Socioeconomic Value(s) of Restoring Environmental Flows: Systematic Review and Guidance for Assessment
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DOI: 10.1002/rra.3074
Abstract: The preservation of instream flows entails multiple benefits not only for river ecosystems but also for human well-being. Benefits of marketed goods and services provided by water withdrawals such as irrigation, water supply and hydropower… read more here.
Keywords: river; environmental flows; value restoring; socioeconomic value ... See more keywords
Operationalizing the allocation of environmental flows: A U.K. perspective on Baxter's Schedule
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DOI: 10.1002/rra.3531
Abstract: Early attempts to gauge streams were used by George Baxter in 1961 to propose a pioneering scheme for deriving and allocating water for what today may be recognized as environmental flows in the United Kingdom,… read more here.
Keywords: water; environmental flows; water resources; allocation ... See more keywords
Compounding Effects of Agricultural Land Use and Water Use in Free-Flowing Rivers: Confounding Issues for Environmental Flows
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DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0836-1
Abstract: Defining the ecological impacts of water extraction from free-flowing river systems in altered landscapes is challenging as multiple stressors (e.g., flow regime alteration, increased sedimentation) may have simultaneous effects and attributing causality is problematic. This… read more here.
Keywords: agricultural land; use; water; environmental flows ... See more keywords
Comparison of infiltration rates in the dry riverbed of the Colorado River Delta during environmental flows
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.02.014
Abstract: Abstract Water has been over-allocated all over the world; natural rivers have been over-exploited and regulated to manage storage and distribute the water to thirsty cities and agricultural lands. The Colorado River is no exception… read more here.
Keywords: water; river; infiltration; environmental flows ... See more keywords
From an irrigation system to an ecological asset: adding environmental flows establishes recovery of a threatened fish species
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DOI: 10.1071/mf19197
Abstract: Worldwide, riverine fish are the target of environmental water because populations have declined in lotic river habitats following river regulation. Murray cod is an endangered Australian riverine fish with remaining populations associated with lotic river… read more here.
Keywords: environmental flows; fish species; irrigation; recovery ... See more keywords
The Contribution of Improvements in Irrigation Efficiency to Environmental Flows
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DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00048
Abstract: Increasing irrigation efficiency is often assumed to be a means of saving water and a route to increasing irrigated agricultural production or making water available for other purposes, such as communities, industry or ecosystems. There… read more here.
Keywords: irrigation; water; environmental flows; irrigation efficiency ... See more keywords
A Perspective on Training Methods Aimed at Building Local Capacity for the Assessment and Implementation of Environmental Flows in Rivers
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DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00125
Abstract: This paper describes the development and delivery of a global training programme for environmental flows in rivers. The programme was developed in South Africa, and formalised with WWF. It has been delivered at various levels… read more here.
Keywords: implementation; environmental flows; training; flows rivers ... See more keywords
Rethinking Environmental Flows for the Yellow River Estuary by Trading Off Crop Yield and Ecological Benefits
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DOI: 10.3390/agriculture11020116
Abstract: To solve the water use conflicts between agriculture and ecosystems in arid and semiarid areas, a multi-objective trade-off analysis method was applied to determine the environmental flows (e-flows) for the Yellow River Estuary, by considering… read more here.
Keywords: environmental flows; river estuary; water; yellow river ... See more keywords
Classifying Dams for Environmental Flow Implementation in China
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DOI: 10.3390/su12010107
Abstract: The implementation of environmental flows is of the utmost importance for ecosystem protection and restoration in dammed rivers. A key challenge in optimizing dam regulation is the uncertainty of the ecohydrology relationship between flow release… read more here.
Keywords: class includes; implementation; environmental flows; environmental flow ... See more keywords
Importance of considering riparian vegetation requirements for the long-term efficiency of environmental flows in aquatic microhabitats
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DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-5763-2017
Abstract: Abstract. Environmental flows remain biased toward the traditional biological group of fish species. Consequently, these flows ignore the inter-annual flow variability that rules species with longer lifecycles and therefore disregard the long-term perspective of the… read more here.
Keywords: long term; environmental flows; vegetation; riparian vegetation ... See more keywords