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A Classification of Stream Water Temperature Regimes in the Conterminous USA

article published in 2015

A General Approach to Predicting Ecological Responses to Environmental Flows: Making Best Use of the Literature, Expert Knowledge, and Monitoring Data

article

A Social-Ecological Framework to Integrate Multiple Objectives for Environmental Flows Management

A global perspective on tropical montane rivers

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

A proposed framework to systematically design and objectively evaluate non-dominated restoration tradeoffs for watershed planning and management

article by David M. Martin et al published July 2016 in Ecological Economics

A proposed unified terminology of species traits in stream ecology

A river that flows free connects up in 4D

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

A structured and dynamic framework to advance traits-based theory and prediction in ecology

scientific article

A unifying framework for analyzing temporal changes in functional and taxonomic diversity along disturbance gradients

scientific article

Adaptation to natural flow regimes

scientific article published on February 2004

Algal Colonization under Four Experimentally-Controlled Current Regimes in High Mountain Stream

An Objective Method to Prioritize Socio-Environmental Water Management Tradeoffs Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Aquatic insect β-diversity is not dependent on elevation in Southern Rocky Mountain streams

article by Rachel A. Harrington et al published 20 November 2015 in Freshwater Biology

Assessment of stream ecosystem function and sensitivity in the Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming.

scientific article published on 4 June 2007

Beyond the concrete: Accounting for ecosystem services from free-flowing rivers

scholarly article by Daniel A. Auerbach et al published December 2014 in Ecosystem services

Beyond the natural flow regime? Broadening the hydro-ecological foundation to meet environmental flows challenges in a non-stationary world

CLASSIFICATION OF NATURAL FLOW REGIMES IN THE EBRO BASIN (SPAIN) BY USING A WIDE RANGE OF HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS

article

COLORADO RIVER BASIN

scholarly article

Can dams be designed for sustainability?

scientific article published in December 2017

Challenges and opportunities in implementing managed relocation for conservation of freshwater species

scientific article

Clarifying biotic homogenization

scientific article published in 2004

Climate change and river ecosystems: protection and adaptation options

scientific article

Climate variability predicts thermal limits of aquatic insects across elevation and latitude

scientific article published in 2017

Common core themes in geomorphic, ecological, and social systems

scientific article

Corrigendum to “Environmental flows in the Anthropocence: past progress and future prospects” [Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 5 (2013) 667–675]

scholarly article published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Cryptic species diversity reveals biogeographic support for the 'mountain passes are higher in the tropics' hypothesis.

scientific article published in June 2016

Current velocity and habitat patchiness shape stream herbivore movement

article

Current velocity and invertebrate grazing regulate stream algae: results of an in situ electrical exclusion

Current velocity and spatial scale as determinants of the distribution and abundance of two rheophilic herbivorous insects

scientific article published in 2001

Current-mediated periphytic structure modifies grazer interactions and algal removal

scientific article published in 2012

Designing flows to enhance ecosystem functioning in heavily altered rivers

scientific article published on 18 October 2019

Determinants of food resource assimilation by stream insects along a tropical elevation gradient.

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Development of representative indicators of hydrologic alteration

article

Distribution of invasive and native riparian woody plants across the western USA in relation to climate, river flow, floodplain geometry and patterns of introduction

article

Downstream effects of diversion dams on sediment and hydraulic conditions of Rocky Mountain streams

ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DRIVING BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION: TESTING A MECHANISTIC MODEL USING FISH FAUNAS

article

Ecological Theory and Community Restoration Ecology

scientific article published in 1997

Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?

article

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of biotic homogenization

scientific article published on January 2004

Ecological response to and management of increased flooding caused by climate change

scientific article

Emergence and Flight Activity of Alpine Stream Insects in Two Years with Contrasting Winter Snowpack

article

Environmental flows in the Anthropocence: past progress and future prospects

article

Examining spatial concordance of genetic and species diversity patterns to evaluate the role of dispersal limitation in structuring headwater metacommunities

article

Extreme flooding decreases stream consumer autochthony by increasing detrital resource availability

Extreme streams: species persistence and genomic change in montane insect populations across a flooding gradient

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

FOOD AND HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS OF CLAASSENIA SABULOSA (PLECOPTERA: PERLIDAE) IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER, COLORADO

Flow regime alterations under changing climate in two river basins: implications for freshwater ecosystems

Forecasting faunal and floral homogenization associated with human population geography in North America

Functional redundancy in heterogeneous environments: implications for conservation

scientific article published in 2001

Functional trait niches of North American lotic insects: traits-based ecological applications in light of phylogenetic relationships

scholarly article by N. LeRoy Poff et al published December 2006 in Journal of the North American Benthological Society

GETTING TO SCALE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW ASSESSMENT: THE WATERSHED FLOW EVALUATION TOOL

Genetic diversity and gene flow decline with elevation in montane mayflies

scientific article

Geographic variation in patterns of nestedness among local stream fish assemblages in Virginia

scientific article

Gradient analysis of zoobenthos community structure along a mountain stream continuum

Homogenization of regional river dynamics by dams and global biodiversity implications ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 March 2007

How dams can go with the flow

scientific article published in September 2016

Hydrologic variation with land use across the contiguous United States: Geomorphic and ecological consequences for stream ecosystems

article

Implications of Streamflow Variability and Predictability for Lotic Community Structure: A Regional Analysis of Streamflow Patterns

