Executive summary The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of
the global commons—ie, the natural systems that support life on Earth—is exacerbating …

The implementation of environmental flow regimes offers a promising means to protect and
restore riverine, wetland and estuarine ecosystems, their critical environmental services and …

The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably
linked,–, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they …

Environmental flows assessment science focuses largely on defining how modified flow
regimes (from water infrastructure and direct water abstraction) can be managed to conserve …

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 …

The alteration of river flow regimes by dams, weirs, and water extraction is a key impact of
humans on freshwater ecosystems and has occurred in rivers across all inhabited continents …

Climate change may affect stream ecosystems through flow regime alterations, which can be
particularly complex in streams with a significant groundwater contribution. To quantify the …

Alterations to flow regimes for water management objectives have degraded river
ecosystems worldwide. These alterations are particularly profound in Mediterranean climate …

Provides critiques of current practices for environmental flow assessment and shows how
they can be improved, using case studies. In Environmental Flow Assessment: Methods and …

Drought and summer drying can have strong effects on abiotic and biotic components of
stream ecosystems. Environmental flow‐ecology relationships may be affected by drought …