Constructed wetlands for pollution control

H Wu, R Wang, P Yan, S Wu, Z Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Artificial wetlands are used in over 50 countries to sustainably treat wastewater. These
constructed wetlands (CWs) make use of natural biogeochemical and physical processes to …

Plant litter strengthens positive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships over time

WP Zhang, D Fornara, H Yang, RP Yu… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023‏ - cell.com
Plant biodiversity–productivity relationships become stronger over time in grasslands,
forests, and agroecosystems. Plant shoot and root litter is important in mediating these …

Global prevalence of non-perennial rivers and streams

ML Messager, B Lehner, C Cockburn, N Lamouroux… - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
Flowing waters have a unique role in supporting global biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles
and human societies,,,–. Although the importance of permanent watercourses is well …

Non-perennial segments in river networks

T Datry, AJ Boulton, K Fritz, R Stubbington… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Non-perennial river segments—those that recurrently cease to flow or frequently dry—occur
in all river networks and are globally more abundant than perennial (always flowing) …

Pervasive changes in stream intermittency across the United States

SC Zipper, JC Hammond, M Shanafield… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Non-perennial streams are widespread, critical to ecosystems and society, and the subject
of ongoing policy debate. Prior large-scale research on stream intermittency has been …

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 …

Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems

PS Keller, N Catalán, D von Schiller… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Many inland waters exhibit complete or partial desiccation, or have vanished due to global
change, exposing sediments to the atmosphere. Yet, data on carbon dioxide (CO2) …

From meta‐system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene

N Cid, T Erős, J Heino, G Singer… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Regional‐scale ecological processes, such as the spatial flows of material, energy, and
organisms, are fundamental for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in river …

[HTML][HTML] Emissions from dry inland waters are a blind spot in the global carbon cycle

R Marcé, B Obrador, L Gómez-Gener, N Catalán… - Earth-science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
A large part of the world's inland waters, including streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and
reservoirs is subject to occasional, recurrent or even permanent drying. Moreover, the …

Anthropogenically driven climate and landscape change effects on inland water carbon dynamics: What have we learned and where are we going?

RM Pilla, NA Griffiths, L Gu, SC Kao… - Global Change …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Inland waters serve as important hydrological connections between the terrestrial landscape
and oceans but are often overlooked in global carbon (C) budgets and Earth System …