Abstract:The world's large river systems are under increasing stress to support growing populations and economies. Balancing inevitable fluvial alteration with protections of river ecosystems will require awareness of lessons learned in big river systems where system‐scale alterations have already occurred. In 1985, the Interior Least Tern (Sternula antillarum; terns) was listed as endangered, citing “alteration of natural river dynamics” as cause for population declines. We refer to this as the “fluvial alteration hyp… Show more
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