Basic principles and ecological consequences of altered flow regimes for aquatic biodiversity

SE Bunn, AH Arthington - Environmental management, 2002‏ - Springer
The flow regime is regarded by many aquatic ecologists to be the key driver of river and
floodplain wetland ecosystems. We have focused this literature review around four key …

Adaptation to natural flow regimes

DA Lytle, NLR Poff - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2004‏ - cell.com
Floods and droughts are important features of most running water ecosystems, but the
alteration of natural flow regimes by recent human activities, such as dam building, raises …

[کتاب][B] Environmental flows: saving rivers in the third millennium

A Arthington - 2012‏ - books.google.com
Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to
sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that …

[کتاب][B] Migration of freshwater fishes

M Lucas, E Baras - 2008‏ - books.google.com
Recent studies have increasingly demonstrated the widespread existence of spatio-
temporal variations in the abundance and distribution of species of freshwater fishes …

[PDF][PDF] Ecological effects of perturbation by drought in flowing waters.

PS Lake - Freshwater biology, 2003‏ - Citeseer
Knowledge of the ecology of droughts in flowing waters is scattered and fragmentary, with
much of the available information being gathered opportunistically. Studies on intermittent …

The riverine ecosystem synthesis: biocomplexity in river networks across space and time

JH Thorp, MC Thoms… - River Research and …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
We propose an integrated, heuristic model of lotic biocomplexity across spatiotemporal
scales from headwaters to large rivers. This riverine ecosystem synthesis (RES) provides a …

Mechanistic effects of low-flow hydrology on riverine ecosystems: ecological principles and consequences of alteration

RJ Rolls, C Leigh, F Sheldon - Freshwater Science, 2012‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Alterations to the natural flow regime affect the structure and function of rivers and wetlands
and contribute to loss of biodiversity worldwide. Although the effects of flow regulation have …

The flood pulse concept: new aspects, approaches and applications-an update

WJ Junk, KM Wantzen - … symposium on the management of large rivers …, 2004‏ - pure.mpg.de
The flood pulse concept (FPC), published in 1989, was based on the scientific experience of
the authors and published data worldwide. Since then, knowledge on floodplains has …

Flow restoration and protection in Australian rivers

AH Arthington, BJ Pusey - River research and applications, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since 1857 new Australians have constructed many thousands of weirs (3600 in the Murray–
Darling Basin alone) and floodplain levee banks, 446 large dams (> 10 m crest height) and …

Fish recruitment on floodplains: the roles of patterns of flooding and life history characteristics

AJ King, P Humphries, PS Lake - Canadian Journal of Fisheries …, 2003‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
Floodplain inundation in rivers is thought to enhance fish recruitment by providing a suitable
spawning environment and abundant food and habitat for larvae. Although this model has …