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Dr. Mateusz Grygoruk
Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland

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Journal article
Published: 15 June 2021 in Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
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Northeast Poland, Biebrza Basin. Studying reference ecosystems and their specific features provides information to be used as background principles for ecosystem management. In the case of riparian wetlands, these are hydrological indicators (such as average water levels, flooding extents and flood duration) that are either used as criteria for ecosystem conservation or remain easy-to-measure targets for habitat restoration. We focused on revealing whether any trends in flood extents and durations of inundation exist within near-natural temperate floodplains persisting under the natural lowland river flow regime. We analysed whether the fraction of inundation time in a year (FIT) changed over time. River discharge data from 1951 to 2011 applied as boundary conditions in a 1D hydrodynamic model were used to generate flood extents and durations in the Lower Basin of the Biebrza Valley. We found no substantial trends in flood extents and flood durations in both time-dependent mean and standard deviation. We revealed that the average, long-term values of the FIT, influencing the persistence of Caricetum approprinquatae, Caricetum gracilis, Glycerietum maximae and Phragmitetum communis, reached, respectively, 0.33, 0.43, 0.49 and 0.53 and did not present trends. Variability of the FIT within particular plant communities was high. The main challenges in conservation of temperate riparian wetlands are likely related to appropriate management addressing nonlinear climatic pressures.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Krzysztof Kochanek; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek. Analysis of long-term changes in inundation characteristics of near-natural temperate riparian habitats in the Lower Basin of the Biebrza Valley, Poland. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 2021, 36, 100844 .

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Mateusz Grygoruk, Krzysztof Kochanek, Dorota Mirosław-Świątek. Analysis of long-term changes in inundation characteristics of near-natural temperate riparian habitats in the Lower Basin of the Biebrza Valley, Poland. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 2021; 36 ():100844.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Krzysztof Kochanek; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek. 2021. "Analysis of long-term changes in inundation characteristics of near-natural temperate riparian habitats in the Lower Basin of the Biebrza Valley, Poland." Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 36, no. : 100844.

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Published: 08 February 2021 in Land
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Peatlands are the “kidneys” of river basins. However, intensification of agriculture and forestry in Europe has resulted in the degradation of peatlands and their biodiversity (i.e., species, habitats and processes in ecosystems), thus impairing water retention, nutrient filtration, and carbon capture. Restoration of peatlands requires assessment of patterns and processes, and spatial planning. To support strategic planning of protection, management, and restoration of peatlands, we assessed the conservation status of three peatland types within the trans-border Neman River basin. First, we compiled a spatial peatland database for the two EU and two non-EU countries involved. Second, we performed quantitative and qualitative gap analyses of fens, transitional mires, and raised bogs at national and sub-basin levels. Third, we identified priority areas for local peatland restoration using a local hotspot analysis. Nationally, the gap analysis showed that the protection of peatlands meets the Convention of Biological Diversity’s quantitative target of 17%. However, qualitative targets like representation and peatland qualities were not met in some regional sub-basins. This stresses that restoration of peatlands, especially fens, is required. This study provides an assessment methodology to support sub-basin-level spatial conservation planning that considers both quantitative and qualitative peatland properties. Finally, we highlight the need for developing and validating evidence-based performance targets for peatland patterns and processes and call for peatland restoration guided by social-ecological research and inter-sectoral collaborative governance.

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Michael Manton; Evaldas Makrickas; Piotr Banaszuk; Aleksander Kołos; Andrzej Kamocki; Mateusz Grygoruk; Marta Stachowicz; Leonas Jarašius; Nerijus Zableckis; Jūratė Sendžikaitė; Jan Peters; Maxim Napreenko; Wendelin Wichtmann; Per Angelstam. Assessment and Spatial Planning for Peatland Conservation and Restoration: Europe’s Trans-Border Neman River Basin as a Case Study. Land 2021, 10, 174 .

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Michael Manton, Evaldas Makrickas, Piotr Banaszuk, Aleksander Kołos, Andrzej Kamocki, Mateusz Grygoruk, Marta Stachowicz, Leonas Jarašius, Nerijus Zableckis, Jūratė Sendžikaitė, Jan Peters, Maxim Napreenko, Wendelin Wichtmann, Per Angelstam. Assessment and Spatial Planning for Peatland Conservation and Restoration: Europe’s Trans-Border Neman River Basin as a Case Study. Land. 2021; 10 (2):174.

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Michael Manton; Evaldas Makrickas; Piotr Banaszuk; Aleksander Kołos; Andrzej Kamocki; Mateusz Grygoruk; Marta Stachowicz; Leonas Jarašius; Nerijus Zableckis; Jūratė Sendžikaitė; Jan Peters; Maxim Napreenko; Wendelin Wichtmann; Per Angelstam. 2021. "Assessment and Spatial Planning for Peatland Conservation and Restoration: Europe’s Trans-Border Neman River Basin as a Case Study." Land 10, no. 2: 174.

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Published: 11 September 2020 in Geosciences
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The advances and retreats of ice sheets during Pleistocene significantly changed high- and mid-latitude landscapes and hydrological systems, albeit differently, in North America and Europe. On the southern margin of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the Baltic Sea basin, a specific type of valley has developed between glacial margins and upland or mountain slopes. We studied new geological data (boreholes, electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) from this geomorphic setting in Northeast Poland to understand: (1) how the landscape and river network evolved to eventually produce peat mires during the Holocene, and (2) the nature of groundwater recharge to fens in the upper Biebrza Valley. We present the results on a geological cross-section with hydrogeological interpretation. We also discuss regional geomorphology. In addition, we present the LGM extent derived from a spatial distribution of Vistulian (Weichselian) terminal moraines. These end moraines are also interpreted as Saalian kames. Thus, we additionally present another method of LGM extent delineation from a physicogeographical division. We link the steep slopes of the studied valley walls (kame terrace fronts) with thermokarst erosion in the periglacial zone. We then document the hydrogeological window (DISCONTINUITY in the till layer over the confined aquifer), which enables the outflow of groundwater into the peat bog. Although minerotrophic fen mire development in the study area is likely to be sustained in the near future through sufficient groundwater supply, the projected capture of the Biebrza River by the Neman River will not allow for sustaining peatland development.

