The natural flow regime: A master variable for maintaining river ecosystem health

MS Sofi, SU Bhat, I Rashid, JC Kuniyal - Ecohydrology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
River health is sustained by time‐based variation in their flows, and the maintenance of
natural flow regime is essential for keeping the rivers healthy. However, the dynamism in …

Mechanistic effects of low-flow hydrology on riverine ecosystems: ecological principles and consequences of alteration

RJ Rolls, C Leigh, F Sheldon - Freshwater Science, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
Alterations to the natural flow regime affect the structure and function of rivers and wetlands
and contribute to loss of biodiversity worldwide. Although the effects of flow regulation have …

Carbon sources supporting large river food webs: a review of ecological theories and evidence from stable isotopes

MA Pingram, KJ Collier, DP Hamilton, BO David… - Freshwater …, 2012 - BioOne
Quantifying the contributions of carbon sources that support food webs in large rivers is an
important and growing field of ecological research with implications for future management …

Environmental determinants of food-chain length: a meta-analysis

G Takimoto, DM Post - Ecological Research, 2013 - Springer
Food-chain length is an important character of ecological communities that affects many of
their functional aspects. Recently, an increasing number of studies have tested the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Connectivity of fish communities in a tropical floodplain river system and predicted impacts of potential new dams

K O'Mara, M Venarsky, B Stewart-Koster… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Longitudinal and lateral connectivity is important for mobile aquatic species in rivers for
reproductive migrations, recruitment, gene flow and access to food resources across habitat …

Integrating hydrological connectivity and zooplankton composition in Arctic ponds and lakes

P Blackburn‐Desbiens, G Grosbois, M Power… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic landscapes are characterised by their numerous ponds and lakes. With increased
climate warming and consequent changes in hydrological connectivity, the ecology of many …

Ecological significance of hydrological connectivity for wetland plant communities on a dryland floodplain river, MacIntyre River, Australia

MA Reid, MC Reid, MC Thoms - Aquatic Sciences, 2016 - Springer
Hydrological connections between river channels and their adjacent floodplains facilitate the
flux of organisms and nutrients and access to increased habitat and new resources …

Trophic structure of an African savanna river and organic matter inputs by large terrestrial herbivores: a stable isotope approach

FO Masese, KG Abrantes, GM Gettel, K Irvine… - Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of trophic structure is important to understand sources and pathways of
energy resources in community ecology and to identify determinants of ecosystem changes …

Spatial and temporal patterns of carbon flow in a temperate, large river food web

MA Pingram, KJ Collier, DP Hamilton, BJ Hicks… - Hydrobiologia, 2014 - Springer
Using natural abundances of stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotopes, we
quantified spatial and temporal patterns of carbon flow through the main channel food web …

Epiphytes support aquatic consumers of a large floodplain lake ecosystem in the southern Gulf of Mexico

M Cazzanelli, MM Castillo, M Soria-Barreto… - Aquatic Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Floodplain lakes are highly productive and biodiverse ecosystems whose food webs
depend on a variety of autochthonous and allochthonous resources. Thus far, the role of …