Publications

2026

Saffarinia, P., Hobbs, J.A., Carlson, S.M. & A. Ruhí (2026).Time-varying flow-ecology relationships for an endangered fish population: Longfin Smelt in the San Francisco Estuary. Ecological Applications, 36:e70178.

Malish, M.C., Cook, S.C., Perez Rocha, M., Ruhí, A., Bogan, M.T., Neeson, T.M. & D.C. Allen (2026). Temporal community change in stream ecosystems varies by assemblage across US climates. Functional Ecology, in press. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70243.

2025

Mohammadi, R., Dawson, T.E., Tiedeman, C.R., Stella, J.C. & A. Ruhí (2025).Groundwater and remotely sensed phenology reveal vulnerability of riparian trees to drought. Global Change Biology, 31(10): p.e70564.

Malish, M.C., Gao, S., Allen, D.C., Mims, M.M., Ruhí, A., Bogan, M.T., Shogren, A.J., Atkinson, C.L., Hong, Y. & T. M. Neeson (2025). Aridity drives streamflow, network connectivity, and climate change impacts in non-perennial stream networks. Ecohydrology, 18:e70155

Fournier, R.J., Marino, T.C., Carlson, S.M. & A. Ruhí (2025). Phenology-informed decline risk of estuarine fishes and their prey suggests potential for future trophic mismatches. Ecological Applications, 35(7):p.e70130.

Leathers, K.W., Herbst, D., Bogan, M.T. Jeliazkov, G. & A. Ruhí (2025). Ecological pathways connecting riverine drought to community change across space and time. Ecological Monographs 95(3):e70035.

Moravek, J., Brashares, J., Girotto, M., Spivak, R., Kerr, A., Molod, A., Feirer, S., Johnson, R., Getirana, A., Fairfax, E. & A. Ruhí (2025).Maximizing the potential benefits of beaver restoration for fire resilience and water storage. Ecological Applications, 35(7):p.e70102.

Pagliaro, M.D., De La Cruz, S.E.W., Woo, I., Sousa, J., Rich, N., Grimaldo, L., Colombano, D. & A. Ruhí (2025). Does tidal marsh restoration lead to the recovery of trophic pathways that support estuarine fishes? Ecological Applications, 35(7):e70110.

Evangelista, C., Leathers, K., Buoro, B., Tronel, T., Carlson, S.M. & A. Ruhi (2025).Prolonged low flows and non-native fish operate additively to alter insect emergence in mountain streams. Limnology & Oceanography, 70(S2): S377-S391, 

Cowell, A., Leathers, K., De Mendoza, G., Dwyer, G., Herbst, D. & A. Ruhi (2025).Experimentally-induced low flows reveal climate change may shrink trophic niches of mountain stream predators. Freshwater Science, 44(3):330-346.

Smits, A.P, Hall, E.,  Deemer, B.R., Scordo, F., Barbosa, C.C., Carlson, S.M., Cawley, K., Grossart, H.P., Kelly, P., Mammola, S., Pintar, M.R., Robbins, C.J., Ruhi, A. & M. Saccò (2025). Too much and not enough data: Challenges and solutions for generating information in freshwater research and monitoring. Ecosphere, 16(3):e70205.

al-Jamal, A., Ruhi, A., Mohammadi, R.M., Bogan, M.T. & R.J. Fournier. Aquatic top predator prefers terrestrial prey in an intermittent stream. Ecology, 106 (1), e4518.

2024

Fournier, R.J., Colombano, D.D., Latour, R.J., Carlson, S.M. & A. Ruhi. Long-term data reveal widespread phenological change across major US estuarine food webs. Ecology Letters, 27(12): e14441.

Anadón, J. D., Piñeiro, O., Ruhi, A.,  Hornstein, J.  & J. R. Waldman (2024). Decoupled shifts of dominant and rarer fish species as a response to warming and extreme events in a large estuaryEcosphere, 15 (7), e4876.

