The 'wet–dry'in the wet–dry tropics drives river ecosystem structure and processes in northern Australia

DM Warfe, NE Pettit, PM Davies, BJ Pusey… - Freshwater …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Northern Australia is characterised by a tropical wet–dry climate that regulates the distinctive
character of river flow regimes across the region. There is marked hydrological seasonality …

Niche partitioning among frugivorous fishes in response to fluctuating resources in the Amazonian floodplain forest

SB Correa, KO Winemiller - Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In response to temporal changes in the quality and availability of food resources, consumers
should adjust their foraging behavior in a manner that maximizes energy and nutrient intake …

Patch dynamics and environmental heterogeneity in lotic ecosystems

KO Winemiller, AS Flecker… - Journal of the North …, 2010 - journals.uchicago.edu
We reviewed concepts of patch dynamics and environmental heterogeneity and their
applications to the study of fluvial ecosystems, with emphasis on research published in J …

Are tropical streams ecologically different from temperate streams?

AJ Boulton, L Boyero, AP Covich, M Dobson… - Tropical stream …, 2008 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter explores the evidence for and against the proposition that
there are fundamental differences in the ecology of temperate and tropical streams. It …

Contribution of groundwater-borne nutrients to eutrophication potential and the share of benthic algae in a large lowland river

J Zill, N Perujo, P Fink, U Mallast, C Siebert… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater inflow can be a significant source of nutrients for riverine ecosystems, which
can affect eutrophication ie, the elevated primary production and the corresponding …

An improved LSSVM model for intelligent prediction of the daily water level

T Guo, W He, Z Jiang, X Chu, R Malekian, Z Li - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Daily water level forecasting is of significant importance for the comprehensive utilization of
water resources. An improved least squares support vector machine (LSSVM) model was …

A framework for evaluating food-web responses to hydrological manipulations in riverine systems

RJ Rolls, DS Baldwin, NR Bond, RE Lester… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Environmental flows are used to restore elements of the hydrological regime altered by
human use of water. One of the primary justifications and purposes for environmental flows …

Pulsing hydrology determines top‐down control of basal resources in a tropical river–floodplain ecosystem

KO Winemiller, CG MONTAna, DL Roelke… - Ecological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Variable hydrology of rivers strongly affects biophysical factors that influence primary
production and population densities, thereby affecting the relative influence of bottom‐up …

Environmental factors affecting incorporation of terrestrial material into large river food webs

KA Roach - Freshwater Science, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
Three enduring conceptual models make predictions regarding the basal production
sources supporting the upper food web of rivers: the River Continuum Concept, the Flood …

Dry-season changes in macroinvertebrate assemblages of highly seasonal rivers: responses to low flow, no flow and antecedent hydrology

C Leigh - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Highly seasonal rivers can experience extended low flow, and often dry, periods.
Macroinvertebrate and flow data were used to explore hypotheses on the effects of …