Incorporating ecological knowledge into ecoinformatics: An example of modeling hierarchically structured aquatic communities with neural networks

scientific article published in 2006

Incorporating social preferences into the ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a case study in the Yampa-White River basin, Colorado

Incorporating traits in aquatic biomonitoring to enhance causal diagnosis and prediction.

scientific article published on 3 August 2010

Influence of experimental, environmental, and geographic factors on nutrient-diffusing substrate experiments in running waters

LIFE-HISTORY STRATEGIES PREDICT FISH INVASIONS AND EXTIRPATIONS IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN

scholarly article by Julian D. Olden et al published February 2006 in Ecological Monographs

Lack of evidence for indirect effects from stonefly predators on primary production under future climate warming scenarios

scientific article published in 2022

Landscape filters and species traits: towards mechanistic understanding and prediction in stream ecology

article

Leaf Litter Decomposition across Broad Thermal Gradients in Southeastern Coastal Plain Streams and Swamps

scientific article published in 1986

Legacies, lags and long-term trends: Effective flow restoration in a changed and changing world

Life history trait diversity of native freshwater fishes in North America

scientific article published in 2010

Limiting nutrients drive mountain stream ecosystem processes along an elevation gradient

article by Whitney S. Beck et al published 1 June 2021 in Freshwater Science

Machine learning methods without tears: a primer for ecologists

scientific article published on June 2008

Managing for Variability to Sustain Freshwater Ecosystems

Maximizing Joint Economic and Ecological Robustness in Floodplain Planning

Meeting ecological and societal needs for freshwater

scientific article published in 2002

Modeled intermittency risk for small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin under climate change

scholarly article

Morphological taxonomy, DNA barcoding, and species diversity in southern Rocky Mountain headwater streams

article

Movement behaviour and dynamics of an aquatic insect in a stream benthic landscape

article

Multiscale effects of flow regime and habitat and their interaction on fish assemblage structure in eastern Australia

article

Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

PREDICTING HABITAT RESPONSE TO FLOW USING GENERALIZED HABITAT MODELS FOR TROUT IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN STREAMS

article

Perspective: Communicating our science to influence public policy

Physical habitat template of lotic systems: Recovery in the context of historical pattern of spatiotemporal heterogeneity

Placing global stream flow variability in geographic and geomorphic contexts

article

Prepare river ecosystems for an uncertain future

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Redundancy among three herbivorous insects across an experimental current velocity gradient

scientific article published on 20 November 2002

Redundancy and the choice of hydrologic indices for characterizing streamflow regimes

Research Priorities to Improve Future Environmental Water Outcomes

scientific article published in 2017

Riparian responses to reduced flood flows: comparing and contrasting narrowleaf and broadleaf cottonwoods

article

River ecosystem conceptual models and non‐perennial rivers: A critical review

scientific article

River flows and water wars: emerging science for environmental decision making

scientific article published in 2003

River restoration

Riverine macrosystems ecology: sensitivity, resistance, and resilience of whole river basins with human alterations

scientific article published in 2014

Seasonal shifts in the importance of bottom–up and top–down factors on stream periphyton community structure

scientific article published in 2018

Shifting dominance of riparian Populus and Tamarix along gradients of flow alteration in western North American rivers

scientific article

Simple statistical models can be sufficient for testing hypotheses with population time‐series data

scientific article published in 2022

Size structure of the metazoan community in a Piedmont stream

scientific article

Size-dependent drift responses of mayflies to experimental hydrologic variation: active predator avoidance or passive hydrodynamic displacement?

scientific article

Spatial population genetic structure and limited dispersal in a Rocky Mountain alpine stream insect

scientific article published in October 2006

Spatiotemporal controls of simulated metacommunity dynamics in dendritic networks

article

Squeezing the most out of existing literature: a systematic re-analysis of published evidence on ecological responses to altered flows

article

Stream hydrological and ecological responses to climate change assessed with an artificial neural network

article

Sustainable water management under future uncertainty with eco-engineering decision scaling

article

Temperature-dependence of metabolic rate in tropical and temperate aquatic insects: support for the Climate Variability Hypothesis in mayflies but not stoneflies

scientific article published on 16 October 2020

The Natural Flow Regime

The Natural Sediment Regime in Rivers: Broadening the Foundation for Ecosystem Management

article

The Network Dynamics Hypothesis: How Channel Networks Structure Riverine Habitats

The Replacement ofStenonemaspp. byCaenis diminutaWalker as the Numerical Dominant in the Mayfly Assemblage of a Thermally-Stressed Stream

scientific article published in 1985

The challenge of providing environmental flow rules to sustain river ecosystems

scientific article

The three Rs of river ecosystem resilience: Resources, recruitment, and refugia

Toward a Sustainable Water Future

Toward a mechanistic understanding and prediction of biotic homogenization

scientific article published on 16 October 2003

Trait synergisms and the rarity, extirpation, and extinction risk of desert fishes

scientific article

Trait-based ecology at large scales: Assessing functional trait correlations, phylogenetic constraints and spatial variability using open data

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

Understanding human-landscape interactions in the "Anthropocene".

scientific article published on 22 June 2013

Validating anthropogenic threat maps as a tool for assessing river ecological integrity in Andean-Amazon basins

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Vulnerability of stream community composition and function to projected thermal warming and hydrologic change across ecoregions in the western United States

scientific article

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