Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Mar 05, 2025 in habitat | 0 comments

This blog post is going to be a bit less waggish than my previous one on slugs, but I hope you will still find it an interesting read. Weighted Usable habitat Area (WUA) was introduced in Bovee (1986) and further elaborated in Stalnaker et al. (1995) to assess the availability and quality of aquatic habitats. […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Feb 21, 2025 in Jobs | 0 comments

This is a message from KIT’s Institute for Water and Environment (IWU), which is offering an exciting Junior Professorship on Urban Water Management. Job description We are looking for an inspiring early-career scientist in the field of urban water management. The tenure-track professorship is embedded in the research and teaching activities of the Institute for […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Feb 05, 2025 in story | 1 comment

October 2017, Davis, California. Forests are burning not far away, and it is still hot outside, almost 90 degrees. Wait a minute, ninety degrees? No wonder forests are burning. True, this is just another anecdote about vintage unit systems, also known as the “U.S. customary system”, but there is a lot more to discover. Did […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Dec 31, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

2024 had many highlights for the Ecohydraulics community like ISE in Quebec or the new metrics of the Ecohydraulics Journal with an ever increasing number of high-quality articles. Thanks to everyone contributing – the LOC in Quebec, conference attendees, Ecohydraulics Authors, and the many people who keep the community vibrant. Importantly, there is the Early […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Oct 21, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

This is a message from Prof. Daniele Tonina who is offering an exciting PhD opportunity in ice formation at the Center for Ecohydraulics Research, University of Idaho: We are looking for 1 energetic and dynamic PhD student interested in investigating the formation and transport of ice in mountain streams starting on January 2025. Ice formation […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Oct 08, 2024 in News | 0 comments

Today, I am sharing a message from Prof. Michele Mossa, PhD, Chair of IAHR Committee on Ecohydraulics – I can only recommend exploring his library collection on Ecohydraulics: Dear Friends, Hope that this message finds you well. As I mentioned about one year ago, I have managed to secure a significant budget to purchase books […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Sep 27, 2024 in News | 0 comments

International Symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE) Launched in 1994, the International Symposia on Ecohydraulics aims to provide a platform for scientists and engineers worldwide to discuss cutting-edge scientific progress, compare and evaluate state-of-the-art technical methods, and recommend them to the end-users. A complete list of past ISE conferences is provided on the IAHR website. Aspiring future […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Sep 09, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Ethohydraulics, to my knowledge, was first introduced by Beate Adam and Boris Lehmann in their 2011 book, “Ethohydraulik” (in German). In 2022, Lehmann et al. released an updated version of the book, “translated with DeepL”, under the title, “Ethohydraulics: A Method for Nature-Compatible Hydraulic Engineering“. Having been familiar with the term “Ecohydraulics” for more than […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Aug 03, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

When we first went to the Rhine to explore potential field sites for a new research project (funded by the German DFG), we had planned for many contingencies: accessibility, wildlife including mosquitoes, indigenous uprisings, weather, and so on. When we arrived at one of our first sites, I was reminded of my childhood, when my […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Jul 01, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

  The impact factor, introduced by Eugene Garfield in 1972, is a measure of the influence of scientific journals. It evaluates the influence of a scientific journal by measuring the average number of citations its articles receive over a given period of time, typically two years. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations […]