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The 1000 intermittent rivers project (IRES)

Basic data for this project

Type of project: Own resources project
Duration at the University of Münster: since 01/07/2015

Description

Keywords: intermittent rivers; ephemeral streams; dry stream bed; organic material accumulation; downstream water pulses; CO2 release
Website of the project: http://1000_intermittent_rivers_project.irstea.fr/

Project management at the University of Münster

Meyer, Elisabeth Irmgard
Department of Limnology

Project partners outside the University of Münster

  • National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA)France
  • Oregon State University (OSU)United States
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)United States
  • National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)New Zealand
  • Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom
  • Texas A&M University (TAMU)United States
  • Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)Germany

Publications of the University of Münster resulting from the project

Broad-scale patterns of invertebrate richness and community composition in temporary rivers: effects of flow intermittence
Datry T, Larned, ST, Fritz, KM, Bogan, MT, Wood, PJ, Meyer, EI, Santos, A.N. (2014)
In: Ecography, 37, 97-104. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00287.x
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published