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River Hydrology, Flow Alteration, and Environmental Flow

  • Zeiringer B
  • Seliger C
  • Greimel F
  • et al.
Springer International Publishing, (2018), 67-89
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73250-3_4
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Abstract

“The water runs the river.” This chapter focuses on the river flow as the fundamental process determining the size, shape, structure, and dynamics of riverine ecosystems. We briefly introduce hydrological regimes as key characteristics of river flow. Hydrological regimes afile:///C:/Stuff/MasterarbeitLimnologie/Literatur/Schmutz2014_ResponseofFishCommunitiesToHydrologicalAndMorphologicalAlterationsInHydropeakingRiversOfAustria.pdfre then linked to habitats and biotic communities. The effects of flow regulation as a result of human activities such as water abstraction (irrigation and hydropower), river channelization, land use, and climate change are demonstrated. Finally, methods to assess the environmental flow, the flow that is needed to maintain the ecological integrity, are described, and examples of successful flow restoration presented.

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Zeiringer, B., Seliger, C., Greimel, F., & Schmutz, S. (2018). River Hydrology, Flow Alteration, and Environmental Flow. In Riverine Ecosystem Management (pp. 67–89). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73250-3_4

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