The management of running waters is of great importance for the life of our society and one
of the challenges to be met by future generations. The sustainable use of water resources for …

We critically analyzed a set of ecological models that are used to assess the impact of
hydropower dams on water quality and habitat suitability for biological communities. After a …

River biodiversity is threatened globally by hydropower dams, and there is a need to
understand how dam management favors certain species while filtering out others. We …

Dam removal is increasingly considered as a river restoration tool for impoundments that
harm the environment or have exceeded their lifespan. However, few studies report the …

A scientific understanding of the baseflow contribution to streams and watershed processes
is critical when dealing with water policy and management issues. However, most previous …

In this work, we studied Trichoptera assemblages in different rivers in NW Spain affected by
hydroelectric power stations, and assessed the influence of environmental variables on the …

Applying the environmental flows concept to human‐altered lotic ecosystems continues to
face many practical challenges and barriers. Here, we modify a previously proposed …

Dam removal has the potential to efficiently solve the problems caused by fragmented
stream habitats but may simultaneously cause negative impacts on biotic communities. To …

There is little consensus on the form of the periphyton biomass–macroinvertebrate diversity
relationship in streams. One factor that these relationships do not account for is the growth …

Downstream drift plays a fundamental role in the spatial distribution and community structure
of lotic macroinvertebrates. We sampled both benthic and drifting macroinvertebrates at 15 …