The River Continuum Concept (RCC) is a milestone in stream ecology because of its
comprehensive evaluation of the structure and function of lotic ecosystems. Linking stream …

Intensification of agriculture and ongoing urban sprawl exacerbate pressures on rivers.
Small rivers in agricultural landscapes are especially exposed to excessive technical actions …

The removal of dams and reservoirs may seem to be an unforeseen and sometimes
controversial step in water management. The removal of barriers may be different for each …

Running waters in Mediterranean regions are strongly regulated by dams, which produce
significant alterations to natural flow regimes. Climate change will reduce discharge and …

Flow regime alteration by dams has been recognized as a major impact factor for aquatic
communities. Spain is currently the member state of the EU with the largest number of large …

Understanding diversity patterns and underlying drivers is one of the central topics in the
fields of biogeography and community ecology. Aquatic macroinvertebrates are widely …

Rivers are among the most threatened ecosystems worldwide and are experiencing rapid
biodiversity loss. Flow alteration due to climate change, water abstraction and augmentation …

River systems and their communities are exposed to diverse and multiple threats.
Understanding how these threats affect the behaviour of biomonitoring indices is essential in …

The number of dams is predicted to increase worldwide under the current global change
scenario. A major environmental problem associated with dams is the release of large …

One of the most commonly used methods of environmental flows assessment is the
approach based on Habitat Suitability Modeling (HSM) and habitat preferences curves …