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 …

The mahseer fishes (Tor spp.) represent an iconic genus of large-bodied species of the
Cyprinidae family. Across the 16 recognised species in the genus, individual fish can attain …

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 …

The application of environmental policy and legislation across large‐scale administrative
units creates a growing need for standard tools to assess and monitor the 'ecological …

Environmental policies increasingly focus on the enhancement of ecological functions
across large geographical areas and thus call for biomonitoring tools that assess these …

Globally, rivers are increasingly being subjected to various levels of physical alteration and
river regulation to provide humans with services such as hydropower, freshwater, flood …

Macrophytes play important functional roles in river ecosystems, providing habitat and food,
as well as influencing flow, water chemistry, and sediment dynamics. They also represent an …

Executive summary Although occupying a smaller area compared to land and oceans,
freshwaters are home to a relatively high proportion of species, with more per unit area than …

Hydropower plants are an important source of renewable energy. In the near future, high-
head storage hydropower plants will gain further importance as a key element of large-scale …

The flow regime of a river is fundamental in determining its ecological characteristics.
Impoundment of rivers has been documented to severely impact the natural flow regime …