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Overview

Geoffrey E. Petts was affiliated with the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom during their academic career. Their research primarily focused on areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with specific attention to ecology, water science and technology, and soil science.

Their work encompassed several main topics including:

  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Geoffrey E. Petts collaborated frequently with other researchers, notably working alongside Angela M. Gurnell on at least one occasion.

While no recent papers were listed, their contributions to these scientific fields and topics were recognized through their published research and collaborations. The absence of listed recent papers or specific publication venues limits the ability to detail their most current scholarly output, but their influence in the above fields is evident through documented work in hydrology and soil sciences.

Best Publications

  • Impounded Rivers: Perspectives for Ecological Management

    Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Dams and geomorphology: Research progress and future directions

    Geoffrey E. Petts;Angela M. Gurnell

  • Riparian vegetation and island formation along the gravel‐bed Fiume Tagliamento, Italy

    Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts;David M. Hannah;Barnaby P.G. Smith

  • Historical change of large alluvial rivers: Western Europe

    Geoffrey E. Petts;Heino Möller;A. L. Roux

  • Glacial rivers: physical habitat and ecology

    Alexander M. Milner;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • The Rivers Handbook

    J. Lancaster;P. Calow;G. E. Petts

  • The fluvial hydrosystem

    G. E. Petts;C. Amoros

  • Turbidity dynamics during spring storm events in an urban headwater river system: the Upper Tame, West Midlands, UK.

    Damien M. Lawler;Geoffrey E. Petts;Ian D.L. Foster;S. Harper

  • River conservation and management

    Philip J. Boon;Peter Calow;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Island‐dominated landscapes of large floodplain rivers, a European perspective

    Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Complex response of river channel morphology subsequent to reservoir construction

    Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Legitimizing fluvial ecosystems as users of water: An overview

    Robert J. Naiman;Stuart Bunn;Christer Nilsson;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Trends of macroinvertebrate community structure in glacier‐fed rivers in relation to environmental conditions: a synthesis

    Alexander M. Milner;Alexander M. Milner;John E. Brittain;Emmanuel Castella;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Effects of deposited wood on biocomplexity of river corridors

    Angela M. Gurnell;Klement Tockner;Peter J. Edwards;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • The role of coarse woody debris in forest aquatic habitats: Implications for management

    Angela M. Gurnell;K.J. Gregory;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • The Tagliamento River: A model ecosystem of European importance

    Klement Tockner;James V. Ward;David B. Arscott;Peter J. Edwards

  • Trees as riparian engineers: the Tagliamento river, Italy

    Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Instream flow science for sustainable river management.

    Geoffrey E Petts

  • Functional Flows in Modified Riverscapes: Hydrographs, Habitats and Opportunities

    Sarah M. Yarnell;Geoffrey E. Petts;John C. Schmidt;Alison A. Whipple

  • Rivers and landscape

    Geoffrey E. Petts;Ian D.L. Foster

  • WATER ALLOCATION TO PROTECT RIVER ECOSYSTEMS

    Geoffrey E. Petts

  • A reference river system for the Alps: the ‘Fiume Tagliamento’

    James V. Ward;Klement Tockner;Peter J. Edwards;Johannes Kollmann

  • River energy budgets with special reference to river bed processes

    E.C. Evans;Glen R. McGregor;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • Changing river channels

    Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela M. Gurnell
Angela M. Gurnell Queen Mary University of London
Johannes Kollmann
Johannes Kollmann Technical University of Munich
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
James V. Ward
James V. Ward ETH Zurich
David M. Hannah
David M. Hannah University of Birmingham
Paul J. Wood
Paul J. Wood Loughborough University
Alexander M. Milner
Alexander M. Milner University of Birmingham
Patrick D. Armitage
Patrick D. Armitage Freshwater Biological Association
Nicholas J. Clifford
Nicholas J. Clifford Loughborough University

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