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 …

A compendium of ecological knowledge for restoration of freshwater fishes in Australia's Murray–Darling Basin

JD Koehn, SM Raymond, I Stuart… - Marine and …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Many freshwater fishes are imperilled globally, and there is a need for easily accessible,
contemporary ecological knowledge to guide management. This compendium contains …

Prepare river ecosystems for an uncertain future

JD Tonkin, NLR Poff, NR Bond, A Horne, DM Merritt… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
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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 …

States and rates: Complementary approaches to developing flow‐ecology relationships

K Wheeler, SJ Wenger, MC Freeman - Freshwater Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recognition of the influence of flow on riverine habitats and organisms, stream ecologists
have devoted considerable effort to the development of quantitative predictive relationships …

Modeling flow-ecology responses in the anthropocene: challenges for sustainable riverine management

AC Horne, R Nathan, NLR Poff, NR Bond, JA Webb… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Climate change will increase water stress in many regions placing greater pressures on
rivers to meet human and ecological water needs. Managing rivers experiencing water …

Assessing and managing freshwater ecosystems vulnerable to environmental change

DG Angeler, CR Allen, HE Birgé, S Drakare, BG McKie… - Ambio, 2014 - Springer
Freshwater ecosystems are important for global biodiversity and provide essential
ecosystem services. There is consensus in the scientific literature that freshwater …

Using abiotic drivers of fish spawning to inform environmental flow management

AJ King, DC Gwinn, Z Tonkin, J Mahoney… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental flows are a key restoration technique for conserving ecological function in
flow‐degraded rivers. Species‐specific, flow–biota relationships are increasingly being used …

Fragmentation of lateral connectivity and fish population dynamics in large rivers

RJ Stoffels, P Humphries, NR Bond… - Fish and Fisheries, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lateral Hydrological Connectivity (LHC) has been extensively fragmented in river–
floodplain ecosystems of the world. Uncertainties about how LHC affects fishes are great …

Fish population persistence in hydrologically variable landscapes

NR Bond, SR Balcombe, DA Crook… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasting population persistence in environments subjected to periodic disturbances
represents a general challenge for ecologists. In arid and semiarid regions, climate change …