An overview of the hydrology of non‐perennial rivers and streams

M Shanafield, SA Bourke, MA Zimmer… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐perennial rivers and streams are ubiquitous on our planet. Although several metrics
have been used to statistically group or compare streamflow characteristics, there is …

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) …

Vulnerable waters are essential to watershed resilience

CR Lane, IF Creed, HE Golden, SG Leibowitz… - Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
Watershed resilience is the ability of a watershed to maintain its characteristic system state
while concurrently resisting, adapting to, and reorganizing after hydrological (for example …

Fill‐and‐spill: A process description of runoff generation at the scale of the beholder

JJ McDonnell, C Spence, DJ Karran… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Descriptions of runoff generation processes continue to grow, hel** to reveal complexities
and hydrologic behavior across a wide range of environments and scales. But to date, there …

Zero or not? Causes and consequences of zero‐flow stream gage readings

MA Zimmer, KE Kaiser, JR Blaszczak… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Streamflow observations can be used to understand, predict, and contextualize hydrologic,
ecological, and biogeochemical processes and conditions in streams. Stream gages are …

Topographic controls on the extension and retraction of flowing streams

JP Prancevic, JW Kirchner - Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Flowing stream networks extend and retract as their surrounding landscapes wet up and dry
out, both seasonally and during rainstorms, with implications for aquatic ecosystems and …

Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: Perspectives for critical zone science and research on socio‐ecosystems

O Fovet, A Belemtougri, L Boithias… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are now recognized to support specific
freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem services and represent approximately half of the …

[HTML][HTML] Expansion and contraction of the flowing stream network alter hillslope flowpath lengths and the shape of the travel time distribution

HJI van Meerveld, JW Kirchner, MJP Vis… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
Flowing stream networks dynamically extend and retract, both seasonally and in response to
precipitation events. These network dynamics can dramatically alter the drainage density …

River network connectivity and fish diversity

X Shao, Y Fang, JW Jawitz, J Yan, B Cui - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Frequent and severe disruptions of natural river flows associated with human activities
significantly alter hydrological connectivity in large river networks, with deleterious effects on …