Overcoming persistent challenges in putting environmental flow policy into practice: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis

GF Dourado, AM Rallings, JH Viers - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The implementation of environmental flows (e-flows) aims to reduce the negative impacts of
hydrological alteration on freshwater ecosystems. Despite the growing attention to the …

Storing and managing water for the environment is more efficient than mimicking natural flows

SE Null, H Zeff, J Mount, B Gray, AM Sturrock… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dams and reservoirs are often needed to provide environmental water and maintain suitable
water temperatures for downstream ecosystems. Here, we evaluate if water allocated to the …

Megadroughts pose mega‐risk to native fishes of the American Southwest

KB Gido, MJ Osborne, DL Propst, TF Turner… - Fisheries, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and a host of other human stressors on aquatic systems in the American
Southwest are rapidly exceeding our ability to conserve native fish diversity. The most …

Reservoir-derived subsidies provide a potential management opportunity for novel river ecosystems

NJ Corline, F Bellido-Leiva, A Alarcon… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aquatic ecosystems world-wide are being irreversibly altered, suggesting that new and
innovative management strategies are necessary to improve ecosystem function and …

Functional flows in groundwater-influenced streams: application of the California environmental flows framework to determine ecological flow needs

SM Yarnell, A Willis, A Obester, RA Peek… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Environmental flows, or the practice of allocating water in river systems for ecological
purposes, is a leading strategy for conserving aquatic species and improving river health …

Modeling functional flows in California's rivers

TE Grantham, DM Carlisle, J Howard… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Environmental flows are critical to the recovery and conservation of freshwater ecosystems
worldwide. However, estimating the flows needed to sustain ecosystem health across large …

Evolution and concept of environmental flows (e-flows): meta-analysis

GA Gebreegziabher, S Degefa, W Furi, G Legesse - Water Supply, 2023 - iwaponline.com
River ecosystems have become fragile due to river flow alterations in the wake of expending
structural controls triggered by the ever-increasing demands of freshwater. The efforts to …

Not just another assessment method: Reimagining environmental flows assessments in the face of uncertainty

AC Horne, JA Webb, M Mussehl, A John… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The numerous environmental flows assessment methods that exist typically assume a
stationary climate. Adaptive management is commonly put forward as the preferred …

Shifting trade-offs: Finding the sustainable nexus of hydropower and environmental flows in the San Joaquin River watershed, California

AD Willis, DE Rheinheimer, SM Yarnell… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Environmental flow management in watersheds with multi-objective reservoirs is often
presented as an additional constraint to an already strained and over-allocated stream …

Environmental flows to estuaries and coastal lagoons shape the salinity gradient and generate suitable fish habitat: predictions from the Coorong, Australia

JD Brookes, P Huang, SY Zhai, MS Gibbs… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Freshwater flows to estuaries shape habitat, transport nutrients to drive productivity, and
generate a salinity gradient that impacts water quality and provides spawning cues for fish …