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Projections of streamflow intermittence under climate change in European drying river networks
UR RiverLy, INRAE, Villeurbanne, France
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
Flood Information Center, State Office for Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation, Jena, Germany
Alexandre Devers
UR RiverLy, INRAE, Villeurbanne, France
EDF-DTG, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France
Flora Branger
UR RiverLy, INRAE, Villeurbanne, France
Sven Kralisch
Flood Information Center, State Office for Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation, Jena, Germany
Claire Lauvernet
UR RiverLy, INRAE, Villeurbanne, France
Jean-Philippe Vidal
UR RiverLy, INRAE, Villeurbanne, France
Núria Bonada
Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM-Lab), Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Zoltán Csabai
Department of Hydrobiology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary
HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Debrecen, Hungary
Heikki Mykrä
Finnish Environment Institute, Nature Solutions, Oulu, Finland
Petr Pařil
Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
Luka Polović
Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Thibault Datry
UR RiverLy, INRAE, Villeurbanne, France
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- Temporal variability of average and low flows in Slovak rivers: A 90-year perspective P. Pekárová et al.
- Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrology of a Small Catchment: The Krapina River near Kupljenovo O. Bonacci et al.
- Flow-dependent microhabitat use by brown trout: insights from PIT telemetry L. Mignien et al.
- Valuing the benefits of river catchment management under changing climate in Finland V. Lehtoranta et al.
- Flow intermittence shapes the occupancy-frequency distribution of stream chironomid assemblages B. Boóz et al.
- Heat Resources of Rivers in the Odra River Basin as a Potential Element Implement for Sustainable Development in Poland M. Ptak et al.
- Spiders and beetles as biological indicators for the assessment of ecological quality of rivers in their dry phase: A multi-metric index approach J. Sánchez-Nogueras et al.
- Using low-cost water presence-absence sensors to assess the regime of headwater streams relevant to the development of aquatic life in the Canary Islands F. Gallart et al.
- Analysis of the Intermittent Characteristics of Streamflow in Taiwan X. Fang et al.
- Beyond pests: intermittent rivers as habitats for Thysanoptera and Scolytinae Z. Redžović et al.
- Macroinvertebrate responses to flow intermittence: when mesohabitat matters G. Burgazzi et al.
- Seasonal variability changes and trends in minimum discharge for Western Balkan rivers I. Leščešen et al.
- Long-term monitoring of hydrological dynamics and phytoplankton biomass indicator in three shellfish ecosystems of the English channel (2000–2024) J. Sosinski et al.
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Short summary
Our study projects how climate change will affect the drying of river segments and stream networks in Europe, using advanced modelling techniques to assess changes in six river networks across diverse ecoregions. We found that drying events will become more frequent and intense and will start earlier or last longer, potentially turning some river sections from perennial to intermittent. The results are valuable for river ecologists for evaluating the ecological health of river ecosystem.
Our study projects how climate change will affect the drying of river segments and stream...