Ecological responses to altered flow regimes: a literature review to inform the science and management of environmental flows

NL Poff, JKH Zimmerman - Freshwater biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In an effort to develop quantitative relationships between various kinds of flow alteration and
ecological responses, we reviewed 165 papers published over the last four decades, with a …

Changing river channels: The roles of hydrological processes, plants and pioneer fluvial landforms in humid temperate, mixed load, gravel bed rivers

AM Gurnell, W Bertoldi, D Corenblit - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The fluvial riparian and aquatic patch mosaic varies along rivers according to
geomorphological setting, hydrological regime, sediment supply and surface–groundwater …

[图书][B] Environmental flows: saving rivers in the third millennium

A Arthington - 2012 - books.google.com
Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to
sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that …

Assessing the effects of climate change on aquatic invasive species

FJ Rahel, JD Olden - Conservation biology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Different components of global environmental change are typically studied and managed
independently, although there is a growing recognition that multiple drivers often interact in …

Reducing redundancy in invasion ecology by integrating hypotheses into a single theoretical framework

JA Catford, R Jansson, C Nilsson - Diversity and distributions, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Invasion ecology includes many hypotheses. Empirical evidence suggests that most of
these can explain the success of some invaders to some degree in some circumstances. If …

Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change

CM Prather, SL Pelini, A Laws, E Rivest… - Biological …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainability of ecosystem services depends on a firm understanding of both how
organisms provide these services to humans and how these organisms will be altered with a …

Theory, methods and tools for determining environmental flows for riparian vegetation: riparian vegetation‐flow response guilds

DM Merritt, ML Scott, N LeRoy Poff, GT Auble… - Freshwater …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Riparian vegetation composition, structure and abundance are governed to a large degree
by river flow regime and flow‐mediated fluvial processes. Streamflow regime exerts …

Novel ecosystems in the Anthropocene: a revision of the novel ecosystem concept for pragmatic applications

NB Morse, PA Pellissier, EN Cianciola, RL Brereton… - Ecology and …, 2014 - JSTOR
Ecologists have developed terminology to distinguish ecosystems based on the degree of
human alteration. To this end, ecosystems can be characterized as “novel ecosystems,”“ …

[HTML][HTML] Biomonitoring of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams in Europe: Current practice and priorities to enhance ecological status assessments

R Stubbington, R Chadd, N Cid, Z Csabai… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are common across Europe and dominate
some Mediterranean river networks. In all climate zones, IRES support high biodiversity and …

Riparian vegetation research in Mediterranean-climate regions: common patterns, ecological processes, and considerations for management

JC Stella, PM Rodríguez-González, S Dufour, J Bendix - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Riparian corridors in Mediterranean-climate regions (med-regions) are resource-rich
habitats within water-limited, larger landscapes. However, little is known about how their …