Non-perennial Mediterranean rivers in Europe: status, pressures, and challenges for research and management

NT Skoulikidis, S Sabater, T Datry, MM Morais… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Non-perennial rivers and streams (NPRS) cover> 50% of the global river network. They are
particularly predominant in Mediterranean Europe as a result of dry climate conditions …

Assessing the ecological status in the context of the European Water Framework Directive: where do we go now?

Y Reyjol, C Argillier, W Bonne, A Borja… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is now well established as the key
management imperative in river basins across Europe. However, there remain significant …

Ecological research and management of intermittent rivers: an historical review and future directions

C Leigh, AJ Boulton, JL Courtwright, K Fritz… - Freshwater …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers and streams that do not flow permanently (herein intermittent rivers; IR s) make up a
large proportion of the world's inland waters and are gaining widespread attention. We …

[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 …

The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams

AL Steward, T Datry, SD Langhans - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which cease flow and/or dry at some point,
are the most abundant waterways on earth, and are found on every continent. They can …

[图书][B] Rivers in the Landscape

E Wohl - 2020 - books.google.com
Rivers are the great shapers of terrestrial landscapes. Very few points on Earth above sea
level do not lie within a drainage basin. Even points distant from the nearest channel are …

A landscape approach to advance intermittent river ecology

T Datry, H Pella, C Leigh, N Bonada… - Freshwater …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Intermittent rivers are increasingly viewed as shifting mosaics of lotic (flowing water), lentic
(standing water) and terrestrial (dry riverbed) habitats. The diversity, spatial arrangement …

Effects of water scarcity and chemical pollution in aquatic ecosystems: State of the art

A Arenas-Sánchez, A Rico, M Vighi - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is an expanding climate and human related condition, which drives and
interacts with other stressors in freshwater ecosystems such as chemical pollution. In this …

High variability is a defining component of Mediterranean-climate rivers and their biota

N Cid, N Bonada, SM Carlson, TE Grantham, A Gasith… - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Variability in flow as a result of seasonal precipitation patterns is a defining element of
streams and rivers in Mediterranean-climate regions of the world and strongly influences the …

Hierarchical climate-driven dynamics of the active channel length in temporary streams

G Botter, F Vingiani, A Senatore, C Jensen, M Weiler… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Looking across a landscape, river networks appear deceptively static. However, flowing
streams expand and contract following ever-changing hydrological conditions of the …