Non-perennial river segments—those that recurrently cease to flow or frequently dry—occur
in all river networks and are globally more abundant than perennial (always flowing) …

Southern Appalachian forests are recognized as a biodiversity hot spot of global
significance, particularly for endemic aquatic salamanders and mussels. The dominant …

Headwater streams and wetlands are integral components of watersheds that are critical for
biodiversity, fisheries, ecosystem functions, natural resource‐based economies, and human …

A proposed ruling by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), aimed at clarifying
which bodies of water that flow intermittently are protected under law, has provoked conflict …

The diversity of life in headwater streams (intermittent, first and second order) contributes to
the biodiversity of a river system and its riparian network. Small streams differ widely in …

Despite decades of research on the ecological consequences of stream network expansion,
contraction and fragmentation, surprisingly little is known about the hydrological …

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 …

Headwater streams provide important ecosystem services, including clean drinking water,
habitat for aquatic life, and rapid processing and uptake of nutrients, which can reduce …

Headwater streams and their riparian areas, ie, headwater systems, differ from larger
streams in a number of fundamental ways that shape their characteristic biological …

Global, national, and regional assessments of the potential effects of Global Climate Change
(GCC) have been recently released, but not one of these assessments has specifically …