Hydrological alteration and biodiversity change along the river network caused by anthropogenic activities and climate variability

作     者：Farshid Zolfagharpour Bahram Saghafian Majid Delavar Farshid Zolfagharpour;Bahram Saghafian;Majid Delavar

作者机构：Department of Civil EngineeringScience and Research BranchIslamic Azad UniversityTehranIran Department of Water Resources EngineeringTarbiat Modares UniversityTehranIran 

出 版 物：《Ecological Processes》 (生态过程（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第11卷第1期

页      面：189-205页

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学科分类：07[理学] 070601[理学-气象学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

基　　金：Isfahan Water Authority and Isfahan Department of Environment 

主　　题：Eco-flow Shannon diversity index Human activity Indicators of hydrologic alteration Natural flow regime Range of variability Zayandeh-Rud River 

摘      要：Background:Population growth and intensified human activities in conjunction with climate variability continue to affect the hydrologic cycle,aquatic and terrestrial flora and *** this regard,understanding interactions among ecosystem functions,impacts of anthropogenic interventions and those of climate variability is vital for projecting future ecosystem responses to human activities and climate *** objectives of this study are to determine the ecological flow state via eco-flow index based on discharge hydrograph,to model the ecological diversity through the Shannon diversity index,and to assess the degree of hydrologic alteration using indicators of hydrologic alteration and range of variability approach in six hydrometric stations along the Zayandeh-Rud River in central *** river drains into Gavkhuni ***,the streamflow-induced potential changes for Capoeta damascina(a cyprinid fish species of the genus Capoeta),Petroleuciscus esfahani(a small cyprinid fish)and Aphanius isfahanensis(a Cyprinodontid fish)are *** outcome is expected to assist managers with understanding the effects of anthropogenic activities and climate variability on Gavkhuni aquatic ecosystems so that management options that enhance species resilience and adaptability are ***:Human activities,a primary factor influencing the natural flow regime,caused a significant increase in the minimum flow,July to March streamflow,low pulse number,and the number of reversals in most studied *** the contrary,some other hydrologic indices declined in *** impoundment,the most prominent factor among human interventions,resulted in an overall alteration degree of 74.8%in *** variability impacted the natural flow regime in the range of low degree hydrologic alteration(27.3%).In addition,the biodiversity of the study basin,as modeled by the Shannon diversity index,had strong relevance to the annual eco-surplus and was more sensitive