Anthropogenic stresses on the world's big rivers

J Best - Nature Geoscience, 2019 - nature.com
The world's big rivers and their floodplains were central to development of civilization and
are now home to c. 2.7 billion people. They are economically vital whilst also constituting …

Quantitative imaging in cancer evolution and ecology

RA Gatenby, O Grove, RJ Gillies - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Cancer therapy, even when highly targeted, typically fails because of the remarkable
capacity of malignant cells to evolve effective adaptations. These evolutionary dynamics are …

Beyond the natural flow regime? Broadening the hydro‐ecological foundation to meet environmental flows challenges in a non‐stationary world

NLR Poff - Freshwater Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The natural flow regime concept has contributed significantly to environmental flows (e‐
flows) science and applications over the last 20 years. Natural flow regimes reflect long …

Environmental flows for natural, hybrid, and novel riverine ecosystems in a changing world

M Acreman, AH Arthington, MJ Colloff… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The term “environmental flows” describes the quantities, quality, and patterns of water flows
required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the ecosystem services they …

A functional flows approach to selecting ecologically relevant flow metrics for environmental flow applications

SM Yarnell, ED Stein, JA Webb… - River Research and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The science and practice of environmental flows have advanced significantly over the last
several decades. Most environmental flow approaches require quantifying the relationships …

Recent advances in environmental flows science and water management—Innovation in the Anthropocene

AH Arthington, JG Kennen, ED Stein… - Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The implementation of environmental flow regimes offers a promising means to protect and
restore riverine, wetland and estuarine ecosystems, their critical environmental services and …

Evolution of environmental flows assessment science, principles, and methodologies

NLR Poff, RE Tharme, AH Arthington - Water for the Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Environmental flows assessment science focuses largely on defining how modified flow
regimes (from water infrastructure and direct water abstraction) can be managed to conserve …

Developing flow–ecology relationships: Implications of nonlinear biological responses for water management

JS Rosenfeld - Freshwater Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Empirical relationships between stream flow and ecological responses (flow–ecology
relationships) are essential for establishing environmental flows and evaluating tradeoffs …

The changing role of ecohydrological science in guiding environmental flows

MC Acreman, IC Overton, J King, PJ Wood… - Hydrological …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The term “environmental flows” is now widely used to reflect the hydrological regime
required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems, and the human livelihoods and …

Fit-for-purpose environmental modeling: Targeting the intersection of usability, reliability and feasibility

SH Hamilton, CA Pollino, DS Stratford, B Fu… - … Modelling & Software, 2022 - Elsevier
Although it is widely acknowledged as a fundamental principle that models be fit-for-
purpose, there remains lack of clarity on what this notion actually means and therefore how it …