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Plant Litter Decomposition in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (hereafter IRES) are waterways that temporarily cease to flow and/or dry up. They represent half the length...
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Ecosystem services provided by small streams: an overview
Small streams constitute the majority of the water courses in a catchment and have specific characteristics that distinguish them from larger streams...
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A meta-analysis of drought effects on litter decomposition in streams
Droughts, or severe reductions of water flow, are expected to become more frequent and intense in rivers in many regions under the ongoing climate...
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Mesoclimate scale effects of river intermittency on aquatic insects in Seto Inland Sea watersheds, Western Japan
The responses of assemblages and ecosystems to river intermittency are often considered on large spatial scales, such as those associated with the...
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From perennial to intermittent headwater stream: macroinvertebrate community response to climate-induced summer water scarcity
Between 2014 and 2019, Central Europe was subject to unusually high temperatures and periods of drought due to climate change, with a subsequent...
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Exploring fish functional trait assemblages in Eastern Mediterranean rivers: a study across multiple scales using network analysis
Functional traits of river fish assemblages have rarely been studied in the Eastern Mediterranean region. A dataset of 254 Greek electrofished...
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Comparison of organic matter in intermittent and perennial rivers of Mediterranean Chile with the support of citizen science
BackgroundAlthough intermittent rivers account for over half of the global fluvial network and could increase in length and quantity in Mediterranean...
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Salinity and Forests
SalinitySalinity indicates the presence of saltsSalt in ionic form in stream runoffRunoff. In general sodiumSodium and chlorideChloride are the...
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The Expiring Kalahari
Drought cycles recurrent phenomenon since Livingstone’s day. Historic droughts. Drying of waterholes, rivers and streams in nineteenth century. Lake...
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Seasonal hydrology influences energy channels in food webs of rivers in the lower Okavango Delta
Floodplain aquatic ecosystems experience temporal changes in basal production sources and inputs from allochthonous sources that influence energy...
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Redefining Waters of the US: a Case Study from the Edge of the Okefenokee Swamp
Defining the upslope extent of Federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction over wetlands and streams has been contentious since the passage of the Act but...
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Pulse, Shunt and Storage: Hydrological Contraction Shapes Processing and Export of Particulate Organic Matter in River Networks
Streams and rivers act as landscape-scale bioreactors processing large quantities of terrestrial particulate organic matter (POM). This function is...
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Fish community and habitat diversity profiling of Luni, an ephemeral saline river from Thar Desert of India for conservation and management
‘Luni’ is an ecologically fragile and ephemeral saline river of socio-economic significance for indigenous peoples of the Thar Desert, India. The...
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Crop coefficients of natural wetlands and riparian vegetation to compute ecosystem evapotranspiration and the water balance
Wetlands, namely the riparian ones, play a major role in landscape and water resources functionalities and provide enormous opportunities for...
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Ecosystem services provided by dry river socio-ecological systems and their drivers of change
Dry rivers are a type of non-perennial river characterized by extreme dry conditions and dominance of terrestrial habitats. They are present in all...
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Image-based recognition and processing system for monitoring water levels in an irrigation and drainage channel
The water level provides critically important information for disaster mitigation and water resource management. Image-based recognition and...
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Individual and Interacting Effects of Elevated CO2, Warming, and Hydrologic Intensification on Leaf Litter Decomposition in Streams
Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, rising water temperatures, and intensification of hydrologic regimes are characteristics of...
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Ecological effects of a supra-seasonal drought on macroinvertebrate communities differ between near-perennial and ephemeral river reaches
The duration, intensity and frequency of hydrological droughts are predicted to increase significantly over the 21st century globally, threatening...
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A Murky Ruling Threatens the Fate of Millions of US Wetlands
For decades, federal protections were extended to wetlands adjacent to “waters of the US” by the Clean Water Act. In its Sackett v. EPA ruling,...
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The Significance of Hydrological and Geomorphological Processes for Lowland Tropical Rainforest Ecology
Variations in water availability threaten ecosystem stability. Past droughts and wet periods with heavy, prolonged rainfalls strongly influence...