Chapter 1 Plankton dynamics in the river Rhine during downstream transport as influenced by biotic interactions and hydrological conditions

Chapter 2 Aquatic bryophyte assemblages along a gradient of regulation in the river Rhine

Chapter 3 A macrophyte communities sequence as an indicator of eutrophication and acidification levels in weakly mineralised streams in north-eastern France

Chapter 4 Use of oligochaete communities for assessment of ecotoxicological risk in fine sediment of rivers and canals of the Artois-Picardie water basin (France)

Chapter 5 Contribution of the macrobenthic compartment to the oxygen budget of a large regulated river: the Mosel

Chapter 6 Contribution to the ecological quality of Aliakmon river (Macedonia, Greece): a multivariate approach

Chapter 7 Multiple human impacts by the City of Paris on fish communities in the Seine river basin, France

Chapter 8 Rehabilitation efforts for Atlantic salmon in the Meuse basin area: Synthesis 1983–1998

Chapter 9 Biophysical interactions and the structure and dynamics of riverine ecosystems: the importance of biotic feedbacks

Chapter 10 Biogeochemical nutrient cycles and nutrient management strategies

Chapter 11 Application of the ‘snapshot’ methodology to a basin-wide analysis of phosphorus and nitrogen at stable low flow

Chapter 12 Nutrient runoff and transfer from land and rivers to the Gulf of Riga

Chapter 13 Retention of nutrients in river systems: dependence on specific runoff and hydraulic load

Chapter 14 Modelling nutrient fluxes from source to river load: a macroscopic analysis applied to the Rhine and Elbe basins

Chapter 15 Integrated modelling of hydrological processes and nutrient dynamics at the river basin scale

Chapter 16 Nitrogen transfers through the Seine drainage network: a budget based on the application of the ‘Riverstrahler’ model

Chapter 17 Understanding the oxygen budget and related ecological processes in the river Mosel: the RIVERSTRAHLER approach

Chapter 18 Model-based analysis of oxygen budget and biological processes in the regulated rivers Moselle and Saar: modelling the influence of benthic filter feeders on phytoplankton

Chapter 19 Optimal design and real time control of the integrated urban run-off system

Chapter 20 Quantification of nitrate removal by a flooded alluvial zone in the Ill floodplain (Eastern France)

Chapter 21 The impact of hydrological fluctuations on shallow groundwater hydrochemistry under two alluvial meadows

Chapter 22 Scenario analysis of nutrient management at the river basin scale

Chapter 23 Methodology for multifunctional assessment of riverine wetlands in the Seine river basin

Chapter 24 Linking land use, erosion and sediment yields in river basins

Chapter 25 High frequency variations of water flux and sediment discharge during the Little Ice Age (1586–1725 AD) in the Rhône Delta (Mediterranean France). Relationship to the catchment basin

Chapter 26 Estimation of sediment yield and soil loss using suspended sediment load and 137 Cs measurements on agricultural land, Brie Plateau, France

Chapter 28 Challenges in relating land use to sediment yield in the Upper Yangtze

Chapter 29 Bank erosion in a Danish lowland stream system

Chapter 30 Flood transport of dissolved and suspended matter in the El Abid river basin (Morocco)

Chapter 31 Spatial and temporal variability of Total Suspended Solids in the Seine basin

Chapter 32 Point and diffuse source analysis of heavy metals in the Elbe drainage area: Comparing heavy metal emissions with transported river loads

Chapter 33 Annual emissions of pollutants from mine stone applications in drainage basins of Dutch rivers

Chapter 34 Role of the dams on the River Lot on two types of pollution:point-sources (cadmium) and non-point sources (phosphorus)

Chapter 35 A cadmium budget for the Lot-Garonne fluvial system (France)

Chapter 36 Contamination by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in French and European rivers

Chapter 37 Variability of herbicides (triazines, phenylureas) and tentative mass balance as a function of stream order, in the river Marne basin (France)