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Grzegorz Wierzbicki; Mateusz Grygoruk; Maria Grodzka-Łukaszewska; Piotr Bartold; Tomasz Okruszko. Mire Development and Disappearance due to River Capture as Hydrogeological and Geomorphological Consequences of LGM Ice-Marginal Valley Evolution at the Vistula-Neman Watershed. Geosciences 2020, 10, 363 .

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Grzegorz Wierzbicki, Mateusz Grygoruk, Maria Grodzka-Łukaszewska, Piotr Bartold, Tomasz Okruszko. Mire Development and Disappearance due to River Capture as Hydrogeological and Geomorphological Consequences of LGM Ice-Marginal Valley Evolution at the Vistula-Neman Watershed. Geosciences. 2020; 10 (9):363.

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Grzegorz Wierzbicki; Mateusz Grygoruk; Maria Grodzka-Łukaszewska; Piotr Bartold; Tomasz Okruszko. 2020. "Mire Development and Disappearance due to River Capture as Hydrogeological and Geomorphological Consequences of LGM Ice-Marginal Valley Evolution at the Vistula-Neman Watershed." Geosciences 10, no. 9: 363.

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Published: 15 July 2020 in Journal of Hydrology
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Siberian mires, especially the world’s largest coherent bogs of the Great Vasyugan Mire (Tomsk Region, West Siberian Plain, Russia), play an important role in the regional hydrological cycle, global carbon balance and influence flow formation of the region’s rivers. We revealed the role of natural mires in supplying water to a mire-dominated (80% of the river basin area) Siberian catchment of the Klyuch River that represents typical features of the headwater catchment of the Great Vasyugan Mire, the world’s largest mire in natural and well-preserved conditions. Our research protocol involved an analysis of the electric conductivity of peat water along selected transects of the mire, analysis of groundwater levels and river discharge and electric conductivity of the river water. We used ground-penetrating radar to determine the structure of the peat. We revealed that the examined part of the mire depends solely on the rainwater supply and that minerotrophic groundwater is not present within the area of the research. Average groundwater levels within the mire in the period 2013–2018 reached 0.193 m b.g.l. We also revealed that the natural drainage of mire water does not sustain river discharge throughout the whole year. This means the Klyuch remains an intermittent river dependent on the natural outflow of the mire’s waters, after exceeding the mire’s critical water retention volume. Total retention volume of a mire depends on the peat’s physical features and the mire’s short-term response to excessive thaw and precipitation events. An analysis of river discharge duration curves demonstrated that river discharge can be sustained by the duration reaching from 0.39 up to 0.71 in a year, in dry and wet years, respectively. We concluded that in a specific hydrogeological setup of the mire–river system, natural ombrotrophic mires cannot be considered as systems with a continuous water supply and discharge stabilization. We concluded that the Hortonian vision of infiltration and discharge is not valid in bog dominated basins. In the face of climatic changes in Siberia, we foresee a decrease in the discharge volume from the headwaters of rivers and the increase of river intermittence which may affect total outflow volume, specifically in the upper Ob and Irtysh, by reducing the contribution of surface runoff.

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Yulia Kharanzhevskaya; Anton Maloletko; Anna Sinyutkina; Marek Giełczewski; Tom Kirschey; Robert Michałowski; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Tomasz Okruszko; Paweł Osuch; Paweł Trandziuk; Mateusz Grygoruk. Assessing mire-river interaction in a pristine Siberian bog-dominated watershed – Case study of a part of the Great Vasyugan Mire, Russia. Journal of Hydrology 2020, 590, 125315 .

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Yulia Kharanzhevskaya, Anton Maloletko, Anna Sinyutkina, Marek Giełczewski, Tom Kirschey, Robert Michałowski, Dorota Mirosław-Świątek, Tomasz Okruszko, Paweł Osuch, Paweł Trandziuk, Mateusz Grygoruk. Assessing mire-river interaction in a pristine Siberian bog-dominated watershed – Case study of a part of the Great Vasyugan Mire, Russia. Journal of Hydrology. 2020; 590 ():125315.

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Yulia Kharanzhevskaya; Anton Maloletko; Anna Sinyutkina; Marek Giełczewski; Tom Kirschey; Robert Michałowski; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Tomasz Okruszko; Paweł Osuch; Paweł Trandziuk; Mateusz Grygoruk. 2020. "Assessing mire-river interaction in a pristine Siberian bog-dominated watershed – Case study of a part of the Great Vasyugan Mire, Russia." Journal of Hydrology 590, no. : 125315.

