Linkages between flow regime, biota, and ecosystem processes: Implications for river restoration

M Palmer, A Ruhi - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND Early civilizations developed around seasonal river floodplains, and the
natural rhythm of rivers remains critical to humans today. We use streams and rivers to meet …

Causes, responses, and implications of anthropogenic versus natural flow intermittence in river networks

T Datry, A Truchy, JD Olden, MH Busch… - …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Rivers that do not flow year-round are the predominant type of running waters on Earth.
Despite a burgeoning literature on natural flow intermittence (NFI), knowledge about the …

Beyond the natural flow regime? Broadening the hydro‐ecological foundation to meet environmental flows challenges in a non‐stationary world

NLR Poff - Freshwater Biology, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The natural flow regime concept has contributed significantly to environmental flows (e‐
flows) science and applications over the last 20 years. Natural flow regimes reflect long …

[کتاب][B] Bats in the Anthropocene: conservation of bats in a changing world

CC Voigt, T Kingston - 2016‏ - library.oapen.org
Open Access This book is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and …

Seasonality and predictability shape temporal species diversity

JD Tonkin, MT Bogan, N Bonada, B Rios‐Touma… - Ecology, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Temporal environmental fluctuations, such as seasonality, exert strong controls on
biodiversity. While the effects of seasonality are well known, the predictability of fluctuations …

Environmental flows for natural, hybrid, and novel riverine ecosystems in a changing world

M Acreman, AH Arthington, MJ Colloff… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The term “environmental flows” describes the quantities, quality, and patterns of water flows
required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the ecosystem services they …

An overview of the hydrology of non‐perennial rivers and streams

M Shanafield, SA Bourke, MA Zimmer… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Non‐perennial rivers and streams are ubiquitous on our planet. Although several metrics
have been used to statistically group or compare streamflow characteristics, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Natural infrastructure in dryland streams (NIDS) can establish regenerative wetland sinks that reverse desertification and strengthen climate resilience

LM Norman, R Lal, E Wohl, E Fairfax, AC Gellis… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In this article we describe the natural hydrogeomorphological and biogeochemical cycles of
dryland fluvial ecosystems that make them unique, yet vulnerable to land use activities and …

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 …

Ecological research and management of intermittent rivers: an historical review and future directions

C Leigh, AJ Boulton, JL Courtwright, K Fritz… - Freshwater …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rivers and streams that do not flow permanently (herein intermittent rivers; IR s) make up a
large proportion of the world's inland waters and are gaining widespread attention. We …