived from estuaries in Victoria, Australia by McSweeney, SL, Kennedy, DM, Rutherfurd, ID

“…A large proportion of estuaries along microtidal wave-dominated coastlines worldwide have entrances that intermittently close to the ocean when tidal currents…”
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An analysis of the influence of riparian vegetation on the propagation of flood waves by Anderson, B.G., Rutherfurd, I.D., Western, A.W.

“…Over the last 200 years the condition of Australia's streams has changed dramatically. The removal of massive volumes of woody debris and the impoverishment of…”
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Australia versus the World : do we face special opportunities and challenges in restoring Australian streams? by RUTHERFURD, I. D, GLPPEL, C

“…Australians do face special opportunities and challenges in attempting to restore or rehabilitate their streams, when compared with Western Europe and North…”
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The distribution and strength of riparian tree roots in relation to riverbank reinforcement by Abernethy, Bruce, Rutherfurd, Ian D.

“…The main influences of plants on the mass stability of riverbanks are those that affect the strength of bank sediments. Plants enhance bank strength by…”
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Intermittently Closed/Open Lakes and Lagoons: Their global distribution and boundary conditions by McSweeney, S.L., Kennedy, D.M., Rutherfurd, I.D., Stout, J.C.

“…Intermittently Closed/Open Lakes and Lagoons (ICOLLs) are a particularly dynamic form of estuary characterised by periodic entrance closure to the ocean…”
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Does the weight of riparian trees destabilize riverbanks? by Abernethy, Bruce, Rutherfurd, Ian D.

“…In contrast to the generally accepted stabilizing effects of riparian vegetation, the surcharge of trees on riverbanks has been widely implicated as a source…”
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The Eppalock Soil Conservation Project, Victoria, Australia: the prevention of reservoir sedimentation and the politics of catchment management by Davis, J A, Rutherfurd, I d, Finlayson, B L

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Assessing the Distribution and Changes of Instream Woody Habitat in South-Eastern Australian Rivers: Assessing Instream Woody Habitat Distribution and Change by Tonkin, Z., Kitchingman, A., Ayres, R. M., Lyon, J., Rutherfurd, I. D., Stout, J. C., Wilson, P.

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Phase-shifts in shear stress as an explanation for the maintenance of pool-riffle sequences by Wilkinson, Scott N., Keller, Robert J., Rutherfurd, Ian D.

“…The stability of the pool–riffle sequence is one of the most fundamental features of alluvial streams. For several decades, the process of velocity, or shear…”
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Preliminary evidence for pollen as an indicator of recent floodplain accumulation rates and vegetation changes: The Barmah-Millewa Forest, SE Australia by Kenyon, C, Rutherfurd, I.A

“…forest; and in the composition of understorey herbs, sedges, and grasslands. Pollen concentration and charcoal and organic content also exhibit post-European…”
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RESEARCH: Preliminary Evidence for Pollen as an Indicator of Recent Floodplain Accumulation Rates and Vegetation Changes: The Barmah-Millewa Forest, SE Australia by Kenyon, C, Rutherfurd, ID

“…/ Preliminary analysis of pollen in three shallow sediment cores demonstrates that pollen is preserved in the seasonally dry, vertically accreting…”
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