Scaling biodiversity responses to hydrological regimes

RJ Rolls, J Heino, DS Ryder, BC Chessman… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Of all ecosystems, freshwaters support the most dynamic and highly concentrated
biodiversity on Earth. These attributes of freshwater biodiversity along with increasing …

A global overview of climate change impacts on freshwater decapods: substantial research gaps across taxa and biogeographic regions

EXP Toh, LX Gan, DCJ Yeo - Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Freshwater decapod crustaceans, with representatives from four main taxonomic groups
(Anomura, Astacidea, Brachyura, Caridea), form a large and prominent functional group …

Flooding drives a macroinvertebrate biomass boom in ephemeral floodplain wetlands

PJ McInerney, RJ Stoffels, ME Shackleton… - Freshwater …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Despite broad recognition of the importance of the Flood Pulse Concept to large river
ecology, few studies have provided empirical evidence to support a number of its …

Long-term changes in freshwater aquatic plant communities following extreme drought

S Wassens, N Ning, L Hardwick, G Bino, J Maguire - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
Prolonged periods of floodplain drying are becoming increasingly common due to severe
drought events and the effects of river regulation. Using long-term monitoring, we assessed …

Management of urban wetlands for conservation can reduce aquatic biodiversity and increase mosquito risk

JK Hanford, CE Webb, DF Hochuli - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global wetland loss means constructed urban wetlands are an increasingly valuable
resource for conservation. However, priorities for managing urban wetlands for conservation …

Ecological water replenishment through optimal allocation of lake water in water-scarce areas based on channel selection and replenishment period: A case study of …

Z Pu, J Bai, Q Zhang, K Tian, W Yang, Y Zhao - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ecological water replenishment (EWR) greatly improves a lake's hydrodynamics and water
quality, and has become a common means of ecological restoration. The replenishment …

Role of the geomorphic setting in controlling groundwater–surface water exchanges in riverine wetlands: a case study from two southern Québec rivers (Canada)

M Larocque, PM Biron, T Buffin-Bélanger… - Canadian Water …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
There is great interest worldwide to reconnect floodplain wetlands to their rivers. Whilst the
surface water connection between rivers and wetlands is fairly well understood, the linkages …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of Nematoda and Digenea in selected Australian freshwater snails

S Shamsi, A Banfield, N Francis, DP Barton… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Freshwater snails are integral to local ecosystems as a primary food source for various
vertebrate species, thereby contributing significantly to ecological food webs. However, their …

Invertebrates of temperate-zone river floodplains

D Batzer, B Gallardo, A Boulton, M Whiles - Invertebrates in freshwater …, 2016 - Springer
Connectivity of floodplains with their river channels affects invertebrates and habitat quality,
and many invertebrates move between rivers and floodplains. However, much of the …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of differing protected area status and environmental factors on the macroinvertebrate fauna of temperate austral wetlands

T Furlonge, F Dyer, J Davis - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
One means of conserving wetlands is to designate the area around them as 'protected'.
Although many different types of protected areas exist, ranging from international (Ramsar …