Retos y oportunidades para la evaluación del estado ecológico en ríos temporales

  1. Núria Bonada
  2. María Mar Sánchez Montoya
  3. Núria Cid
  4. Raúl Acosta
  5. María Isabel Arce
  6. Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles
  7. David Cunillera-Montcusí
  8. Paloma de las Heras
  9. María Díaz-Redondo
  10. Zeynep Ersoy
  11. José María Fernández-Calero
  12. Núria Flor Arnau
  13. Pau Fortuño
  14. Zeus Freixinos
  15. Joan Gomà
  16. Antonio López-Pintor
  17. Manuel Jesús López-Rodríguez
  18. Nieves López-Rodríguez
  19. Andrés Mellado-Díaz
  20. Jesús Miñano-Martínez
  21. Felipe Morcillo
  22. Antoni Munné
  23. Marc Ordeix
  24. Martí Piñero-Fernández
  25. Guillermo Quevedo-Ortiz
  26. Neftalí Roblas
  27. Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano
  28. José Vicente Rovira
  29. Carlota Sánchez-Campaña
  30. Judit Sánchez-Nogueras
  31. Maria Soria
  32. María Luisa Suárez Alonso
  33. José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa
  34. María del Rosario Vidal-Abarca
  35. Dolors Vinyoles
  36. Francesc Gallart
  37. Narcís Prat
  38. Show all authors +
Journal:
Ecosistemas: Revista científica y técnica de ecología y medio ambiente

ISSN: 1697-2473

Year of publication: 2024

Issue Title: Biodiversidad y funcionamiento de los ríos intermitentes: retos en un contexto de cambio global

Volume: 33

Issue: 1

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7818/ECOS.2655 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Temporary rivers (TRs) are stream ecosystems in which the effects of anthropogenic disturbances are mixed with the effects of the natural disturbance imposed by flow intermittence. Despite the advances in TRs research, many gaps persist that limit the development of appropriate methodologies for the assessment of the ecological status. In this review, we identify the current challenges for the assessment of the ecological status of TRs and analyze the existing opportunities to address these challenges. These challenges focus on: the differentiation between natural and hydrologically impacted TRs, the differentiation between natural and anthropogenic disturbances, the development of biological indices for disconnected pools and dry riverbeds, the adaptation of hydrogeomorphological indices, and the application of the metacommunity theory in TRs. The opportunities are related to: the use of molecular tools, the existence of alternative indices to the traditional ones, the availability of data to be able to do modeling, and the social implication in the assessment of the hydrological and ecological status. The review focuses mainly on the scientific and management knowledge accumulated since the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Spain but gathers experiences from TRs around the world to guide conservation and management actions in these unique ecosystems highly threatened by global change.