Empirical relationships between stream flow and ecological responses (flow–ecology
relationships) are essential for establishing environmental flows and evaluating tradeoffs …

Integrative research has been the dominant theme in this Special Issue, demonstrated by
contemporary examples of effective collaborations and solutions for the successful …

Restoration of ecological structure and function of urban streams probably requires
catchment-scale modification of drainage infrastructure, but such catchment-scale …

Adaptive management enables managers to work with complexity and uncertainty, and to
respond to changing biophysical and social conditions. Amid considerable uncertainty over …

The numerous environmental flows assessment methods that exist typically assume a
stationary climate. Adaptive management is commonly put forward as the preferred …

Provides critiques of current practices for environmental flow assessment and shows how
they can be improved, using case studies. In Environmental Flow Assessment: Methods and …

The last two decades has seen introduction or reform of water legislation in many river
basins of the world, and river managers are under increasing pressure to make effective and …

Public land and natural resource management policies in the United States commonly
require the use of “best available science information”(BASI) in planning and implementing …

Abstract The Murray–Darling Basin in south‐eastern Australia contains over 70,000 km2 of
wetlands and floodplains, many of which are in poor condition. In response, Australian …

Rivers are dynamic social-ecological systems that support societies and ecosystems in a
multitude of ways, giving rise to a variety of user groups and competing interests …