J. Rubio-Ríos

Leakage from Traditional Irrigation Systems and Groundwater Upwelling Buffer the Impact of Heavy Streamflow Diversion on Benthic Biodiversity

Headwater streams are biodiversity-rich yet highly vulnerable ecosystems, especially in Mediterranean mountain regions where hydrological regimes are increasingly altered by irrigation and climate change. We assessed the effects of flow reduction by traditional irrigation weirs on benthic macroinvertebrate communities...