Abstract

MARTINEZ VALDES, Yaset  and  VILLALEJO GARCIA, Víctor Michel. Ecohydrology-Ecohydraulics: key concepts for the integrated management of water resources. riha [online]. 2019, vol.40, n.2, pp.95-109. ISSN 1680-0338.

Ecohydrology is a new integrating science that involves research at the interface between hydrological and ecological sciences, focusing on the interaction between hydrology and biota. It proposes a new approach methodology for sustainable water management based on scientific evidence from both disciplinary fields. Meanwhile, ecohydraulic as a subfield of this, which studies the links between physical processes, the hydraulic variables that determine the aquatic habitat and the ecological responses of the fluvial ecosystem to natural and/or anthropogenic disturbances. Ecohydrology acts as an acceleration factor for the transition from descriptive ecology, restrictive conservation and excessive management of aquatic ecosystems, towards analytical/functional ecology and the management and creative conservation of freshwater with a holistic vision.

Keywords : ecohydraulics; ecohydrology; integrated management; water resources.

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