Leathers, K., Herbst. D., de Mendoza, G., Doerschlag, G. & A. Ruhi (2024). Climate change is poised to alter mountain stream ecosystem processes via organismal phenological shiftsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 121(14):e2310513121. [media coverage]

Moravek, J., Soto, T., Brashares, J. & A. Ruhi (2024). Restored off-channel pond habitats create thermal regime diversity and refuges within a Mediterranean-climate watershedRestoration Ecology, 32(4), p.e14110.

Siqueira, T., Hawkins, C., Olden, J., […*] & A. Ruhi (2024). Understanding temporal variability across trophic levels and spatial scales in freshwater ecosystemsEcology, 105(2):e4219. *26 additional coauthors.

Carlson, S.M., Ruhi, A., Bogan, M.T., Wölfle Hazard, C., Ayers, J., Grantham, T.E., Batalla, R.J. & C. Garcia (2024). Losing flow in free-flowing, Mediterranean-climate streams. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environmentp.e2737.

Gill, B.A., Allen, D.C., Mims, M.C. Neeson, T.M., Ruhi A., […*] & M. T. Bogan (2024). Combined benthic and stream edge sampling better represent macroinvertebrate assemblages than benthic sampling alone along an aridity gradient. Limnology & Oceanography Methods, 22(4):208-216. *14 additional coauthors.

Fernández-Calero, J.M., Cunillera-Montcusí, D., Hermoso, V. Quevedo-Ortiz, G. Fortuño, P., Acosta, R., Gomà, J., Cid, N., Vinyoles, D., Ruhí, A., Cañedo-Argüelles, M. & Núria Bonada (2024). Integrating spatiotemporal hydrological connectivity into conservation planning to protect temporary riversAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(3):e4139.

Saccò, M., Mammola, S., Altermatt, F. […]*, Ruhi, A., Marthe M. Gagnon, M., Allentoft, M.E. & R. Reinecke (2024). Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 30(1):e17066. *44 additional coauthors. [media coverage].

2023

Tu, T., Comte, L. & A. Ruhi (2023). The color of environmental noise in river networksNature Communications, 14:1728.

Fournier, R., de Mendoza, G., Sarremejane, R. & A. Ruhi (2023). Isolation controls reestablishment mechanisms and post-drying community structure in an intermittent streamEcology, 104(2):e3911.

Leathers, K., Herbst, D., Safeeq, M. & A. Ruhi (2023). Dynamic, downstream-propagating thermal vulnerability in a mountain stream network: implications for biodiversity in the face of climate changeLimnology and Oceanography, 68(S1): 101-114.

Pak, N., Colombano D.D., Greiner, T., Hobbs, J.A., Carlson, S.M. & A.Ruhi (2023). Disentangling abiotic and biotic controls of Pacific herring population stability across the San Francisco EstuaryEcosphere, 14(5): e4440. [media coverage]

Chalise, D.R., Sankarasubramanian, A., Olden, J.D. & A. Ruhi (2023). Spectral signatures of flow regime alteration by dams across the United States. Earth’s Future11(2):e2022EF003078.

Baruch, E.M., Harms, T.K., Ruhi, A., Lu, M., Gaines-Sewell, L. & J.L. Sabo (2023). Food web efficiency in desert streamsLimnology & Oceanography, 68(3): 723-734.

Carvajal-Quintero, J., Comte, L., Giam, X., Olden, J.D., Brose, U., Eros, T., Filipe, A.F., Fortin, M.J., Irving, K., Jacquet, C., Larsen, S., Ruhi, A., Sharma, S., Villalobos, F. & P.A. Tedesco (2023). Scale of population synchrony confirms macroecological estimates of minimum viable range size.
Ecology Letters, 26(2): 291-301.

Sanchez-Montoya, M.M., Datry, T., Ruhi, A., Carlson, S.M., Corti, R. & K. Tockner (2023). Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams are pivotal corridors for aquatic and terrestrial animals. BioScience, 73(4): 291–301.

2022

Ruhi, A., Hwang, J., Devineni, N., Mukhopadhyay, S., Kumar, H., Comte, L., Worland, S. &  A. Sankarasubramanian (2022). How does flow alteration propagate across a large, highly-regulated basin? Dam attributes, network context, and implications for biodiversityEarth’s Future, 10(6): e2021EF002490.

