Ephemeral stream water contributions to United States drainage networks

CB Brinkerhoff, CJ Gleason, MJ Kotchen, DA Kysar… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Ephemeral streams flow only in direct response to precipitation and are ubiquitous
landscape features. However, little is known about their influence on downstream rivers …

[HTML][HTML] River quality management: Integrating uncertainty, failure probability, and assimilation capacity

MD Darmian, B Schmalz - Ecological Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
Managing river water quality is challenging due to uncertainties in hydraulic and hydrologic
parameters. This study integrates the symmetric exponential function (SEF) approach for …

Extending active network length versus catchment discharge relations to temporarily dry outlets

G Botter, J McNamara… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
River networks are not steady blue lines drawn in a map, since they continuously change
their shape and extent in response to climatic drivers. Therefore, the flowing length of rivers …

Uncertainty in streamflow measurements significantly impacts estimates of downstream nitrate export

SL Speir, CN Jones, AJ Shogren… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Across watershed science, two key variables emerge–streamflow and solute concentration–
which serve as the basis for efforts ranging from basic watershed biogeochemistry research …

[HTML][HTML] Uncertainty analysis in river quality management considering failure probability: controllable and uncontrollable input pollutants

MD Darmian, B Schmalz - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2025 - Elsevier
River quality management involves complex challenges due to inherent uncertainties in
various parameters, especially when dealing with controllable and uncontrollable pollutants …

Electrical Conductivity as a Tracer for Seasonal Reverse Flow and Transport of Trace Organic Contaminants in River Spree

CJ Reith, J Lewandowski, A Putschew… - Hydrological …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change, population growth, urbanisation and water pollution will exacerbate the
closely linked challenges of water quantity and water quality. The River Spree in Berlin …

Expanding towards contraction: the alternation of floods and droughts as a fundamental component in river ecology

S Bernal, JLJ Ledesma, X Peñarroya, C Jativa… - Biogeochemistry, 2025 - Springer
Climate warming is causing more extreme weather conditions, with both larger and more
intense precipitation events as well as extended periods of drought in many regions of the …

Assessing the Influence of Zero‐Flow Threshold Choice for Characterising Intermittent Stream Hydrology

S Yu, M Shanafield, MJ Kennard - Hydrological Processes, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Zero‐flow recordings in gauged streamflow data are critically important for intermittent
stream research. Acknowledging the high uncertainty in zero‐flow recordings, many studies …

Assessing stream biological integrity across gradients of flow permanence and hydrologic connectivity

JL Courtwright, CP Hawkins - Freshwater Science, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
Ideally, stream bioassessment indices would be applicable, effective, and directly
comparable across the full range of fluvial landscapes that occur within and across regions …

Changes in Water Age During Dry‐Down of a Non‐Perennial Stream

LJ Swenson, S Zipper, DM Peterson… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐perennial streams, which lack year‐round flow, are widespread globally. Identifying the
sources of water that sustain flow in non‐perennial streams is necessary to understand their …