The River Continuum Concept: lessons from the past and perspectives for the future

A Doretto, E Piano, CE Larson - Canadian Journal of Fisheries …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
The River Continuum Concept (RCC) is a milestone in stream ecology because of its
comprehensive evaluation of the structure and function of lotic ecosystems. Linking stream …

The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams

AL Steward, T Datry, SD Langhans - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which cease flow and/or dry at some point,
are the most abundant waterways on earth, and are found on every continent. They can …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking ecosystem service indicators for their application to intermittent rivers

AV Pastor, O Tzoraki, D Bruno, T Kaletová… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In these times of strong pressure on aquatic ecosystems and water resources due to climate
change and water abstraction, intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES)(rivers that …

A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins

J Heino, S Koljonen - Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater ecosystems and their biota are more seriously threatened than their marine and
terrestrial counterparts. A solution to halt increasing negative impacts of anthropogenic …

Drought intensification drives turnover of structure and function in stream invertebrate communities

TWH Aspin, TJ Matthews, K Khamis, AM Milner… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic extremes are becoming more frequent and intense across much of the globe,
potentially transforming the biodiversity and functioning of affected ecosystems. In …

Rethinking biodiversity patterns and processes in stream ecosystems

MD Green, KE Anderson, DB Herbst… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A major goal of community ecology is understanding the processes responsible for
generating biodiversity patterns along spatial and environmental gradients. In stream …

Greenhouse gas dynamics in river networks fragmented by drying and damming

T Silverthorn, N López‐Rojo, A Foulquier… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
River fragmentation by drying and damming is occurring more frequently in the
Anthropocene era, yet there is limited knowledge of how this fragmentation influences …

Pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds modulate adverse effects of climate change on resource quality in freshwater food webs

I Kokotović, M Veseli, F Ložek, Z Karačić… - Science of the total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services are changing at an
unprecedented rate due to the impacts of vast number of stressors overlapping in time and …

Life‐history traits are poor predictors of species responses to flow regime change in headwater streams

N Carey, ET Chester, BJ Robson - Global Change Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent climate change is altering the timing, duration and volume of river and stream flows
globally, and in many regions, perennially flowing rivers and streams are drying and …

Disturbance‐driven alteration of patch connectivity determines local biodiversity recovery within metacommunities

C Jacquet, F Munoz, N Bonada, T Datry, J Heino… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the capacity of ecological systems to withstand and recover from
disturbances is a major challenge for ecological research in the context of environmental …