Colombano, D., Carlson, S.M., Hobbs, J. & A. Ruhi (2022). Four decades of climatic fluctuations and fish recruitment stability across a marine-freshwater gradientGlobal Change Biology, 28(17): 5104-5120.

Baruch, E.M., Ruhi, A., Harms, T.K. & J.L. Sabo (2022). Flow variation at multiple scales filters fish life histories and constrains community diversity in desert streamsEcosphere, 13(6):e4086.

Mor, J.R, Muñoz, I., Sabater, S., Zamora, L. & A. Ruhi (2022). Energy limitation or sensitive predators? Trophic and non-trophic impacts of wastewater pollution on stream food websEcology, 103(2): e03587.

Benito. X ., Luethje, M., Schneider, T., Fritz, S.C., Baker, P., Pedersen, E., Gauzere, P., Nascimiento, M., Bush, M. & A. Ruhi (2022). Ecological resilience in tropical Andean lakes: a paleolimnological perspectiveLimnology & Oceanography, 67:S23–S37.

2021

Comte, L., Grantham, T. & A. Ruhi (2021). Human stabilization of river flows is linked with fish invasions across the United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(3):725–737.

Sarremejane, R., Stubbington, R., England, E., Sefton, C.E.M., Eastman, M., Parry, S. & A. Ruhi (2021). Drought effects on invertebrate metapopulation dynamics and quasi-extinction risk in an intermittent river networkGlobal Change Biology, 27(17):4024–4039.

Vander Vorste, R, Stubbington, R., Acuña, V., Bogan, M.T., Bonada, N., Cid. N., Datry, T., Storey, R., Wood, P.J. & A. Ruhi (2021). Climatic aridity increases temporal nestedness of invertebrate communities in naturally drying riversEcography, 44(6):860-869.

Chalise, D.R., Sankarasubramanian, A. & A. Ruhi (2021). Dams and climate interact to alter river flow regimes across the United StatesEarth’s Future, 9(4), p.e2020EF001816.

Hwang, J., Kumar, H., Ruhi, A., Sankarasubramanian, A. and Devineni, N., 2021. Quantifying dam‐induced fluctuations in streamflow frequencies across the Colorado River BasinWater Resources Research, 57(10):p.e2021WR029753.

Comte, L., et al.* (2021). RivFishTIME: A global database of fish time-series to study global change ecology in riverine systems. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(1):38-50. [*more than 30 co‑authors].

Comte, L., Olden, J.D., Tedesco, P., Ruhi, A & X. Giam (2021). Climate and land-use changes interact to drive long-term reorganization of riverine fish communities globallyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 118(27):118 (27) e2011639118.

Larsen, L., Comte L., Filipe A.F., Fortin M.-J., Jacquet C., Remo Ryser, Tedesco P.A., Brose U., Erős T., Giam X., Irving K., Ruhi A., Sharma S., Olden J.D (2021). The geography of metapopulation synchrony in dendritic river networksEcology Letters, 24:791–801.

Patrick, C.J., McCluney, K.E., Ruhi, A., Gregory, A., Sabo, J. & J.H. Thorp (2021). Multi-scale biodiversity drives temporal variability in macrosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(1):47-56.

2020

Sanchez-Montoya, M., Tockner, K., von Schiller, D., Miñano, J., Catarineu, C., Lencina, J.L., Gonzalez-Barbera, G. &. A. Ruhi (2020). Dynamics of ground-dwelling arthropod metacommunities in intermittent streams: the key role of dry riverbeds. Biological Conservation, 241:108328.

Allen, D., Datry, T., Boersma, K., Bogan, M., Boulton, A.J., Bruno, D., Busch, M., Costigan, K., Dodds, W.K., Fritz, K., Godsey, S.E., Jones, J.B., Kaletova, T., Kampf, S.K., Mims, M.C., Neeson, T.M., Olden, J.D., Pastor, A.V., Poff, N.L. Ruddell, B.L., Ruhi, A., Singer, G., Vezza, P., Ward, A.S. & M. Zimmer (2020).  River ecosystem conceptual models and non-perennial rivers: A critical reviewWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 7(5):e1473.

