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Hydrological classification of natural flow regimes to support environmental flow assessments in intensively regulated Mediterranean rivers, Segura River Basin (Spain)

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dc.contributor.author Belmar, Oscar es_ES
dc.contributor.author Velasco, Josefa es_ES
dc.contributor.author Martinez-Capel, Francisco es_ES
dc.date.accessioned 2013-11-08T10:01:40Z
dc.date.issued 2011-03-26
dc.identifier.issn 0364-152X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10251/33325
dc.description The final publication is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00267-011-9661-0 es_ES
dc.description.abstract Hydrological classification constitutes the first step of a new holistic framework for developing regional environmental flow criteria: the "Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration (ELOHA)". The aim of this study was to develop a classification for 390 stream sections of the Segura River Basin based on 73 hydrological indices that characterize their natural flow regimes. The hydrological indices were calculated with 25 years of natural monthly flows (1980/81-2005/06) derived from a rainfall-runoff model developed by the Spanish Ministry of Environment and Public Works. These indices included, at a monthly or annual basis, measures of duration of droughts and central tendency and dispersion of flow magnitude (average, low and high flow conditions). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) indicated high redundancy among most hydrological indices, as well as two gradients: flow magnitude for mainstream rivers and temporal variability for tributary streams. A classification with eight flow-regime classes was chosen as the most easily interpretable in the Segura River Basin, which was supported by ANOSIM analyses. These classes can be simplified in 4 broader groups, with different seasonal discharge pattern: large rivers, perennial stable streams, perennial seasonal streams and intermittent and ephemeral streams. They showed a high degree of spatial cohesion, following a gradient associated with climatic aridity from NW to SE, and were well defined in terms of the fundamental variables in Mediterranean streams: magnitude and temporal variability of flows. Therefore, this classification is a fundamental tool to support water management and planning in the Segura River Basin. Future research will allow us to study the flow alteration-ecological response relationship for each river type, and set the basis to design scientifically credible environmental flows following the ELOHA framework. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. es_ES
dc.description.sponsorship We wish to thank the University of Murcia for its financial support to Oscar Belmar by means of a pre-doctoral grant, the Euromediterranean Institute of Water for its support to the project "Hydrological classification of the rivers and streams in the Segura Basin and associated macroinvertebrate communities", the Hydrographic Confederation of the Segura for providing the SIMPA model and Ton Snelder and Matias Peredo-Parada for their valuable feedback on early drafts of this article. en_EN
dc.language Español es_ES
dc.publisher Springer Verlag (Germany) es_ES
dc.relation.ispartof Environmental Management es_ES
dc.rights Reserva de todos los derechos es_ES
dc.subject Drought es_ES
dc.subject Ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA) es_ES
dc.subject Environmental flows es_ES
dc.subject Intermittent streams es_ES
dc.subject Modelled monthly flows es_ES
dc.subject Regulated Mediterranean rivers es_ES
dc.subject Temporal variability es_ES
dc.subject Environmental flow es_ES
dc.subject Mediterranean rivers es_ES
dc.subject Monthly flow es_ES
dc.subject Ecology es_ES
dc.subject Planning es_ES
dc.subject Principal component analysis es_ES
dc.subject Public works es_ES
dc.subject Rain es_ES
dc.subject Runoff es_ES
dc.subject Water management es_ES
dc.subject Watersheds es_ES
dc.subject Rivers es_ES
dc.subject Environmental assessment es_ES
dc.subject Flow modeling es_ES
dc.subject Hydrological modeling es_ES
dc.subject Rainfall-runoff modeling es_ES
dc.subject Streamflow es_ES
dc.subject Water planning es_ES
dc.subject Article es_ES
dc.subject Classification es_ES
dc.subject Controlled study es_ES
dc.subject Environmental planning es_ES
dc.subject Hydrology es_ES
dc.subject River basin es_ES
dc.subject Seasonal variation es_ES
dc.subject Spain es_ES
dc.subject Stream (river) es_ES
dc.subject Water flow es_ES
dc.subject Environmental Monitoring es_ES
dc.subject Mediterranean Region es_ES
dc.subject Water Movements es_ES
dc.subject Segura Basin es_ES
dc.subject.classification TECNOLOGIA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE es_ES
dc.title Hydrological classification of natural flow regimes to support environmental flow assessments in intensively regulated Mediterranean rivers, Segura River Basin (Spain) es_ES
dc.type Artículo es_ES
dc.embargo.lift 10000-01-01
dc.embargo.terms forever es_ES
dc.identifier.doi 10.1007/s00267-011-9661-0
dc.rights.accessRights Abierto es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente - Departament d'Enginyeria Hidràulica i Medi Ambient es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integral de Zonas Costeras - Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integral de Zones Costaneres es_ES
dc.description.bibliographicCitation Belmar, O.; Velasco, J.; Martinez-Capel, F. (2011). Hydrological classification of natural flow regimes to support environmental flow assessments in intensively regulated Mediterranean rivers, Segura River Basin (Spain). Environmental Management. 47(5):992-1004. doi:10.1007/s00267-011-9661-0 es_ES
dc.description.accrualMethod S es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversion http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00267-011-9661-0 es_ES
dc.description.upvformatpinicio 992 es_ES
dc.description.upvformatpfin 1004 es_ES
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion es_ES
dc.description.volume 47 es_ES
dc.description.issue 5 es_ES
dc.relation.senia 198832
dc.contributor.funder Fundación Instituto Euromediterráneo del Agua es_ES
dc.contributor.funder Universidad de Murcia es_ES
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