Journal article
Published: 22 April 2020 in Resources
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Despite many years of experience in the river restoration field, which has become one of the most promising areas of water resources management, significant challenges and problems remain. These include the scope and scale of restoration measures, developing the reference model, assessment of restoration success, and the engagement of local stakeholders. Progress in addressing these challenges to river restoration could be achieved by changes in current approaches through the appreciation and integration of local communities and their local ecological knowledge (LEK). The results of discussion on ecological restoration indicate that ecological knowledge, which combines the interests of local communities and the environment, could be used in restoration projects. However, in the case of river restoration, this type of knowledge is systematically overlooked. In our paper, we discuss common river restoration problems and supportive elements that may be found in LEK. We conclude that the local stakeholders’ involvement and strong establishment of their position in the river restoration processes should be reconsidered. We believe that the application of LEK has large potential for improving water resources management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and remains a key factor in a successful future of river restoration.

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz; Joanna Sucholas; Mateusz Grygoruk. Feeding the Future with the Past: Incorporating Local Ecological Knowledge in River Restoration. Resources 2020, 9, 47 .

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz, Joanna Sucholas, Mateusz Grygoruk. Feeding the Future with the Past: Incorporating Local Ecological Knowledge in River Restoration. Resources. 2020; 9 (4):47.

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz; Joanna Sucholas; Mateusz Grygoruk. 2020. "Feeding the Future with the Past: Incorporating Local Ecological Knowledge in River Restoration." Resources 9, no. 4: 47.

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Published: 16 April 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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Wetland buffer zones (WBZs) are riparian areas that form a transition between terrestrial and aquatic environments and are well-known to remove agricultural water pollutants such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). This review attempts to merge and compare data on the nutrient load, nutrient loss and nutrient removal and/or retention from multiple studies of various WBZs termed as riparian mineral soil wetlands, groundwater-charged peatlands (i.e. fens) and floodplains. Two different soil types (‘organic’ and ‘mineral’), four different main water sources (‘groundwater’, ‘precipitation’, ‘surface runoff/drain discharge’, and ‘river inundation’) and three different vegetation classes (‘arboraceous’, ‘herbaceous’ and ‘aerenchymous’) were considered separately for data analysis. The studied WBZs are situated within the temperate and continental climatic regions that are commonly found in northern-central Europe, northern USA and Canada. Surprisingly, only weak differences for the nutrient removal/retention capability were found if the three WBZ types were directly compared. The results of our study reveal that for example the nitrate retention efficiency of organic soils (53 ± 28%; mean ± sd) is only slightly higher than that of mineral soils (50 ± 32%). Variance in load had a stronger influence than soil type on the N retention in WBZs. However, organic soils in fens tend to be sources of dissolved organic N and soluble reactive P, particularly when the fens have become degraded due to drainage and past agricultural usage. The detailed consideration of water sources indicated that average nitrate removal efficiencies were highest for ground water (76 ± 25%) and lowest for river water (35 ± 24%). No significant pattern for P retention emerged; however, the highest absolute removal appeared if the P source was river water. The harvesting of vegetation will minimise potential P loss from rewetted WBZs and plant biomass yield may promote circular economy value chains and provide compensation to land owners for restored land now unsuitable for conventional farming.

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Craig R. Walton; Dominik Zak; Joachim Audet; Rasmus Jes Petersen; Jelena Lange; Claudia Oehmke; Wendelin Wichtmann; Jürgen Kreyling; Mateusz Grygoruk; Ewa Jabłońska; Wiktor Kotowski; Marta M. Wiśniewska; Rafael Ziegler; Carl C. Hoffmann. Wetland buffer zones for nitrogen and phosphorus retention: Impacts of soil type, hydrology and vegetation. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 727, 138709 .

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Craig R. Walton, Dominik Zak, Joachim Audet, Rasmus Jes Petersen, Jelena Lange, Claudia Oehmke, Wendelin Wichtmann, Jürgen Kreyling, Mateusz Grygoruk, Ewa Jabłońska, Wiktor Kotowski, Marta M. Wiśniewska, Rafael Ziegler, Carl C. Hoffmann. Wetland buffer zones for nitrogen and phosphorus retention: Impacts of soil type, hydrology and vegetation. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 727 ():138709.

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Craig R. Walton; Dominik Zak; Joachim Audet; Rasmus Jes Petersen; Jelena Lange; Claudia Oehmke; Wendelin Wichtmann; Jürgen Kreyling; Mateusz Grygoruk; Ewa Jabłońska; Wiktor Kotowski; Marta M. Wiśniewska; Rafael Ziegler; Carl C. Hoffmann. 2020. "Wetland buffer zones for nitrogen and phosphorus retention: Impacts of soil type, hydrology and vegetation." Science of The Total Environment 727, no. : 138709.

Journal article
Published: 26 February 2020 in Water
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Large-scale re-establishment of wetland buffer zones (WBZ) along rivers is regarded as an effective measure in order to reduce non-point source nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) pollution in agricultural catchments. We estimated efficiency and costs of a hypothetical establishment of WBZs along all watercourses in an agricultural landscape of the lower Narew River catchment (north-eastern Poland, 16,444 km2, amounting to 5% of Poland) by upscaling results obtained in five sub-catchments (1087 km2). Two scenarios were analysed, with either rewetting selected wetland polygons that collect water from larger areas (polygonal WBZs) or reshaping and rewetting banks of rivers (linear WBZs), both considered in all ecologically suitable locations along rivers. Cost calculation included engineering works necessary in order to establish WBZs, costs of land purchase where relevant, and compensation costs of income forgone to farmers (needed only for polygonal WBZs). Polygonal WBZs were estimated in order to remove 11%–30% N and 14%–42% P load from the catchment, whereas linear WBZs were even higher with 33%–82% N and 41%–87% P. Upscaled costs of WBZ establishment for the study area were found to be 8.9 M EUR plus 26.4 M EUR per year (polygonal WBZ scenario) or 170.8 M EUR (linear WBZ scenario). The latter value compares to costs of building about 20 km of an express road. Implementation of buffer zones on a larger scale is thus a question of setting policy priorities rather than financial impossibility.

