Application of a New Species-Richness Based Flow Ecology Framework for Assessing Flow Reduction Effects on Aquatic Communities

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dc.contributor.authorRapp, Jennifer L.en
dc.contributor.authorBurgholzer, Roberten
dc.contributor.authorKleiner, Josephen
dc.contributor.authorScott, Durelle T.en
dc.contributor.authorPassero, Elaina M.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-08T14:10:33Zen
dc.date.available2020-12-08T14:10:33Zen
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.description.abstractWater-resources managers are challenged with maintaining a balance among beneficial uses throughout river networks and need robust means of assessing potential risks to aquatic life resulting from flow alterations. This study generated ecological limit functions from species-streamflow relations to quantify potential fish richness response to flow alteration and compared results to currently accepted streamflow management guidelines. Modeled responses of absolute richness change were watershed specific and varied among sample sets derived from hydrologic unit classifications of different sizes (large HUC 6 basins to regional scale HUC 8). With a 20% flow reduction, 10% of HUC 8 predicted a richness decrease in one or more taxa. While absolute richness change was consistent across streams within a HUC, percent richness change was stream size dependent. Comparisons with Instream Flow Incremental Methodology habitat models predicted habitat loss greater than percent richness change; however, predictions for habitat and richness decreased similarly as stream size decreased. Watershed-specific responses from flow reductions could allow water-resources management decisions to be made locally based on the predicted richness change for certain sized streams. Quantitative results highlight the utility of a richness-based framework for generating watershed-specific risk assessments that validate and inform currently employed water-resources management practices.en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12877en
dc.identifier.eissn1752-1688en
dc.identifier.issn1093-474Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/101042en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectrichnessen
dc.subjectecological limit function (ELF)en
dc.subjectwater-resources managementen
dc.subjectfishen
dc.subjecthabitaten
dc.subjectwithdrawalen
dc.subjectelfgenen
dc.titleApplication of a New Species-Richness Based Flow Ecology Framework for Assessing Flow Reduction Effects on Aquatic Communitiesen
dc.title.serialJournal of The American Water Resources Associationen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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