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Publications: PROF Geraldene Wharton

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Wharton G, Bertoldi W, Francis RA ( 2024 ) . Celebrating the career of Angela Gurnell . River Research and Applications vol. 40 , ( 6 ) 877 - 883 .
Gurnell A, Bertoldi W, Francis RA, Wharton G ( 2024 ) . Special issue: Fluvial biogeomorphology . River Research and Applications vol. 40 , ( 6 ) 884 - 886 .
Wharton G, Phillips J, Legout C, Grabowski RC ( 2023 ) . Preface: understanding fine sediment dynamics in aquatic systems . Journal of Soils and Sediments vol. 23 , ( 10 ) 3567 - 3573 .
Wharton G, Gurnell AM, Ross M, Pereira-Gurnell D ( 2022 ) . The PlaceMarker Survey: A Place-Based Tool for Supporting the Monitoring and Appraisal of River-Related Projects and Natural Capital Assessments . Water vol. 14 , ( 16 ) 2514 - 2514 .
Licci S, Marmonier P, Wharton G, Delolme C, Mermillod-Blondin F, Simon L, Vallier F, Bouma TJ et al. ( 2022 ) . Scale-dependent effects of vegetation on flow velocity and biogeochemical conditions in aquatic systems . Science of The Total Environment vol. 833 , Article 155123 , 155123 - 155123 .
Trinci G, Wharton G, Bartoletti N ( 2022 ) . Restoring urban river habitats. Lessons learned for monitoring, appraisal and management from the River Wandle, South London, UK .
Gurnell A, Downs P, Tooth S, Wharton G ( 2022 ) . Professor Kenneth John Gregory (1938–2020): The career, contributions and legacy of an eminent geographer and fluvial geomorphologist . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms vol. 48 , ( 1 ) 34 - 46 .
Cashman MJ, Harvey GL, Wharton G ( 2021 ) . Structural complexity influences the ecosystem engineering effects of in‐stream large wood . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms vol. 46 , ( 10 ) 2079 - 2091 .
Brighenti S, Engel M, Tolotti M, Bruno MC, Wharton G, Comiti F, Tirler W, Cerasino L et al. ( 2021 ) . Contrasting physical and chemical conditions of two rock glacier springs . Hydrological Processes vol. 35 , ( 4 ) Article e14159 ,
( 2020 ) . Contrasting physical and chemical conditions of two springs fed by active rock glaciers .
Brighenti S, Tolotti M, Bertoldi W, Wharton G, Bruno MC ( 2020 ) . Rock glaciers and paraglacial features influence stream invertebrates in a deglaciating Alpine area . Freshwater Biology vol. 66 , ( 3 ) 535 - 548 .
( 2020 ) . New Conceptual Framework for the Erosion of Fine Sediment from a Gravel Matrix Based on Experimental Analysis . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering vol. 146 , ( 9 ) Article 04020061 ,
Cornacchia L, Wharton G, Davies G, Grabowski RC, Temmerman S, van der Wal D, Bouma TJ, van de Koppel J ( 2020 ) . Self-organization of river vegetation leads to emergent buffering of river flows and water levels . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 287 , ( 1931 ) 20201147 - 20201147 .
Gurnell AM, Scott SJ, England J, Gurnell D, Jeffries R, Shuker L, Wharton G ( 2020 ) . Assessing river condition: A multiscale approach designed for operational application in the context of biodiversity net gain . River Research and Applications vol. 36 , ( 8 ) 1559 - 1578 .
( 2020 ) . SMART Research: Toward Interdisciplinary River Science in Europe . Frontiers in Environmental Science vol. 8 , Article 63 ,
( 2019 ) . After the peak water: the increasing influence of rock glaciers on alpine river systems . Hydrological Processes vol. 33 , ( 21 ) 2804 - 2823 .
( 2019 ) . The contribution of citizen science volunteers to river monitoring and management: International and national perspectives and the example of the MoRPh survey . River Research and Applications vol. 35 , ( 8 ) 1359 - 1373 .
( 2019 ) . Ecosystem shifts in Alpine streams under glacier retreat and rock glacier thaw: A review . Science of The Total Environment vol. 675 , 542 - 559 .
( 2019 ) . River research and applications across borders . River Research and Applications vol. 35 , ( 6 ) 768 - 775 .
( 2019 ) . The current state of the use of large wood in river restoration and management . Water and Environment Journal vol. 33 , ( 3 ) 366 - 377 .
( 2019 ) . Restoration of a chalk stream using wood: assessment of habitat improvements using the Modular River Survey . Water and Environment Journal vol. 33 , ( 3 ) 378 - 389 .