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Ewa Jabłońska; Marta Wiśniewska; Paweł Marcinkowski; Mateusz Grygoruk; Craig R. Walton; Dominik Zak; Carl C. Hoffmann; Søren E. Larsen; Michael Trepel; Wiktor Kotowski. Catchment-Scale Analysis Reveals High Cost-Effectiveness of Wetland Buffer Zones as a Remedy to Non-Point Nutrient Pollution in North-Eastern Poland. Water 2020, 12, 629 .

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Ewa Jabłońska, Marta Wiśniewska, Paweł Marcinkowski, Mateusz Grygoruk, Craig R. Walton, Dominik Zak, Carl C. Hoffmann, Søren E. Larsen, Michael Trepel, Wiktor Kotowski. Catchment-Scale Analysis Reveals High Cost-Effectiveness of Wetland Buffer Zones as a Remedy to Non-Point Nutrient Pollution in North-Eastern Poland. Water. 2020; 12 (3):629.

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Ewa Jabłońska; Marta Wiśniewska; Paweł Marcinkowski; Mateusz Grygoruk; Craig R. Walton; Dominik Zak; Carl C. Hoffmann; Søren E. Larsen; Michael Trepel; Wiktor Kotowski. 2020. "Catchment-Scale Analysis Reveals High Cost-Effectiveness of Wetland Buffer Zones as a Remedy to Non-Point Nutrient Pollution in North-Eastern Poland." Water 12, no. 3: 629.

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Published: 10 July 2019 in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
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Peatlands are poorly represented in global Earth system modeling frameworks. Here we add a peatland‐specific land surface hydrology module (PEAT‐CLSM) to the Catchment Land Surface Model (CLSM) of the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) framework. The amended TOPMODEL approach of the original CLSM that uses topography characteristics to model catchment processes is discarded, and a peatland‐specific model concept is realized in its place. To facilitate its utilization in operational GEOS efforts, PEAT‐CLSM uses the basic structure of CLSM and the same global input data. Parameters used in PEAT‐CLSM are based on literature data. A suite of CLSM and PEAT‐CLSM simulations for peatland areas between 40°N and 75°N is presented and evaluated against a newly compiled data set of groundwater table depth and eddy covariance observations of latent and sensible heat fluxes in natural and seminatural peatlands. CLSM's simulated groundwater tables are too deep and variable, whereas PEAT‐CLSM simulates a mean groundwater table depth of −0.20 m (snow‐free unfrozen period) with moderate temporal fluctuations (standard deviation of 0.10 m), in significantly better agreement with in situ observations. Relative to an operational CLSM version that simply includes peat as a soil class, the temporal correlation coefficient is increased on average by 0.16 and reaches 0.64 for bogs and 0.66 for fens when driven with global atmospheric forcing data. In PEAT‐CLSM, runoff is increased on average by 38% and evapotranspiration is reduced by 19%. The evapotranspiration reduction constitutes a significant improvement relative to eddy covariance measurements.

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M. Bechtold; G. J. M. De Lannoy; R. D. Koster; R. H. Reichle; S. P. Mahanama; W. Bleuten; M. A. Bourgault; C. Brümmer; I. Burdun; A. R. Desai; K. Devito; T. Grünwald; M. Grygoruk; E. R. Humphreys; J. Klatt; J. Kurbatova; A. Lohila; T. M. Munir; M. B. Nilsson; J. S. Price; M. Röhl; A. Schneider; B. Tiemeyer. PEAT‐CLSM: A Specific Treatment of Peatland Hydrology in the NASA Catchment Land Surface Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 2019, 11, 2130 -2162.

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M. Bechtold, G. J. M. De Lannoy, R. D. Koster, R. H. Reichle, S. P. Mahanama, W. Bleuten, M. A. Bourgault, C. Brümmer, I. Burdun, A. R. Desai, K. Devito, T. Grünwald, M. Grygoruk, E. R. Humphreys, J. Klatt, J. Kurbatova, A. Lohila, T. M. Munir, M. B. Nilsson, J. S. Price, M. Röhl, A. Schneider, B. Tiemeyer. PEAT‐CLSM: A Specific Treatment of Peatland Hydrology in the NASA Catchment Land Surface Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2019; 11 (7):2130-2162.

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M. Bechtold; G. J. M. De Lannoy; R. D. Koster; R. H. Reichle; S. P. Mahanama; W. Bleuten; M. A. Bourgault; C. Brümmer; I. Burdun; A. R. Desai; K. Devito; T. Grünwald; M. Grygoruk; E. R. Humphreys; J. Klatt; J. Kurbatova; A. Lohila; T. M. Munir; M. B. Nilsson; J. S. Price; M. Röhl; A. Schneider; B. Tiemeyer. 2019. "PEAT‐CLSM: A Specific Treatment of Peatland Hydrology in the NASA Catchment Land Surface Model." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 11, no. 7: 2130-2162.

