Of all ecosystems, freshwaters support the most dynamic and highly concentrated
biodiversity on Earth. These attributes of freshwater biodiversity along with increasing …

Flow is a key driver regulating processes and diversity in river systems across a range of
temporal and spatial scales. In dryland rivers, variability in the timing and scale of floods has …

Droughts are a major hazard to both natural and human-dominated environments and
those, especially of long duration and high intensity, can be highly damaging and leave long …

River flows in the Murray–Darling Basin, as in many regions in the world, are vulnerable to
climate change, anticipated to exacerbate current, substantial losses of freshwater …

As an internationally important wetland for migratory waterbirds, China's Poyang Lake
region has experienced substantial changes in land use during the past two decades owing …

Spatial and temporal variation in fish-assemblage structure within isolated waterholes on the
floodplains of Cooper Creek, Australia, was studied during the 2001 dry season, a period of …

The condition of many wetlands across Australia has deteriorated due to increased water
regulation and the expansion and intensification of agriculture and increased urban and …

P oyang L ake is the largest freshwater lake in C hina and is of global importance for the
conservation of migratory waterbirds of the E ast A sian–A ustralasian F lyway. Recent dam …

The world's freshwater biotas are declining in diversity, range and abundance, more than in
other realms, with human appropriation of water. Despite considerable data on the …

Publisher Summary Net primary production is a fundamental ecological process that reflects
the amount of carbon synthesized within an ecosystem, which is ultimately available to …