| Authors | Monica Bardina, Francesco Comiti, Thibault Datry, Joan Estrany, Francesc Gallart, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Didac Jorda-Capdevila, Claire Magand, Antoni Munné, Avi Uzan, Paolo Vezza |
| Text | 429218 2020 10.5281/zenodo.3888474 Intermittent rivers ephemeral streams environmental flow watershed management hydrological methods Environmental flows assessment and implementation in IRES Monica Bardina, Francesco Comiti, Thibault Datry, Joan Estrany, Francesc Gallart, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Didac Jorda Capdevila, Claire Magand, Antoni Munne, Avi Uzan, Paolo Vezza Catalan Water Agency ACA . Catalan Government, Barcelona, Spain; Faculty of Science and Technology. Free University of Bozen Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment INRAE . Department of Waters Lyon, France; Physical and geography Department. Balearic Island University. Spain; Surface Hydrology and Erosion group, Freshwater Ecology Hydrology and Management FEHM . University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain; Water Research Institute National Research Council IRSA CNR , Bari, Italy; Catalan Institute for Water Research ICRA , Girona, Spain. French Biodiversity Agency, Research Department, Vincennes, France; Catalan Water Agency ACA . Catalan Government, Barcelona, Spain.; Israel Nature Parks Authority. Israel.; Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering. Politecnico di Torino. Torino, Italy. Intermittent rivers and Ephemeral Streams IRES are river water bodies characterised by temporary flow. Intermittent streams may dry up for some period of time within the year, while ephemeral streams flow only for a small period, usually after rainfall events. Such systems are widespread throughout the world. Intermittence of IRES is characterised by high variability, both in space and time, and can be caused by different reasons, naturally or artificially i.e. dry conditions, freezing of streams, small catchments, water abstraction etc. The purpose of this handbook is to help water managers to understand the natural processes prevailing in IRES and the importance of this type of streams for biodiversity, but also for local communities. Since it is widely accepted that this type of system has been up to recently neglected, the transfer of knowledge from scientists to water managers for better understanding IRES and the provision of tools for managing them in the best possible way, is considered crucial for their preservation. Furthermore, water authorities need to revise their River Basin Management Plans RBMPs in six year cycles according to the Water Framework Directive WFD , in which methods to assess ecological status for temporary rivers and suitable measures to protect and/or enhance them will be required. Published version https //zenodo.org/record/3888474#.X004PsgzbIU Capitolo Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral streams What water managers need to know Handbook handbook_smires_vf.pdf Contributo in volume annamaria.degirolamo DE GIROLAMO ANNA MARIA |
