In order to evaluate the ecological influence of hydraulic projects, aquatic habitat suitability
modeling was proposed. Compared with other environmental flow methods, this method, for …

Concerns for water resources have inspired research developments to determine the
ecological effects of water withdrawals from rivers and flow regulation below dams, and to …

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to
sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that …

Growing energy demand and targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are driving a
significant hydropower (HP) generation expansion in the Alpine area. However, despite its …

Environmental flows assessment science focuses largely on defining how modified flow
regimes (from water infrastructure and direct water abstraction) can be managed to conserve …

“The water runs the river.” This chapter focuses on the river fiow as the fundamental process
determining the size, shape, structure, and dynamics of riverine ecosystems. We briefiy …

Geomorphic units are the elementary spatial physical features of the river mosaic at the
reach scale that are nested within the overall hydromorphological structure of a river and its …

Hydropower plants are an important source of renewable energy. In the near future, high-
head storage hydropower plants will gain further importance as a key element of large-scale …

The scarcity of water can result in a direct conflict between the protection of aquatic
resources and water use. For many agencies, environmental flow (EF) methods are …

Previous research indicated that high predictive performance in species distribution
modelling can be obtained by combining both biotic and abiotic habitat variables. However …