Defining environmental river flow requirements–a review

MC Acreman, MJ Dunbar - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2004 - hess.copernicus.org
Around the world, there is an increasing desire, supported by national and regional policies
and legislation, to conserve or restore the ecological health and functioning of rivers and …

A review of statistical methods for the evaluation of aquatic habitat suitability for instream flow assessment

B Ahmadi‐Nedushan, A St‐Hilaire… - River Research and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat models serve three main purposes: First, to predict species occurrences on the basis
of abiotic and biotic variables, second to improve the understanding of species‐habitat …

Biological traits of stream macroinvertebrate communities: effects of microhabitat, reach, and basin filters

N Lamouroux, S Dolédec… - Journal of the North …, 2004 - journals.uchicago.edu
Stream invertebrate communities are the product of multiple-scale habitat filters, and a major
goal in community ecology is to determine which scales most influence the relationships …

Evaluating the ecological influence of hydraulic projects: A review of aquatic habitat suitability models

Y Yi, X Cheng, Z Yang, S Wieprecht, S Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
In order to evaluate the ecological influence of hydraulic projects, aquatic habitat suitability
modeling was proposed. Compared with other environmental flow methods, this method, for …

Resetting the river template: The potential for climate‐related extreme floods to transform river geomorphology and ecology

RG Death, IC Fuller, MG Macklin - Freshwater Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to alter the occurrence of extreme climatic events, including
major floods. Future shifts in the frequency and intensity of extreme floods will vary by region …

Delayed influence of dam storage and discharge on the determination of seasonal proliferations of Microcystis aeruginosa and Stephanodiscus hantzschii in a …

KS Jeong, DK Kim, GJ Joo - Water Research, 2007 - Elsevier
This study presents the relationship between the dam hydrology and phytoplankton
proliferations in a regulated river system in East Asia. A long-term ecological study reveals …

Hydraulic geometry, river sediment and the definition of bedrock channels

JM Turowski, N Hovius, A Wilson, MJ Horng - Geomorphology, 2008 - Elsevier
A growing literature deals with bedrock channels, erosion processes within them, and their
role in landscape evolution. Formal definitions currently in use classify channels as bedrock …

Hydraulic geometry of stream reaches

M Stewardson - Journal of hydrology, 2005 - Elsevier
Variation in river hydraulic geometry throughout stream networks is central to the problems
of catchment management because of its influence on flow and sediment routing, physical …

[PDF][PDF] Review of approaches and methods to assess Environmental Flows across Canada and internationally

T Linnansaari, WA Monk, DJ Baird… - DFO Can. Sci. Advis …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Freshwater resources are under increasing threat from anthropogenic activities, both in
terms of consumptive and non-consumptive use (Poff et al. 2010; Richter et al. 2011). The …

Hydraulic‐habitat modelling for setting environmental river flow needs for salmonids

MJ Dunbar, K Alfredsen, A Harby - Fisheries Management and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
There is an increasing demand for tools to assist in the management of environmental flows
in rivers. Changes in river discharge act on biota through a hydraulic template, which is …