Non-perennial Mediterranean rivers in Europe: status, pressures, and challenges for research and management

NT Skoulikidis, S Sabater, T Datry, MM Morais… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Non-perennial rivers and streams (NPRS) cover> 50% of the global river network. They are
particularly predominant in Mediterranean Europe as a result of dry climate conditions …

Recent advances in environmental flows science and water management—Innovation in the Anthropocene

AH Arthington, JG Kennen, ED Stein… - Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The implementation of environmental flow regimes offers a promising means to protect and
restore riverine, wetland and estuarine ecosystems, their critical environmental services and …

A comparison of SWAT and ANN models for daily runoff simulation in different climatic zones of peninsular Spain

P Jimeno-Sáez, J Senent-Aparicio, J Pérez-Sánchez… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Streamflow data are of prime importance to water-resources planning and management,
and the accuracy of their estimation is very important for decision making. The Soil and …

Environmental flows in the Anthropocence: past progress and future prospects

NLR Poff, JH Matthews - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Environmental flows (e-flows) are the quantity, timing, and quality of water flows
required to sustain aquatic ecosystems and human livelihoods.•The holistic e-flows concept …

Environmental flows and water governance: managing sustainable water uses

C Pahl-Wostl, A Arthington, J Bogardi, SE Bunn… - Current Opinion in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•We review recent advances in environmental flows concept and its
implementation.•We identify a lack of research on the governance of environmental flows.•A …

[HTML][HTML] Biomonitoring of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams in Europe: Current practice and priorities to enhance ecological status assessments

R Stubbington, R Chadd, N Cid, Z Csabai… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are common across Europe and dominate
some Mediterranean river networks. In all climate zones, IRES support high biodiversity and …

Disaggregated monthly SWAT+ model versus daily SWAT+ model for estimating environmental flows in Peninsular Spain

G Castellanos-Osorio, A López-Ballesteros… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive requires all water bodies in EU countries to ensure
the ecological integrity of freshwater ecosystems in all water bodies. A “good” status in water …

Effects of damming on the hydrological regime of Punarbhaba river basin wetlands

S Talukdar, S Pal - Ecological Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
In 1992, damming was performed in Punarbhaba river (India and Bangladesh), disturbing
water flow and riparian wetland ecology. We measured the eco-hydrological failure rate …

A multidisciplinary framework to derive global river reach classifications at high spatial resolution

CO Dallaire, B Lehner, R Sayre… - Environmental Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Projected climate and environmental change are expected to increase the pressure on
global freshwater resources. To prepare for and cope with the related risks, stakeholders …

Functional responses of aquatic macroinvertebrates to flow regulation are shaped by natural flow intermittence in Mediterranean streams

O Belmar, D Bruno, S Guareschi… - Freshwater …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Running waters in Mediterranean regions are strongly regulated by dams, which produce
significant alterations to natural flow regimes. Climate change will reduce discharge and …