Research


Ongoing Projects

2024 - 2027 | MASC - Microplastics as Anthropocene markers and proxies for sediment connectivity in fluvial systems (Co-PI, PhD supervisor)

Funded by Vienna International School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Vienna

2019 - 2023 | i-CONN - Interdisciplinary connectivity: Understanding and managing complex systems using connectivity science (ESR on "Hotspots and hot moments: the role of connectivity and resilience science for managing human-impacted catchment systems" (ESR lead/supervisor).

Funded by European Commission

2018 - 2019 | CONWATER - Application of the connectivity concept in water erosion reseach for the purposes of integrated catchment protection (Scientific & Technological Cooperation with Slovakia)

Funded by OEAD

2017 - 2019 | Konzept zur Reduktion von Feinsediment-Einträgen in die Fugnitz ("FugnitzSED", sub-contract within INTERREG project "Dyje/Thaya 2020")

Funded by the Thayatal National Park and the European Union


Publications

2024

Pöppl, R.E., Perez, J., Fergg, H., Morche, D. Introducing indices to assess the effects of in-stream large wood on water and sediment connectivity in small streams. Geomorphology 444, 108936

2023

Pöppl, R.E., Polvi-Sjöberg, L., Turnbull, L. (Dis)connectivity in hydro-geomorphic systems - emerging concepts and their applications. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 48 (6), 1089-1094

Boothroyd, R.J., Williams, R.D., Hoey T.B., MacDonell, C., Tolentino, P.L., Quick, L., Guardian, E.L., Reyes, J.C., Sabillo, C.J., Perez, J.E., David, C.P. National-scale geodatabase of catchment characteristics in the Philippines for river management applications. Plos one. 2023 Mar 8;18(3):e0281933.

Perez, J., Pöppl, R., Turnbull-Lloyd, L., Wainwright, J., Tiwari, S. (2023). Identifying hot spots and hot moments of fine sediment connectivity on agricultural hillslopes of the Fugnitz catchment (Thayatal National Park region) using sediment transport modeling and network analysis. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas, Vienna, Austria, p. 206-212.

Pöppl, R.E., Parsons, A., Keesstra, S. (ed.). Connectivity in Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press (in press)

Pöppl, R.E., Parsons, A., Keesstra, S. Connectivity in Geomorphology. In. Pöppl, R.E., Parsons, A., Keesstra, S.(ed.): Connectivity in Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press (in press)

Parsons, A., Pöppl, R.E., Keesstra, S. Connectivity concepts. In. Pöppl, R.E., Parsons, A., Keesstra, S.(ed.): Connectivity in Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press (in press)

2022

Pöppl, R.E., Roetzel, R., Riedl, D. Deeply Incised Valley Meanders of the Bohemian Massif. In: Embleton-Hamann, C. (ed.): Landscapes and landforms of Austria. Springer.

Hohensinner, S., Pöppl, R. Danube Floodplain National Park. In: Embleton-Hamann, C. (ed.): Landscapes and landforms of Austria. Springer.

Riedl, D., Pöppl, R.E., Roetzel, R. Wachau World Heritage site. In: Embleton-Hamann, C. (ed.): Landscapes and landforms of Austria. Springer.

Tolentino, P. L. M., Perez, J. E. G., Guardian, E. L., Boothroyd, R. J., Hoey, T. B., Williams, R. D., ... & David, C. P. C. River Styles and stream power analysis reveal the diversity of fluvial morphology in a Philippine tropical catchment. Geoscience Letters, 9(1), 6.

2021

Brierley, G.J., Tunnicliffe, J., Bizzi, S., Lee, F., Perry, G., Pöppl, R.E., Fryirs, K.A. Quantifying Sediment (Dis)Connectivity in the Modeling of River Systems. Treatise on Geomorphology Volume 14; Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences

Voutsa, V., Battaglia, D., Bracken, L., Brovelli, A., Costescu, J., Munoz, M.D., Fath, B.D., Funk, A., Guirro, M-. Hein, T., Kerschner, C., Kimmich, C., Lima, V., Messé, A., Parsons, A.J., Perez, J., Pöppl, R.E., Prell, C., Recinos, S., Shi, Y., Tiwari, S., Turnbull, La., Wainwright, J., Waxenecker, H., Hütt, M.-T. Two classes of functional connectivity in dynamical processes in networks. Interface 18: 20210486

Pichler-Scheder, C., Pöppl, R., Humer, L., Haselberger, S., Dilly, L., David, J., Höfler, S., Gumpinger, C. Untersuchung der gewässerökologischen Auswirkungen von Feinsedimenteinträgen auf die Makrozoobenthosgemeinschaften des Gewässernetzes im Einzugsgebiet des Nationalparks Thayatal. Naturkundliche Mitteilungen aus den Landessammlungen Niederösterreich 31: 123-138 

2020

Pöppl, R.E., Fryirs, K.A., Tunnicliffe, J., Brierley, G.J. Managing sediment (dis)connectivity in fluvial systems. Science of the Total Environment 736, 139627

Luetzenburg, G., Bittner, M., Calsamiglia, A., Estrany, J., Pöppl, R. Climate and land use change effects on soil erosion in two small agricultural catchment systems: Fugnitz - Austria, Can Revull - Spain. Science of the Total Environment 704, 135389

2019

Pöppl, R., Dilly, L., Haselberger, S., Renschler, C., Baartman, J. Combining soil erosion modelling with connectivity analyses to assess lateral fine sediment input into agricultural streams. Water 11(9), 1793

Pöppl, R.E., Coulthard, T., Keesstra, S.D., Keiler, M., J. Modeling the impact of dam removal on channel evolution and sediment delivery in a multiple dam setting.  International Journal of Sediment Research 34(6), 537-549

Pöppl, R., Aydin, E. Identification of study sites for placement of sediment traps in vegetated buffer strips. Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae 2, 71-74

2018

Pöppl, R.E., Parsons, A. The geomorphic cell: a basis for studying connectivity. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4300

Science of the Total Environment

Wohl, E., Brierley, G., Cadol, D., Coulthard, T., Covino, T., Fryirs, K., Grant, G., Hilton, R., Lane, S., Magilligan, F., Meitzen, K., Passalacqua, P., Pöppl, R., Rathburn, S., Sklar, L. Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems. Earth Surface Processes and Landformsdoi:10.1002/esp.4434

Turnbull-Lloyd, L., Parsons, A., Kininmonth, S., Pöppl, R.E., Huett, M., Keesstra, S.D., Tockner, K., Ioannides, A., Masselink, R. Connectivity and complex systems: learning from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Applied Network Science 3:11.

2017

Pöppl, R.E., Keesstra, S.D., Maroulis, J. A conceptual connectivity framework for understanding geomorphic change in human-impacted fluvial systems. Geomorphology 277: 237-250.

2015

Pöppl, R.E., Keesstra, S.D., Hein, T. The geomorphic legacy of small dams - An Austrian study. Anthropocene 10: 43-55. doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2015.09.003

2012

Pöppl, R.E., Keiler, M., Elverfeldt, K.v., Zweimueller, I., Glade, T. The influence of riparian vegetation cover on diffuse lateral connectivity and biogeomorphic processes in a medium-sized agricultural catchment, Austria. Geografiska Annaler, Series A 94: 511-529. doi:DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00476.x