▪ Abstract Streams in mediterranean-climate regions (areas surrounding the Mediterranean
Sea, parts of western North America, parts of west and south Australia, southwestern South …

Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which cease flow and/or dry at some point,
are the most abundant waterways on earth, and are found on every continent. They can …

Knowledge of the ecology of droughts in flowing waters is scattered and fragmentary, with
much of the available information being gathered opportunistically. Studies on intermittent …

Perturbations in ecosystems consist of a sequence of 2 events: the disturbance, marked by
the application of the disturbing forces, and the response shown by the biota to the damage …

Summary 1 It is axiomatic that unusually long dry periods (droughts) adversely affect aquatic
biota. Recovery after drought is rapid by macroinvertebrates that possess strategies to …

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 …

Emily H. Stanley, Stuart G. Fisher, and Nancy B. Grimm treams are hydrologically di-verse
and dynamic ecosystems. Flow may vary between ex-tremes, from high-discharge floods to …

Droughts are a major hazard to both natural and human-dominated environments and
those, especially of long duration and high intensity, can be highly damaging and leave long …

Temporary rivers are increasingly common freshwater ecosystems, but there have been no
global syntheses of their community patterns. In this study, we examined the responses of …

We investigated the seasonal variation of biological traits and the influence of interannual
rainfall variability on this pattern. Using long‐term survey data (6–19 years) from an …