BACKGROUND Biodiversity is under siege, with greatly enhanced rates of local and global
extinction and the decline of once-abundant species. Current rates of human-induced …

Biodiversity losses can lead to global environmental crisis. Humans utilize biodiversity for a
variety of ecosystem services. However, what drives biodiversity losses have become a …

Connectivity describes the efficiency of material transfer between geomorphic system
components such as hillslopes and rivers or longitudinal segments within a river network …

Despite the recognition of floodplain importance in the scientific community, floodplains are
not afforded the same legal protection as river channels. In the United States alone, flood …

Interest in connectivity has increased in the aquatic sciences, partly because of its relevance
to the Clean Water Act. This paper has two objectives:(1) provide a framework to understand …

River-wetland corridors form where a high degree of connectivity between the surface
(rheic) and subsurface (hyporheic) components of streamflow creates an interconnected …

Mining provides resources for people but can pose risks to ecosystems that support cultural
keystone species. Our synthesis reviews relevant aspects of mining operations, describes …

This study investigates the course of atmospheric drought to the response of the water
resources availability taking into account the constraints arising from the need to maintain …

Floodplains perform diverse functions, including attenuation of fluxes of water, solutes, and
particulate material. Critical details of floodplain storage including magnitude, duration, and …

Stream networks in Arctic and high-elevation regions underlain by frozen ground (ie,
permafrost) are expanding and develo** in response to accelerating global warming, and …