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Resistance and resilience of stream metabolism to high flow disturbances
Brynn O'Donnell
Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Mixed Time-Scale Multi-dimensional Collaborative Dynamic Operational Framework for Integrated Water Resource Management T. Ren et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.6c00122
- Macroscale controls determine the recovery of river ecosystem productivity following flood disturbances H. Lowman et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2307065121
- Energy inputs imprint seasonality and fractal structure on river metabolic regimes Y. Shin et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10416
- Wildfire variably impacted stream water quality and gross primary production in adjacent, similarly burned, montane watersheds J. Reale et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2026.1779046
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- Emerging resilience metrics in an intensely managed ecological system N. Toumasis et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107151
- Episodic flooding causes sudden deoxygenation shocks in human-dominated rivers Y. Zhou et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62236-5
- Models of underlying autotrophic biomass dynamics fit to daily river ecosystem productivity estimates improve understanding of ecosystem disturbance and resilience J. Blaszczak et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14269
- Longitudinal propagation of aquatic disturbances following the largest wildfire recorded in New Mexico, USA J. Nichols et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51306-9
- Stream metabolism response to storm flow in urban watersheds near Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colorado A. Blinn et al. https://doi.org/10.1086/738247
- Drivers of stream metabolism in anthropogenically impacted tropical highland streams of Uganda F. Nansumbi et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2026.110203
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- Breathing storms: Enhanced ecosystem respiration during storms in a heterotrophic headwater stream C. Jativa et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-6411-2025
- Hypoxia is common in temperate headwaters and driven by hydrological extremes J. Diamond et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.109987
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A stream is defined by flowing water, but higher flow from storms is also a frequent disturbance. This paper tests how higher flow changes stream metabolism (respiration and photosynthesis, R and P). P was less resistant to changes in flow compared to R, and P took longer to recover from storms than R (2.2 versus 0.6 d). Further work on metabolic responses to flow disturbance is critical given projected increases in storms and the influence of higher flows on ecosystem health and functioning.
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