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Urs Uehlinger is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research spans several fields, primarily focused on Environmental Science and Engineering.

The main fields of study for Urs Uehlinger include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

The subfields of study they contribute to involve:

  • Ecology
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Building and Construction

Their work covers diverse topics such as:

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Uehlinger's recent scholarly output includes the following paper:

  • Heat and Moisture Relevant In Situ Measurements in a Railway Passenger Vehicle Driving through the Swiss Alpine Region, 2022, published in Sustainability

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Urs Uehlinger are:

  • Karl M. Wantzen
  • G. van der Velde
  • R.S.E.W. Leuven
  • Laurent Schmitt
  • Jean-Nicolas Beisel

Their research outputs are predominantly published in the journal Sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Understanding natural patterns and processes in river corridors as the basis for effective river restoration

    J.V. Ward;K. Tockner;U. Uehlinger;F. Malard

  • Rivers of Europe

    Klement Tockner;U Uehlinger;Christopher T Robinson

  • Flow extremes and benthic organic matter shape the metabolism of a headwater Mediterranean stream

    Vicenç Acuña;Adonis Giorgi;Isabel Muñoz;Urs Uehlinger

  • Contribution of the Hyporheic Zone to Ecosystem Metabolism in a Prealpine Gravel-Bed-River

    Markus W. Naegeli;Urs Uehlinger

  • Annual cycle and inter-annual variability of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration in a floodprone river during a 15-year period

    Urs Uehlinger

  • Ecosystem metabolism, disturbance, and stability in a prealpine gravel bed river

    Urs Uehlinger;Markus W. Naegeli

  • Resistance and resilience of ecosystem metabolism in a flood-prone river system

    Urs Uehlinger

  • Physico-chemical characterization of channel types in a glacial floodplain ecosystem (Val Roseg, Switzerland)

    K. Tockner;F. Malard;P. Burgherr;C. T. Robinson

  • Spatial and temporal variability of the periphyton biomass in a prealpine river (Necker, Switzerland)

    Urs Uehlinger

  • Effects of experimental floods on periphyton and stream metabolism below a high dam in the Swiss Alps (River Spöl)

    U. Uehlinger;B. Kawecka;C. T. Robinson

  • Stable isotope analysis of macroinvertebrates and their food sources in a glacier stream

    Rainer Zah;Peter Burgherr;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Urs Uehlinger

  • FLOOD‐PULSE AND RIVERSCAPE DYNAMICS IN A BRAIDED GLACIAL RIVER

    Florian Malard;Urs Uehlinger;Rainer Zah;Klement Tockner

  • Influence of ground water on surface water conditions in a glacial flood plain of the Swiss Alps

    J. V. Ward;F. Malard;K. Tockner;U. Uehlinger

  • Temperature dependence of stream benthic respiration in an Alpine river network under global warming

    V. Acuña;A. Wolf;A. Wolf;U. Uehlinger;K. Tockner;K. Tockner

  • Periphyton dynamics in a floodprone prealpine river: evaluation of significant processes by modelling

    Urs Uehlinger;Heinrich Bührer;Peter Reichert

  • Effects of a multi-year experimental flood regime on macroinvertebrates downstream of a reservoir

    Christopher T. Robinson;Urs Uehlinger;Michael T. Monaghan;Michael T. Monaghan

  • Stream ecosystem response to multiple experimental floods from a reservoir

    Christopher T. Robinson;Urs Uehlinger;Michael T. Monaghan

  • EXPERIMENTAL FLOODS CAUSE ECOSYSTEM REGIME SHIFT IN A REGULATED RIVER

    Christopher T. Robinson;Urs Uehlinger

  • Nutrients and organic matter in a glacial river—floodplain system (Val Roseg, Switzerland)

    Klement Tockner;Florian Malard;Urs Uehlinger;J. V. Ward

  • A comparison of methods for detection of phosphate limitation in microalgae

    John Beardall;Tom Berman;Phil Heraud;Medina Omo Kadiri

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher T. Robinson
Christopher T. Robinson Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
James V. Ward
James V. Ward ETH Zurich
Florian Malard
Florian Malard Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Vicenç Acuña
Vicenç Acuña Catalan Institute for Water Research
Scott D. Tiegs
Scott D. Tiegs Oakland University
Michael T. Monaghan
Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin
Rob S. E. W. Leuven
Rob S. E. W. Leuven Radboud University
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin

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