Erős, T., Comte, L., Filipe, A.F., Ruhi, A., Tedesco, P.A., Brose, U. Fortin, M.J., Giam, X., Irving, K., Jacquet, C., Larsen, S., Sharma, S. & J.D. Olden (2020). Effects of nonnative species on the stability of riverine fish communitiesEcography, 43(8): 1156-1166.

2019

Palmer, M*. & A. Ruhi* (2019) [*equal contribution]. Linkages between flow regime, biota, and ecosystem processes: implications for river restorationScience, 365(6459):eaaw2087.

Anderson, E.P., Jackson, S., Tharme, R.E., Douglas, M., Flotemersch, J.E., Zwarteveen, M., Lokgariwar, C., Montoya, M., Wali, A., Tipa, G.T. Jardine, T.D., Olden, J.D., Cheng, L., Conallin, J., Cosens, B., Dickens, C., Garrick, D., Groenfeldt, D., Kabogo, J., Roux, D., Ruhi, A. & A.H. Arthington (2019). Understanding rivers and their social relations: A critical step to advance environmental water managementWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 6(6):e1381.

Tonkin, J.D., Poff, N.L., Bond, N.R., Horne, A., Merritt, D.M., Reynolds, L.V., Olden, J.D., Ruhi, A. & Lytle, D.A., 2019. Prepare river ecosystems for an uncertain futureNature, 570(7761):301.

Sabo, J.L., Holtgrieve, G.W., Ruhi, A., Arias, M.E., Ngor, P.B., Elliott, V., Räsänen, T.A. & S. Nam (2019). Response to Comment on “Designing river flows to improve food security futures in the Lower Mekong Basin”Science, 364(6444):eaav9887.

Ruhi, A., Cross, W., Catford, J., Escoriza, D. & J.D. Olden (2019). Understanding the nexus between hydrological alteration and biological invasions. In: Sabater, S., Elosegi, A. & R. Ludwig (Eds), Multiple Stressors in River EcosystemsElsevier.

2018

Ruhi, A., Messager, M. & J.D. Olden (2018). Tracking the pulse of the Earth’s fresh watersNature Sustainability, 1(4):198–203.

Ruhi, A., Dong, X., Holt, C., Batzer, D.P. & J.L. Sabo (2018). Detrimental effects of a novel flow regime on the functional trajectory of an aquatic invertebrate metacommunity. Global Change Biology, 24(8):3749-3765.

Palmer, M. & A. Ruhi (2018). Measuring Earth’s riversScience, 361(6402):546-547.

Holtgrieve, G.W., Arias, M.E., Ruhi, A., Elliott, V., Nam, S., Ngor, P.B., Räsänen, T.A.  & J.L. Sabo (2018). Response to Comments on “Designing river flows to improve food security futures in the Lower Mekong Basin”Science, 361(6398):p.eaat1477.

Sabo, J.L., Caron, M., Doucett, R., Dibble, K., Ruhi, A., Marks, J.C., Hungate, B & T.A. Kennedy (2018). Pulsed flows, tributary inputs, and food-web structure in a highly regulated riverJournal of Applied Ecology, 55(4):1884-1895.

Kominoski, J.S., Ruhi, A., Hagler, M.M., Petersen, K., Sabo, J.L., Sinha, T., Arumugam, S. & J.D. Olden (2018). Patterns and drivers of fish extirpations in rivers of the American Southwest and Southeast. Global Change Biology, 24(3):1175–1185.

Mor, J.R., Ruhi, A., Muñoz, I., Tornés, E., Acuña, V., & S. Sabater (2018). Dam regulation and riverine food-web structure in a Mediterranean riverScience of the Total Environment, 625:301-310.

2017 and older

Ruhi, A., Datry, T. & J.L. Sabo (2017). Interpreting beta diversity components over time to conserve metacommunities in highly-dynamic ecosystemsConservation Biology, 31(6):1459-1468.

Acuña, V., Hunter, M. & A. Ruhi (2017). Managing temporary streams and rivers as unique rather than second-class ecosystemsBiological Conservation, 211(B):12-19.