Research article
Published: 19 February 2019 in PLOS ONE
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Low-frequency mowing has been proposed to be an effective strategy for the restoration and management of boreal fens after abandonment of traditional haymaking. This study investigates how mowing affects long-term vegetation change in both oceanic and continental boreal rich-fen vegetation. This will allow evaluation of the effectiveness of mowing as a management and restoration tool in this ecosystem in the face of climate change. At two nature reserves in Central Norway (Tågdalen, 63° 03’ N, 9° 05 E, oceanic climate and Sølendet, 62° 40’ N, 11° 50’ E, continental climate), we used permanent plot data from the two sites to compare plant species composition from the late 1960s to the early 1980s with that recorded in 2012–2015 in abandoned and mown fens. Changes in species composition and frequency were analysed by multivariate and univariate methods in relation to environmental variables and modelled climate and groundwater data. Mowing resulted in a decline in shrub and Molinia caerulea cover at the continental and oceanic sites respectively, and the total cover of specialist fen species had increased to a significantly greater extent in the mown plots than the unmown at the continental site. However, mowing did not have an effect on the cover of specialist bryophyte species, and some specialist species declined regardless of mowing treatment. Temperature sums had increased at both sites, but precipitation had not changed significantly. Mowing was shown to be the most important determinant of plant community composition at both sites, with local environmental conditions being of secondary importance. In conclusion, the abandonment of traditional management practices results in the loss of characteristic fen species. In order to encourage the restoration of typical rich-fen vegetation, particularly in oceanic areas, additional management measures, such as more intensive mowing, may be required.

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Louise C. Ross; James D. M. Speed; Dag-Inge Øien; Mateusz Grygoruk; Kristian Hassel; Anders Lyngstad; Asbjørn Moen. Can mowing restore boreal rich-fen vegetation in the face of climate change? PLOS ONE 2019, 14, e0211272 .

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Louise C. Ross, James D. M. Speed, Dag-Inge Øien, Mateusz Grygoruk, Kristian Hassel, Anders Lyngstad, Asbjørn Moen. Can mowing restore boreal rich-fen vegetation in the face of climate change? PLOS ONE. 2019; 14 (2):e0211272.

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Louise C. Ross; James D. M. Speed; Dag-Inge Øien; Mateusz Grygoruk; Kristian Hassel; Anders Lyngstad; Asbjørn Moen. 2019. "Can mowing restore boreal rich-fen vegetation in the face of climate change?" PLOS ONE 14, no. 2: e0211272.

Review
Published: 01 June 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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Intensification of agriculture and ongoing urban sprawl exacerbate pressures on rivers. Small rivers in agricultural landscapes are especially exposed to excessive technical actions implemented in order to allow for harvesting river water for irrigation, draining agricultural water and receiving sewage. Regular dredging and macrophyte removal strongly interfere with the global need for preserving river biodiversity that allows agricultural lowland rivers to remain refuges for a variety of species, and-accordingly-to keep water bodies resilient for the benefit of society. In order to provide a comprehensive look at the influence of agricultural lowland river management on the ecological status of these water bodies, we conducted a literature review and a meta-analysis. For the structured literature review we selected 203 papers reflecting on the response of aquatic ecosystems to dredging and macrophyte management actions. The database of scientific contributions developed for our study consists of papers written by the authors from 33 countries (first authorship) addressing dredging, macrophyte removal, status of fish and macroinvertebrates as well as the general ecological status of lowland agricultural rivers. We revealed that 96% of the analyzed papers indicated unilateral, negative responses of aquatic ecosystems, particularly macroinvertebrates, ichthyofauna and macrophyte composition, to maintenance measures. We revealed that studies conducted in the European Union on the ecological status of rivers appeared to significantly increase in quantity after the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Finally, we concluded that day-to-day management of lowland agricultural rivers requires revision in terms of compliance with environmental conservation requirements and the recurrent implementation of technical measures for river maintenance.

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Anna Bączyk; Maciej Wagner; Tomasz Okruszko; Mateusz Grygoruk. Influence of technical maintenance measures on ecological status of agricultural lowland rivers – Systematic review and implications for river management. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 627, 189 -199.

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Anna Bączyk, Maciej Wagner, Tomasz Okruszko, Mateusz Grygoruk. Influence of technical maintenance measures on ecological status of agricultural lowland rivers – Systematic review and implications for river management. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 627 ():189-199.

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Anna Bączyk; Maciej Wagner; Tomasz Okruszko; Mateusz Grygoruk. 2018. "Influence of technical maintenance measures on ecological status of agricultural lowland rivers – Systematic review and implications for river management." Science of The Total Environment 627, no. : 189-199.

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Published: 08 January 2018 in Sustainability
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The purpose of the present research was to analyze the available data on river restoration projects in Europe. As the framework of our study, we conducted a structured international survey. We asked selected entities and experts from among those responsible for river restoration in European countries about the details and costs of European Union river restoration projects. We examined 119 river restoration projects that were implemented in Europe between 1989 and 2016; during the collection of data, some of the projects were still ongoing. Based upon the collected data we observed that the number of river restoration projects has been increasing since 1989, which expresses society’s growing interest in improving the quality of aquatic environments. We revealed that 56% of these European river restoration projects have been implemented by dedicated entities and stakeholders, not as part of any structured, larger-scale river restoration policy. This indicates that most European countries do not have integrated plans for river restoration. Our analysis showed that 52% of the projects analyzed have been designed and implemented without the participation of local stakeholders. It also showed that the budgets for river restoration projects did not differ significantly across various time horizons from 1989 to 2016. In our study, the average cost of restoring 1 ha of an European river was 310,000 euros (EUR). Considering these projects’ permanent assets and including their amortization, we calculated the average unit price of a river restoration’s value in terms of ecosystem meta-service to be 7757 EUR·ha−1·year−1.

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz; Szymon Jusik; Mateusz Grygoruk. Status of and Perspectives on River Restoration in Europe: 310,000 Euros per Hectare of Restored River. Sustainability 2018, 10, 129 .

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz, Szymon Jusik, Mateusz Grygoruk. Status of and Perspectives on River Restoration in Europe: 310,000 Euros per Hectare of Restored River. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (1):129.