( 2019 ) . Flow-divergence feedbacks control propagule retention by in-stream vegetation: the importance of spatial patterns for facilitation . Aquatic Sciences vol. 81 , ( 1 ) Article 17 ,
( 2018 ) . Plants face the flow in V formation: A study of plant patch alignment in streams . Limnology and Oceanography vol. 64 , ( 3 ) 1087 - 1102 .
( 2018 ) . Trends in the use of large wood in UK river restoration projects: insights from the National River Restoration Inventory . Water and Environment Journal vol. 33 , ( 3 ) 318 - 328 .
Serlet AJ, Gurnell AM, Zolezzi G, Wharton G, Belleudy P, Jourdain C ( 2018 ) . Biomorphodynamics of alternate bars in a channelized, regulated river: An integrated historical and modelling analysis . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms vol. 43 , ( 9 ) 1739 - 1756 .
( 2018 ) . Dietary changes in predators and scavengers in a nocturnally illuminated riparian ecosystem . Oikos vol. 127 , ( 7 ) 960 - 969 .
( 2018 ) . BIOMORPHODYNAMICS OF ALTERNATE BARS IN A CHANNELIZED, REGULATED RIVER: AN INTEGRATED HISTORICAL AND MODELLING ANALYSIS . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
( 2018 ) . Landscapes of facilitation: how self-organized patchiness of aquatic macrophytes promotes diversity in streams . ECOLOGY vol. 99 , ( 4 ) 832 - 847 .
( 2017 ) . The pernicious problem of streambed colmation: a multi‐disciplinary reflection on the mechanisms, causes, impacts, and management challenges . WIREs Water vol. 4 , ( 5 ) Article e1231 ,
( 2017 ) . MoRPh: a citizen science tool for monitoring and appraising physical habitat changes in rivers . Water and Environment Journal vol. 31 , ( 3 ) 418 - 424 .
( 2017 ) . Consideration of hydromorphology and sediment in the implementation of the EU water framework and floods directives: a comparative analysis of selected EU member states . Water and Environment Journal vol. 31 , ( 3 ) 324 - 329 .
( 2016 ) . Wood mitigates the effect of hydropeaking scour on periphyton biomass and nutritional quality in semi-natural flume simulations . Aquatic Sciences vol. 79 , ( 3 ) 459 - 471 .
Mohajeri SH, Righetti M, Wharton G, Romano GP ( 2016 ) . On the structure of turbulent gravel bed flow: Implications for sediment transport . Advances in Water Resources vol. 92 , 90 - 104 .
Gurnell AM, Bertoldi W, Tockner K, Wharton G, Zolezzi G ( 2016 ) . How large is a river? Conceptualizing river landscape signatures and envelopes in four dimensions . WIREs Water vol. 3 , ( 3 ) 313 - 325 .
Cashman MJ, Pilotto F, Harvey GL, Wharton G, Pusch MT ( 2016 ) . Combined stable‐isotope and fatty‐acid analyses demonstrate that large wood increases the autochthonous trophic base of a macroinvertebrate assemblage . Freshwater Biology vol. 61 , ( 4 ) 549 - 564 .
Pilotto F, Harvey GL, Wharton G, Pusch MT ( 2016 ) . Simple large wood structures promote hydromorphological heterogeneity and benthic macroinvertebrate diversity in low-gradient rivers . Aquatic Sciences vol. 78 , ( 4 ) 755 - 766 .
( 2016 ) . Flow Velocity and Morphology of a Submerged Patch of the Aquatic Species Veronica anagallis-aquatica L . 141 - 152 .
Marion A, Nikora V, Puijalon S, Bouma T, Koll K, Ballio F, Tait S, Zaramella M et al. ( 2014 ) . Aquatic interfaces: a hydrodynamic and ecological perspective . Journal of Hydraulic Research vol. 52 , ( 6 ) 744 - 758 .
( 2014 ) . Influence of vegetated bed material on erosional patterns of meandering rivers: Preliminary experimental results . 453 - 460 .
( 2014 ) . Modelling river flow responses to weed management . 467 - 474 .
Pilotto F, Bertoncin A, Harvey GL, Wharton G, Pusch MT ( 2014 ) . Diversification of stream invertebrate communities by large wood . Freshwater Biology vol. 59 , ( 12 ) 2571 - 2583 .
Wharton G, Kronvang B, Ogrinc N, Blake WH ( 2012 ) . Interactions between sediments and water: perspectives on the 12th International Association for Sediment Water Science Symposium . Journal of Soils and Sediments vol. 12 , ( 10 ) 1497 - 1500 .
( 2012 ) . Spatial and temporal variations in the erosion threshold of fine riverbed sediments . Journal of Soils and Sediments vol. 12 , ( 7 ) 1174 - 1188 .
( 2011 ) . Denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) in a temperate re-connected floodplain . WATER RES vol. 45 , ( 16 ) 4909 - 4922 .
