TREHS: An open-access software tool for investigating and evaluating temporary river regimes as a first step for their ecological status assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 607-608, Issue , 2017, Pages 519-540

  Gallart, Francesc ^a   Cid, Núria ^b,c   Latron, Jérôme ^a   Llorens, Pilar ^a   Bonada, Núria ^b,c   Jeuffroy, Justin ^d   Jiménez Argudo, Sara María ^e   Vega, Rosa María ^e   Solà, Carolina ^f   Soria, Maria ^a   Bardina, Mònica ^f   Hernández Casahuga, Antoni Josep ^g   Fidalgo, Aránzazu ^e   Estrela, Teodoro ^e   Munné, Antoni ^f   Prat, Narcís ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e Jucar River Basin Authority of Spanish Ministry of Agriculture   (Spain)

^f Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

^g Angel Guimerá   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Ephemeral streams; Flow regime; Hydrological status; Intermittent rivers; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE DISCHARGES; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EPHEMERAL STREAMS; FLOW REGIMES; HYDROLOGICAL STATUS; INTERMITTENT RIVERS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPHEMERAL STREAM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIVER FLOW; SOFTWARE; STREAMFLOW;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLOGY; BODY WATER; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAUGE; HYDROLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SOFTWARE; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TEMPORARY RIVERS ECOLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL STATUS; WATER FLOW; BIOTA; DEVICES;

BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SOFTWARE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 85022067560     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.209     Document Type: Article

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