Featured Collection Introduction: The Emerging Science of Aquatic System Connectivity II

Tracing hydrological connectivity

“…The development of innovative, multidisciplinary approaches and techniques for tracing hydrological connectivity is indispensable for generating new information on connectivity processes across multiple spatial and temporal scales (Abbott et al, 2016;Hannah et al, 2007;Smith et al, 2019;Tetzlaff et al, 2007;Wainwright et al, 2011). Thanks to the employment of novel techniques such as terrestrial diatoms and TIR imagery, some of the challenging aspects of investigating hydrological connectivity (described in the introduction of this thesis) have been further explored in this thesis.…”

“…incorporating knowledge and techniques from different disciplines) (Paton et al, 2019;Turnbull et al, 2018). During the last decade, several authors have emphasised the importance of interdisciplinary approaches -and of improving the dialogue between hydrologists and specialists of different disciplines -in order to further advance our understanding of hydrological connectivity (Cooper, 2010;Smith et al, 2019;Wainwright et al, 2011). More specifically, Wainwright et al (2011) suggested that we should focus on developing new interdisciplinary approaches able to obtain information about the system's structure (spatial variability) and functions (both spatial and temporal variability) simultaneously, in order to understand the dynamics of their connections.Even though interdisciplinary approaches have been identified as the way to go for tackling the still relevant issues related to the investigation of hydrological connectivity, the collection of interdisciplinary datasets is not so easy to achieve in practice.…”