Flow intermittence and ecosystem services in rivers of the Anthropocene

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 353-364

  Datry, Thibault ^a,b   Boulton, Andrew J ^c   Bonada, Núria ^d   Fritz, Ken ^e   Leigh, Catherine ^a,f,k   Sauquet, Eric ^g   Tockner, Klement ^h,i   Hugueny, Bernard ^b   Dahm, Clifford N ^j  

^a UR MALY   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

^g CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^h FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ Austrian Science Fund   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^k GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Anthropocene; biodiversity; climate change; conservation; ecosystem services; ephemeral streams; flow management; intermittent rivers; management; rivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021325203     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12941     Document Type: Note

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