Dong, X., Ruhi, A. & N.B. Grimm (2017). Evidence for self-organization in determining spatial patterns of stream nutrients, despite primacy of the geomorphic template. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 114(24):4744–4752.

Rosset, B., Ruhi, A., Bogan, M.T. & T. Datry (2017). Do lentic and lotic communities respond similarly to drying? Ecosphere, 8(7):e01809.

Sabo, J.L., Ruhi, A., Elliot, V., Arias, M., Holtgrieve, G. & N. So (2017). Designing river flows to improve food security futures in the Lower Mekong BasinScience, 358(6368):eaao1053.

Sankarasubramanian, A., Sabo, J. L., Larson, K., Seo, S., Sinha, T., Bhowmik, R., Ruhi, A., Kunkel, K., Mahinthakumar, G., Berglund, E. & J. Kominoski (2017). Synthesis of public water supply use in the U.S.: Spatio-temporal patterns and socio-economic controlsEarth’s Future, 5(7):771-788.

Boix, D., Caria, M.C., Gascón, S., Mariani, M.A., Sala, J., Ruhi, A., Compte, J. & S. Bagella (2017). Contrasting intra-annual patterns of six biotic groups with different dispersal mode and ability in Mediterranean temporary wetlands. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68, 1044-1060.

Bogan, M.T., Chester, E., Datry, T., Murphy, A., Robson, B., Ruhi, A. & J. Whitney (2017). Resistance, Resilience, and Community Recovery in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams. In: Datry, T., Bonada, N. & A. Boulton (Eds), Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and ManagementElsevier.

Datry, T., Bonada, N., Corti, R., Heino, J., Hugueny, B., Rolls. R & A. Ruhi (2017)Habitat Fragmentation and Metapopulation, Metacommunity, and Metaecosystem Dynamics in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams. In: Datry, T., Bonada, N. & A. Boulton (Eds.), Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and ManagementElsevier.

Ruhi, A., Olden, J. & J.L. Sabo (2016). Declining streamflow induces collapse and replacement of native fish in the American Southwest. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14(9):1-8. [F1000 Prime recommended]

Ruhi, A., Muñoz, I., Tornés, E., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., Ponsatí, L., Acuña, V., von Schiller, D., Marcé, R., Bussi, G., Francés, F. & S. Sabater (2016). Flow regulation increases foodchain length through omnivory mechanisms in a Mediterranean river networkFreshwater Biology, 61(9):1536-1549.

Ruhi, A., Acuña, V., Barceló, D., Huerta, B., Mor, J.R., Rodríguez, S. & S. Sabater (2016). Bioaccumulation and trophic magnification of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in a Mediterranean river food web. Science of the Total Environment, 540: 250-259.

Sánchez-Montoya, M., von Schiller, D., Ruhi, A., Sting Pechar, G., Proia, L., Miñano, J., Vidal-Abarca, R.R., Suárez, M.L., & K. Tockner (2016). Responses of ground-dwelling arthropods to surface flow drying in channels and adjacent habitats along Mediterranean streamsEcohydrology, 9(7):1376–1387.

Escoriza, D. & A. Ruhi (2016). Functional distance to recipient communities may favour invasiveness: insights from two invasive frogsDiversity and Distributions, 22(5):519-533.

Gascón, S., Arranz, I. Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Nebra, A., Ruhi, A., Rieradevall, M., Caiola, N., Sala, J., Ibàñez, C., Quintana, XD. & D. Boix (2016). Environmental filtering determines metacommunity structure in wetland microcrustaceans. Oecologia, 181(1):193-205.

Compte, J., Montenegro, M., Ruhi, A., Gascón, S., Sala, J. & D. Boix (2016). Microhabitat selection and diel patterns of zooplankton in a Mediterranean temporary pond Hydrobiologia, 766(1):201-213.

Huerta, B., Rodriguez-Mozaz S., Nannou C., Nakis L., Ruhi A., Acuña V., Sabater, S. & D. Barcelo (2016). Determination of a broad spectrum of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in biofilm from a WWTP-impacted riverScience of the Total Environment, 540:241-249.

