Ecohydrology Research Group | ZHAW Institute of Natural Resource Sciences IUNR

To avoid conflicts, the protection and sustainable management of freshwater ecosystems need - besides a detailed knowledge base - the integration of measures for flood protection, use of hydrodynamic power for energy production, and land use that supports biodiversity. Together with internal and external research institutions, private companies, policy makers and government agencies, the Ecohydrology Research Group investigates and develops base knowledge and solutions between science and practice.

Responsibilities

Spatial analysis and modelling with GIS, remote sensing and water quality measures
Development and application of indicators for the evaluation of eco-hydrological interventions
Conception and implementation of efficiency controls and monitoring programs
Implementation and development of education and further education in areas of hydroecology and bioindication

Research areas

Structural and functional relations in freshwater ecosystems
Sustainable floodplain management
Ecological restoration of flowing Waters
Renaturation of freshwater ecosystems

Publications

Friese, Nathalie; Tonolla, Diego; Weber, Christine; Mathers, Kate; Bätz, Nico,

2024.

Feldexperiment zur Drift von Makroinvertebraten unter Schwall-Sunk : der Einfluss von Hydraulik und Habitattyp.

Wasser, Energie, Luft.

116(1), pp. 31-39.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30587
Kowal, Johannes L.; Auer, Stefan; Schmutz, Stefan; Graf, Wolfram; Wimmer, Richard; Tonolla, Diego; Meulenbroek, Paul,

2023.

Does soundpeaking affect the behavior of chub (Squalius cephalus) and brown trout (Salmo trutta)? : an experimental approach.

Fishes.

8(12), pp. 581.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8120581
Scherelis, Victoria; Laube, Patrick; Doering, Michael,

2023.

From change detection to change analytics : decomposing multi-temporal pixel evolution vectors [paper].

In:

12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023).

12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience), Leeds, United Kingdom, 12-15 September 2023.

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik.

pp. 65:1-65:6.

Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) ; 277.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.65
Mejia, Francine H.; Ouellet, Valerie; Briggs, Martin A.; Carlson, Stephanie M.; Casas-Mulet, Roser; Chapman, Mollie; Collins, Mathias J.; Dugdale, Stephen J.; Ebersole, Joseph L.; Frechette, Danielle M.; Fullerton, Aimee H.; Gillis, Carole-Anne; Johnson, Zachary C.; Kelleher, Christa; Kurylyk, Barret L.; Lave, Rebecca; Letcher, Benjamin H.; Myrvold, Knut M.; Nadeau, Tracie-Lynn; Neville, Helen; Piégay, Herve; Smith, Kathryn A.; Tonolla, Diego; Torgersen, Christian E.,

2023.

Closing the gap between science and management of cold-water refuges in rivers and streams.

Global Change Biology.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16844
Altermatt, Florian; Carraro, Luca; Antonetti, Manuel; Albouy, Camille; Zhang, Yan; Lyet, Arnaud; Zhang, Xiaowei; Pellissier, Loïc,

2023.

Quantifying biodiversity using eDNA from water bodies : general principles and recommendations for sampling designs.

Environmental DNA.

5(4), pp. 671-682.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.430