Australian floodplain wetlands are sites of high biodiversity that depend on flows from rivers.
Dams, diversions and river management have reduced flooding to these wetlands, altering …

Statistical distributions of flood peak discharge often show heavy tail behavior, that is,
extreme floods are more likely to occur than would be predicted by commonly used …

Los regímenes hidrológicos juegan un papel importante en la determinación de la
composición de la biota, la estructura y función de ecosistemas acuáticos inundables y …

1. This paper introduces a new approach for setting streamflow‐based river ecosystem
management targets and this method is called the 'Range of Variability Approach'(RVA). The …

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 …

There is overwhelming consensus that the intensity of heavy precipitation events is
increasing in a warming world. It is generally expected such increases will translate to a …

Southeastern Australia is presently experiencing one of the worst droughts observed in the
region in the last 200 years. The consequences of drought have been far reaching both for …

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 …

Since 1857 new Australians have constructed many thousands of weirs (3600 in the Murray–
Darling Basin alone) and floodplain levee banks, 446 large dams (> 10 m crest height) and …

An Index of Stream Condition (ISC) has been developed to assist broad scale management
of waterways by providing an integrated measure of their environmental condition. 2. The …