Grabowski RC, Droppo IG, Wharton G ( 2011 ) . Erodibility of cohesive sediment: The importance of sediment properties . Earth-Science Reviews vol. 105 , ( 3-4 ) 101 - 120 .
( 2010 ) . Estimation of critical shear stress from cohesive strength meter‐derived erosion thresholds . Limnology and Oceanography: Methods vol. 8 , ( 12 ) 678 - 685 .
Warren LL, Wotton RS, Wharton G, Bass JAB, Cotton JA ( 2009 ) . The transport of fine particulate organic matter in vegetated chalk streams . Ecohydrology vol. 2 , ( 4 ) 480 - 491 .
Heppell CM, Wharton G, Cotton JAC, Bass JAB, Roberts SE ( 2009 ) . Sediment storage in the shallow hyporheic of lowland vegetated river reaches . Hydrological Processes vol. 23 , ( 15 ) 2239 - 2251 .
( 2007 ) . River restoration in the UK: Meeting the dual needs of the European union water framework directive and flood defence? . International Journal of River Basin Management vol. 5 , ( 2 ) 143 - 154 .
( 2007 ) . Emission of methane from chalk streams has potential implications for agricultural practices . Freshwater Biology vol. 52 , ( 6 ) 1176 - 1186 .
Clarke SJ, Wharton G, Cotton JA ( 2006 ) . Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Sediment Habitat of Ranunculus spp. in Lowland Chalk Streams – Implications for Ecological Status? . Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus vol. 6 , ( 5-6 ) 393 - 401 .
Wharton G, Cotton JA, Wotton RS, Bass JAB, Heppell CM, Trimmer M, Sanders IA, Warren LL ( 2006 ) . Macrophytes and suspension-feeding invertebrates modify flows and fine sediments in the Frome and Piddle catchments, Dorset (UK) . Journal of Hydrology vol. 330 , ( 1-2 ) 171 - 184 .
( 2006 ) . Combining biology and hydrology - Questions from an integrated study of chalk streams .
Wharton G ( 2006 ) . The channel‐geometry method: Guidelines and applications . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms vol. 20 , ( 7 ) 649 - 660 .
( 2006 ) . The effects of seasonal changes to in-stream vegetation cover on patterns of flow and accumulation of sediment . Geomorphology vol. 77 , ( 3-4 ) 320 - 334 .
Wharton G ( 2006 ) . Book Review: Geomorphology and river management: applications of the river styles framework . Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment vol. 30 , ( 1 ) 134 - 135 .
Clarke SJ, Wharton G, Cotton JA ( 2006 ) . Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Sediment Habitat Of Ranunculus spp. in Lowland Chalk Streams — Implications for Ecological Status? . The Interactions Between Sediments and Water , Springer Netherlands
( 2005 ) . The role of faecal pellets in lowland permeable catchments . Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur theoretische und angewandte vol. 29 , 167 - 179 .
Wharton G ( 2004 ) . Book Review: Geomorphological change and river rehabilitation - case studies on lowland fluvial systems in the Netherlands . Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment vol. 28 , ( 3 ) 462 - 464 .
Clarke SJ, Bruce‐Burgess L, Wharton G ( 2003 ) . Linking form and function: towards an eco‐hydromorphic approach to sustainable river restoration . Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems vol. 13 , ( 5 ) 439 - 450 .
( 2001 ) . Sediment nutrient characteristics and aquatic macrophytes in lowland English rivers . The Science of The Total Environment vol. 266 , ( 1-3 ) 103 - 112 .
( 2000 ) . An investigation of marginal habitat and macrophyte community enhancement on the River Torne, UK . Regulated Rivers: Research & Management vol. 16 , ( 3 ) 225 - 244 .
( 1999 ) . Flood discharge estimation from river channel dimensions: results of applications in Java, Burundi, Ghana and Tanzania . Hydrological Sciences Journal vol. 1 , ( 44 ) 1 - 17 .
( 1998 ) . Sediment - macrophyte interactions in rivers: using macrophytes for environmental assessment of rivers . Hydrology in a Changing Environment , Wiley ( Chichester ),
Wharton G ( 1994 ) . Progress in the use of drainage network indices for rainfall-runoff modelling and runoff prediction . Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment vol. 18 , ( 4 ) 539 - 557 .
Wharton G ( 1992 ) . Flood estimation from channel size: guidelines for using the channel-geometry method . Applied Geography vol. 12 , ( 4 ) 339 - 359 .
WHARTON G, ARNELL NW, GREGORY KJ, GURNELL AM ( 1989 ) . RIVER DISCHARGE ESTIMATED FROM CHANNEL DIMENSIONS . J HYDROL vol. 106 , ( 3-4 ) 365 - 376 .
. Flow-divergence feedbacks control propagule retention by in-stream vegetation: the importance of spatial patterns for facilitation . Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries
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