Ruhi, A., Holmes, E., Rinne, J. & J.L. Sabo (2015). Anomalous droughts, not invasion, decrease persistence of native fishes in a desert riverGlobal Change Biology, 21(4):1482-1496. [media coverage]

Arranz, I., Sala, J., Gascón, S., Ruhi, A., Quintana, X.D., Amoedo, J., Martinoy, M. & D Boix (2015). Contribution to the knowledge of the distribution of Chaoborus species (Diptera: Chaoboridae) in NE Iberian Peninsula, with notes on the spatial and temporal segregation among them. Limnetica, 34:57-68.

Huerta, B., Jakimska, A., Llorca, M., Ruhi, A., Margaoutidis, G., Acuña, V., Sabater, S., Rodriguez-Mozaz, S. & D. Barceló (2015). Development of an analytical method for the determination of multi-class pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in freshwater invertebratesTalanta, 132:373-381.

Ruhi, A., Chappuis, E., Escoriza, D., Jover, M., Sala, J., Boix, D., Gascón, S. & E. Gacia (2014). Environmental filtering determines community patterns in temporary wetlands – a multi‑taxon approachHydrobiologia, 723(1):25-39.

Ruhi, A. & D. Batzer (2014). Assessing congruence and surrogacy among wetland macroinvertebrate taxa towards efficiently measuring biodiversityWetlands, 34(6):1061-1071.

Escoriza, D. & A. Ruhi (2014). Macroecological patterns of amphibian assemblages in the Western Palearctic: Implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 176:252-261.

Rouissi, M., Boix, D., Muller, S.D., Gascón, S., Ruhi, A., Sala, J., Bouattour, A., Ben Haj Jilani, I., Ghrabi-Gammar, Z., Ben Saad-Limam, S. & A. Daoud-Bouattour (2014). Spatio-temporal variability of faunal and floral assemblages in Mediterranean temporary wetlands.
Comptes Rendus Biologies, 337(12):695-708.

Ruhi, A., Boix, D., Gascón, S., Sala, J. & D. Batzer (2013). Functional and phylogenetic relatedness in temporary wetland invertebrates: current macroecological patterns and implications for future climatic change scenarios. PLOS One, 8(11):e81739.

Tornés, A. & A. Ruhi (2013). Flow intermittency decreases nestedness and specialization of diatom communities in Mediterranean rivers. Freshwater Biology, 58(12):2555-2566.

Batzer, D. & A. Ruhi (2013). Is there a core set of organisms that structure invertebrate assemblages in freshwater wetlands? Freshwater Biology, 58(8):1647-1659.

Ruhi, A., Boix, D., Sala, J., Gascón, S. & X.D. Quintana (2013). Nestedness and successional trajectories of macroinvertebrate assemblages in created wetlandsOecologia, 171(2):545-556.

Ruhi, A., Herrmann, J., Gascón, S., Sala, J., Geijer, J. & D. Boix (2012). Change in biological traits and community structure of macroinvertebrates through primary succession in a man-made Swedish wetland. Freshwater Science, 31(1):22-37.

Ruhi, A., San Sebastian, O., Feo, C., Franch, M., Gascón, S., Richter-Boix, À., Boix, D. & G. Llorente (2012). Man-made Mediterranean Temporary Ponds as a tool for amphibian conservation.
Annales de Limnologie – International Journal of Limnology, 48(1):81-93. [Editor’s choice]

Ruhi, A., Herrmann, J., Gascón, S., Sala, J. & D. Boix (2012). How do early successional patterns in man-made wetlands differ between cold temperate and Mediterranean regions? Limnologica, 42(4):328-339.

Boix, D., Ruhi, A., Gascón, S. & J. Sala (2012). First record of Holocentropus stagnalis (Albarda, 1874) (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) for the Iberian PeninsulaBoletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 51:343‒345.

Ruhi, A., D. Boix, J. Sala, S. Gascón & X. D. Quintana (2009). Spatial and temporal patterns of pioneer macrofauna in recently created ponds: taxonomic and functional approaches. Hydrobiologia, 634(1):137-151.