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Pristine levels of suspended sediment in large German river channels during the Anthropocene?
Thomas O. Hoffmann
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Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
Yannik Baulig
Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
Stefan Vollmer
Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
Jan H. Blöthe
Institute of Environmental Social Sciences and Geography, University of Freiburg, Schreiberstraße 20, 79098 Freiburg, Germany
Karl Auerswald
Aquatic Systems Biology Unit, Technical University of Munich,
Mühlenweg 22, 85354 Freising, Germany
Peter Fiener
Institute of Geography, University Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86165 Augsburg, Germany
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Short summary
We analyzed more than 440 000 measurements from suspended sediment monitoring to show that suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in large rivers in Germany strongly declined by 50 % between 1990 and 2010. We argue that SSC is approaching the natural base level that was reached during the mid-Holocene. There is no simple explanation for this decline, but increased sediment retention in upstream headwaters is presumably the major reason for declining SSC in the large river channels studied.
We analyzed more than 440 000 measurements from suspended sediment monitoring to show that...
