Environmental Flow Management

Environmental Flow Management is the systematic allocation and regulation of water flows within freshwater systems to maintain or restore the ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems while accommodating human water demands, distinguished from other water management practices by its foundational objective of sustaining ecosystem functionality and biodiversity.

264

Publications

18.5K

Citations

845

Authors

379

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Environmental Flow Requirements

Parents

Freshwater ConservationIntegrated Water Resources ManagementReservoir OperationsRiver Basin ManagementWater Resource Management

Children

Aquatic Habitat ModelingBasin Flow PlanningBuilding Block MethodologyEnvironmental Flow TargetsFish Passage Flow NeedsHolistic Environmental Flow AssessmentIndex Of Hydrologic AlterationRange Of Variability ApproachRiparian Flow NeedsSmoothed Perturbed Flow Approach

Publications

264

A global perspective on environmental flow assessment: emerging trends in the development and application of environmental flow methodologies for rivers

Rebecca E. Tharme · River Research and Applications · 2003 · 1.6K citations

Natural Resources, Environmental Sciences, Hydrology +10

The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

N. LeRoy Poff, Brian D. Richter, Angela H. Arthington et al. · Freshwater Biology · 2009 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Hydrology, Water Resources Management +17

Incorporating thermal regimes into environmental flows assessments: modifying dam operations to restore freshwater ecosystem integrity

Julian D. Olden, Robert J. Naiman · Freshwater Biology · 2009 · 959 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences +17

Classification of natural flow regimes in Australia to support environmental flow management

Mark J. Kennard, Bradley J. Pusey, Julian D. Olden et al. · Freshwater Biology · 2009 · 525 citations

Natural Resources, Ecology, Water Resources Management +17

The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018)

Angela H. Arthington, Anik Bhaduri, Stuart E. Bunn et al. · Frontiers in Environmental Science · 2018 · 452 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, Water Resources Management +11

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Authors

845

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J. Angus Webb
The University of Melbourne, Australia
14 publications · 788 citations
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Angela H. Arthington
Griffith University, Australia
14 publications · 3.6K citations
14
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MJ
Michael J. Stewardson
The University of Melbourne, Australia
12 publications · 397 citations
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AH
Avril Horne
The University of Melbourne, Australia
10 publications · 783 citations
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BD
Brian D. Richter
The Nature Conservancy, United States
10 publications · 3.5K citations
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1–5 of 845

Institutions

379

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Venues

River Research and Applications
21 publications · 3.9K citations
18
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Frontiers in Environmental Science
16 publications · 951 citations
14
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Freshwater Biology
12 publications · 4.1K citations
12
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Environmental Management
11 publications · 402 citations
11
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Hydrological Sciences Journal
10 publications · 398 citations
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