Abstract The introduction of non-indigenous organisms in new areas the context host-parasite interactions is still poorly understood. This study aimed at a parasitological and histopathological comparison two phylogenetically distinct forms freshwater snail Theodoxus fluviatilis River Rhine system: native Northern-European form, which showed decline for unknown reasons nowadays extinct Rhine, D...

A recent paper in Geophysical Research Letters, ‘Solar influence on winter severity in central Europe’, by Sirocko et al (2012 Geophys. Res. Lett. 39 L16704) claims that ‘weak solar activity is empirically related to extremely cold winter conditions in Europe’ based on analyses of documentary evidence of freezing of the River Rhine in Germany and of the Reanalysis of the Twentieth Century (20C)...

The aim of this paper is to recommend a rapid classification system for sustainable flood retention basins (SFRBs) to control runoff in a temperate climate. The system should improve communication among engineers and scientists, and was developed with a general database (approximately 660 basins) and a very detailed database (56 basins), using the River Rhine catchment in the South of Baden (Ge...

[1] Accurate streamflow simulations in large river basins are crucial to predict timing and magnitude of floods and droughts and to assess the hydrological impacts of climate change. Water balance models have been used frequently for these purposes. Compared to water balance models, however, land surface models carry the potential to more accurately estimate hydrological partitioning and thus s...

The river Rhine is one of Europe’s busiest waterways and part the Rhine-Alpine corridor. In 2018 experienced a severe low discharge extreme. This impacted river’s transport capacity for period several months, causing shortages source materials fuels in regions far in-land. Historically, prolonged droughts this magnitude are not uncommon. Concerns have been raised, however, that climate change m...