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz; Szymon Jusik; Mateusz Grygoruk. 2018. "Status of and Perspectives on River Restoration in Europe: 310,000 Euros per Hectare of Restored River." Sustainability 10, no. 1: 129.

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Published: 06 December 2017
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The purpose of the present research was to analyze the available data on river restoration projects. As the framework of our study, we conducted a structured international survey. We asked selected entities and experts from among those responsible for river restoration in European countries about the details and costs of European Union river restoration projects. We examined 119 river restoration projects that were implemented in Europe between 1989 and 2016; some of the projects were still ongoing. We observed that the number of river restoration projects has been increasing since 1989, which expresses society’s growing interest in improving the quality of aquatic environments. We revealed that 56% of these European river restoration projects have been implemented by dedicated entities and stakeholders, not as part of any structured, larger-scale river restoration policy; this indicates that most European countries do not have integrated plans for river restoration. Our analysis showed that 52% of the projects analyzed have been designed and implemented without the participation of local stakeholders. It also showed that the budgets for river restoration projects did not differ significantly across various time horizons from 1981 to 2016. In our study, the average cost of restoring 1 ha of an average European river was 310 000 EUR (or 195 000 EUR if 4 outlying values are excluded). Considering these projects’ permanent assets and including their amortization, for European river systems, we calculated the average unit price of a river restoration’s value in terms of ecosystem meta-service to be 7 757 EUR · ha-1 · year-1 (4 875 EUR · ha-1 · year-1 if 4 outlying values were excluded).

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz; Szymon Jusik; Mateusz Grygoruk. Status of and Perspectives on River Restoration in Europe: 310 000 EUR per Hectare of Restored River. 2017, 1 .

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz, Szymon Jusik, Mateusz Grygoruk. Status of and Perspectives on River Restoration in Europe: 310 000 EUR per Hectare of Restored River. . 2017; ():1.

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Ewelina Szałkiewicz; Szymon Jusik; Mateusz Grygoruk. 2017. "Status of and Perspectives on River Restoration in Europe: 310 000 EUR per Hectare of Restored River." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 12 October 2017 in Water
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Most European riverine ecosystems suffer from the negative influence of impoundments on flow regime. Downstream effects of dams lead to a number of environmental and socioeconomic risks and, therefore, should be thoroughly examined in specific contexts. Our study aims to quantify the downstream effects of the Siemianówka Reservoir (Upper Narew, Poland), using statistical analysis of key elements of the river’s flow regime, such as the flow duration and recurrence of floods and droughts. In a comparative study on control catchments not influenced by impoundments (the Supraśl and Narewka Rivers), we revealed the following downstream effects of the analyzed dam: significant shortening of spring floods, reduction of the duration and depth of summer droughts, decrease of the maximum discharge, and homogenization of the discharge hydrographs. Although we determined a significant decrease in the duration of summer floods in the “before” and “after” dam function periods, we showed that this issue is regional, climate-related, and replicated in control catchments, rather than an evident downstream effect of the dam. We conclude that significant hydrological downstream effects of the Siemianówka dam–reservoir system could have been the main driver inducing the deterioration of the anastomosing stretch of the Narew River downstream of the dam.

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Paweł Marcinkowski; Mateusz Grygoruk. Long-Term Downstream Effects of a Dam on a Lowland River Flow Regime: Case Study of the Upper Narew. Water 2017, 9, 783 .

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Paweł Marcinkowski, Mateusz Grygoruk. Long-Term Downstream Effects of a Dam on a Lowland River Flow Regime: Case Study of the Upper Narew. Water. 2017; 9 (10):783.

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Paweł Marcinkowski; Mateusz Grygoruk. 2017. "Long-Term Downstream Effects of a Dam on a Lowland River Flow Regime: Case Study of the Upper Narew." Water 9, no. 10: 783.

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Published: 01 January 2017 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Effective stakeholder involvement is crucial for the management of protected areas, especially when new challenges like adaptation to climate change need to be addressed. Under these circumstances, science-based stakeholder involvement is required. However, there is often a gap between the information produced by science and the need for information from stakeholders. Along with the design and implementation of adaptive management strategies and policies, efforts must be taken to adjust messages about conservation and adaptation issues, to make them easier to understand, relevant and acceptable for stakeholders. In this paper, the experience of closing the gap between scientific information and the user needs of stakeholders in the Biebrza Valley is documented. The requirements of efficient stakeholder dialogue and the raising of awareness are then indicated. We conclude that many attempts to raise awareness of environmental conservation require improvements. Messages often need to be adjusted for different stakeholders and their various perception levels to efficiently anticipate the potential impacts of the changing climate on ecosystem management. We also revealed that the autonomous adaptation measures implemented by stakeholders to mitigate impacts of climatic change often contradict adaptive management planned and implemented by environmental authorities. We conclude that there is a demand for boundary spanners that can build a bridge between complex scientific outputs and stakeholder needs.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Sven Rannow. Mind the gap! Lessons from science-based stakeholder dialogue in climate-adapted management of wetlands. Journal of Environmental Management 2017, 186, 108 -119.

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Mateusz Grygoruk, Sven Rannow. Mind the gap! Lessons from science-based stakeholder dialogue in climate-adapted management of wetlands. Journal of Environmental Management. 2017; 186 ():108-119.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Sven Rannow. 2017. "Mind the gap! Lessons from science-based stakeholder dialogue in climate-adapted management of wetlands." Journal of Environmental Management 186, no. : 108-119.

