Linkages between flow regime, biota, and ecosystem processes: Implications for river restoration

Margaret A. Palmer1, Albert Ruhí2
1National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland, Annapolis, MD 21401, USA.
2Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

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River restoration guided by research Human activities have altered the flow regimes of many of Earth's rivers, with negative impacts on biodiversity, water quality, and ecological processes. In a Review, Palmer and Ruhi explain how restoration designs now attempt to mimic ecologically important aspects of natural flow regimes, guided by insights into how variations in flow affect biota and ecosystem processes. To be successful, such efforts must go beyond accounting for flood pulses to restore natural flow variability and achieve hydrological connectivity between a river and its surroundings. Science , this issue p. eaaw2087

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