The ADDRESS of a grain: Sediment particle tracking as an approach to assessing ecosystem quality in dammed reservoirs.

The study integrates hydrodynamic modelling and geospatial analysis methods to describe the dynamic transport and sedimentation conditions of suspended solids (SS) in large lowland reservoirs. The method was tested on a dam reservoir on the Vistula River (Poland). Stochastic particle tracking was used with a Lagrangian approach, then geostatistical analyses to interpret the simulation results.

Evaluating effects of dam operation on flow regimes and riverbed adaptation to those changes.

The operation of dam and reservoirs is one of the main reasons for the transformation of river runoff. The change in the hydrological regime affects a number of other processes taking place in the river channel, including the transformation of its geomorphological features. The article presents the impact of the Włocławek Reservoir on the hydrological regime of the lower Vistula.