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Published: 01 July 2016 in Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
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. Airborne laser scanning survey data were conducted with a scanning density of 4 points/m2 to accurately map the surface of a unique central European complex of wetlands: the lower Biebrza River valley (Poland). A method to correct a degrading effect of vegetation (so-called “vegetation effect”) on digital terrain models (DTMs) was applied utilizing remotely sensed images, real-time kinematic global positioning system elevation measurements, topographical surveys, and vegetation height measurements. Geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) was performed to map vegetation within the study area that was used as categories from which vegetation height information was derived for the DTM correction. The final DTM was compared with a model obtained, where additional correction of the “vegetation effect” was neglected. A comparison between corrected and uncorrected DTMs demonstrated the importance of accurate topography through a simple presentation of the discrepancies arising in features of the flood using various DTM products. An overall map classification accuracy of 80% was attained with the use of GEOBIA. Correction factors developed for various types of the vegetation reached values from 0.08 up to 0.92 m and were dependent on the vegetation type.

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Dorota Miroslaw-Swiatek; Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska; Robert Michalowski; Ignacy Kardel; Mateusz Grygoruk. Developing an algorithm for enhancement of a digital terrain model for a densely vegetated floodplain wetland. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 2016, 10, 36013 .

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Dorota Miroslaw-Swiatek, Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska, Robert Michalowski, Ignacy Kardel, Mateusz Grygoruk. Developing an algorithm for enhancement of a digital terrain model for a densely vegetated floodplain wetland. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 2016; 10 (3):36013.

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Dorota Miroslaw-Swiatek; Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska; Robert Michalowski; Ignacy Kardel; Mateusz Grygoruk. 2016. "Developing an algorithm for enhancement of a digital terrain model for a densely vegetated floodplain wetland." Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 10, no. 3: 36013.

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Published: 01 July 2016 in Ecological Engineering
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Near-natural lowland floodplains, which nearly disappeared in temperate climates due to the vast anthropopression, play a critically important role in shaping biodiversity in regional scales. The other important aspects of floodplains such as their role in flood mitigation for downstream reaches of rivers, catchment-scale ecosystem services, and agriculture emphasize the need for research of these ecosystems, with special focus on the flood-vegetation interactions. In our study we performed an experiment oriented at the accurate quantification of water retention capacity of the densely vegetated floodplain located in NE Poland, referring to the floodplain porosity (ε). We conducted measurements of the geometry of selected types of the floodplain vegetation, with a special focus on the communities dominated by the common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.), the reed-manna grass (Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holumb.) and dominant representatives of loosely structured sedges (Carex acuta L.) and of tussock sedges (Carex appropinquata Schumach.)., which allowed us to derive the volume of these species and eventually the floodplain porosity coefficients in a function of various flood depths. Estimated values of ε equalled from 0.882 to 0.993. Average value of ε for all vegetation communities analysed for all flood depths considered equalled 0.968. Consideration of the derived ε values in the case study on the floodplain water retention capacity estimation in hypothetical conditions of a standard flood (2-year recurrence interval) resulted in the reduction of the total water storage volume of the floodplain by 0.75 mn m3 of water. Results of our research indicated that the studies oriented at quantification of water storage within the floodplain as an asset for ecosystem services should consider floodplain porosity due to its significance in the accurate estimation of floodplain capacity.

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Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska; Mateusz Grygoruk. Assessing floodplain porosity for accurate quantification of water retention capacity of near-natural riparian ecosystems—A case study of the Lower Biebrza Basin, Poland. Ecological Engineering 2016, 92, 181 -189.

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Dorota Mirosław-Świątek, Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska, Mateusz Grygoruk. Assessing floodplain porosity for accurate quantification of water retention capacity of near-natural riparian ecosystems—A case study of the Lower Biebrza Basin, Poland. Ecological Engineering. 2016; 92 ():181-189.

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Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska; Mateusz Grygoruk. 2016. "Assessing floodplain porosity for accurate quantification of water retention capacity of near-natural riparian ecosystems—A case study of the Lower Biebrza Basin, Poland." Ecological Engineering 92, no. : 181-189.

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Published: 17 August 2015 in Water
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Ecosystem deterioration in small lowland agricultural rivers that results from river dredging entails a significant threat to the appropriate ecohydrological conditions of these water bodies, expressed as homogenization of habitats and loss of biodiversity. Our study was aimed at a comparison of abundance and taxonomic structure of bottom-dwelling macroinvertebrates in dredged and non-dredged stretches of small lowland rivers and tributaries of the middle Narew River, namely: Czaplinianka, Turośnianka, Dąb, and Ślina. The experimental setup was (1) to collect samples of the bottom material from the river stretches that either persisted in a non-modified state (dredging was not done there in the last few years) or had been subjected to river dredging in the year of sampling; and (2) to analyze the abundance and taxonomic structure of macroinvertebrates in the collected samples. The study revealed that at the high level of statistical significance (from p = 0.025 to p = 0.001), the total abundance of riverbed macroinvertebrates in the dredged stretches of the rivers analyzed was approximately 70% lower than in non-dredged areas. We state that the dredging of small rivers in agricultural landscapes seriously affects their ecological status by negatively influencing the concentrations and species richness of benthic macroinvertebrates.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Magdalena Frąk; Aron Chmielewski. Agricultural Rivers at Risk: Dredging Results in a Loss of Macroinvertebrates. Preliminary Observations from the Narew Catchment, Poland. Water 2015, 7, 4511 -4522.

