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Flow Variability

Flow Variability is a hydrological characteristic that describes the temporal fluctuations in river discharge, distinguishing it from static or average flow measures by quantifying the natural or altered variations in water volume over time.

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Adaptation to natural flow regimes

David A. Lytle, N. LeRoy Poff · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2003 · 1.8K citations

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How much water does a river need?

Brian D. Richter, Jeffrey V. Baumgartner, Robert Wigington et al. · Freshwater Biology · 1997 · 1.6K citations

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Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean

Bruce J. Peterson, R. M. Holmes, J. W. McClelland et al. · Science · 2002 · 1.5K citations

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Detection of hydrologic trends and variability

Donald H. Burn, Mohamed A. Hag Elnur · Journal of Hydrology · 2002 · 1.2K citations

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Implications of Streamflow Variability and Predictability for Lotic Community Structure: A Regional Analysis of Streamflow Patterns

N. LeRoy Poff, J. V. Ward · Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 1989 · 1.2K citations

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    Chong‐Yu Xu

    University of Oslo, Norway

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Gianluca Botter

    University of Padua, Italy

    15 publications · 840 citations

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    David M. Hannah

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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    Gil Mahé

    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

    12 publications · 1K citations

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    Dariusz Wrzesiński

    Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

    12 publications · 317 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    46 h-index

    262 publications

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  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

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    145 publications

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  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    37 h-index

    190 publications

    11.2K citations

  4. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    27 h-index

    101 publications

    5.6K citations

  5. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering

    Nanjing, China

    25 h-index

    121 publications

    7.9K citations

  6. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

    Wallingford, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    65 publications

    5.5K citations

  7. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

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    42 publications

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  8. Hohai University

    Nanjing, China

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    117 publications

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  1. Journal of Hydrology

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  2. Water Resources Research

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  3. Hydrological Processes

    119 publications · 7.3K citations

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  4. Hydrology and earth system sciences

    57 publications · 5K citations

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  5. Hydrological Sciences Journal

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