Three fish assemblages (functional groups according to estuary use) were examined, which
presented different responses to environmental variations, mainly associated to the dry and …

Ecosystem engineering bivalves can shape aquatic ecosystems because their high filtration
capacity changes water quality and their shells increase the fractal dimension of benthic …

Biodiversity maintenance is a main goal in ecology. Hence, phytoplankton diversity and
biomass were analyzed in a coastal bay (Cumã Bay) of the Amazon Macrotidal Mangrove …

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the Yangtze floodplain in China, with dramatic
seasonal water level changes each year. The quarterly monitoring data from 2009 to 2013 …

Dams alter the natural dynamics of river inflow, disrupting biological processes in
downstream ecosystems, as observed in the Guadiana estuary (SW Iberian Peninsula …

Hydrological regime that is primarily described by combinations of its magnitude, duration,
frequency, timing, and rate of change, is the main driving force in river ecosystems. The …

Water governance is a major challenge in the Mediterranean context. Any action to drive
water governance towards sustainability needs to be grounded in a holistic understanding of …

In the context of rapid sea-level rise in the 21st century, the reduction of fluvial sediment
supply due to the regulation of river discharge represents a major challenge for the …

For well over 100 years the twin objectives of navigation/transportation and flood-risk
management have led to an intensively managed Mississippi River system which …

Ecohydrology is a new challenging approach to aquatic ecosystems management that
considers dual regulation between biota and hydrology, at the entire river basin scale, as the …