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Mateusz Grygoruk, Magdalena Frąk, Aron Chmielewski. Agricultural Rivers at Risk: Dredging Results in a Loss of Macroinvertebrates. Preliminary Observations from the Narew Catchment, Poland. Water. 2015; 7 (12):4511-4522.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Magdalena Frąk; Aron Chmielewski. 2015. "Agricultural Rivers at Risk: Dredging Results in a Loss of Macroinvertebrates. Preliminary Observations from the Narew Catchment, Poland." Water 7, no. 12: 4511-4522.

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Published: 01 August 2015 in Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology
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Mateusz Grygoruk; Mike Acreman. Restoration and management of riparian and riverine ecosystems: ecohydrological experiences, tools and perspectives. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 2015, 15, 109 -110.

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Mateusz Grygoruk, Mike Acreman. Restoration and management of riparian and riverine ecosystems: ecohydrological experiences, tools and perspectives. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 2015; 15 (3):109-110.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Mike Acreman. 2015. "Restoration and management of riparian and riverine ecosystems: ecohydrological experiences, tools and perspectives." Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 15, no. 3: 109-110.

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Published: 01 April 2015 in Journal of Environmental Management
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A multi-model-based study was performed in order to unravel valuable fen meadow habitats' possible exposure to eutrophication, which is expected to occur as a result of the re-saturation of degraded peat soils. The framework was tested in a 3000-ha fen-drain system to be restored in the Middle Biebrza Basin (northeast Poland), where the datasets and related models were used to delineate prospective eutrophication hotspots and nutrient transport. A 1-d hydrodynamic model and a 3-d groundwater flow model were applied to constitute the hydrological response of the fen-drain system to the prospective construction and function of weirs and spillways, which are expected to induce the increase of groundwater levels in degraded fens. A groundwater particle-tracking postprocessor was applied to delineate flow pathways and discharge zones and to determine water residence time in modelled layers. Soil and habitat maps, a high-resolution digital elevation model and historic groundwater level observations were applied to the model performance, calibration and spatial analysis of prospective eutrophication hotspots where increased eutrophication of groundwater can be expected due to the re-saturation of degraded peat soils. The study revealed that the large-scale fen rewetting that occurred as a result of surface water bodies' damming can potentially result in groundwater-driven nutrient dispersion along with an enhanced nutrient transport from a fen to the adjacent water bodies. Spatial analyses showed that, although the rewetting-driven eutrophication of Molinia fen meadows located in the study area is not likely, one can expect increased nutrient discharges to adjacent drains, inducing the contamination of ox-bow lakes located along the rivers. We propose the presented methodology to be applied ex-ante to fen-rewetting projects in strategic environmental assessments of restoration projects in order to manage the potentially negative environmental consequences of fen and river eutrophication with special regard to nutrient hotspots that are likely to occur within the rewetted fens.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Agnieszka Bańkowska; Ewa Jabłońska; Georg A. Janauer; Janusz Kubrak; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Wiktor Kotowski. Assessing habitat exposure to eutrophication in restored wetlands: Model-supported ex-ante approach to rewetting drained mires. Journal of Environmental Management 2015, 152, 230 -240.

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Mateusz Grygoruk, Agnieszka Bańkowska, Ewa Jabłońska, Georg A. Janauer, Janusz Kubrak, Dorota Mirosław-Świątek, Wiktor Kotowski. Assessing habitat exposure to eutrophication in restored wetlands: Model-supported ex-ante approach to rewetting drained mires. Journal of Environmental Management. 2015; 152 ():230-240.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Agnieszka Bańkowska; Ewa Jabłońska; Georg A. Janauer; Janusz Kubrak; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Wiktor Kotowski. 2015. "Assessing habitat exposure to eutrophication in restored wetlands: Model-supported ex-ante approach to rewetting drained mires." Journal of Environmental Management 152, no. : 230-240.

Book chapter
Published: 15 January 2015 in Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin
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In this chapter the authors deal with the implementation of Water Framework Directive in the catchment of the Biebrza River (north-east Poland) that covers 7,120 km2. Special attention was paid to the context of conservation of riverine and wetland ecosystems facing pressures driven by the climatic change. Measures foreseen by the National Water-Environment Programme for the catchment of Biebrza are analysed in order to reveal whether the actions planned, expressing the implementation of Water Framework Directive, anticipate potential pressures originating from the observed and defined, climate-related pressures such as increasing frequency of summer flooding, ongoing decrease in summer sums of precipitation and increasing frequencies of extremely high summer rainfalls. The DPSIR feedback loops presenting selected relations between the climate-related pressures and potential negative responses of geoecosystems of the Biebrza catchment are described in order to verify whether the measures implemented aimed at conservation and improvement of the state of water bodies and water-dependent ecosystems are capable for assuring their good status. Basing upon the observations and facts analysed, the authors derive lessons learnt from the process of Water Framework Directive implementation, showing that the improvement of allocation of funds to the water management actions is needed in order to assure good ecological status of aquatic and wetland ecosystems, concerning qualitative and quantitative elements of the water-related environments, facing direct and indirect climate-related pressures.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Tomasz Okruszko. Do Water Management and Climate-Adapted Management of Wetlands Interfere in Practice? Lessons from the Biebrza Valley, Poland. Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin 2015, 53 -67.

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Mateusz Grygoruk, Tomasz Okruszko. Do Water Management and Climate-Adapted Management of Wetlands Interfere in Practice? Lessons from the Biebrza Valley, Poland. Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin. 2015; ():53-67.

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Mateusz Grygoruk; Tomasz Okruszko. 2015. "Do Water Management and Climate-Adapted Management of Wetlands Interfere in Practice? Lessons from the Biebrza Valley, Poland." Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin , no. : 53-67.