Dry rivers, vibrant with culture and life: Press release

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A press release for an article addressing the benefits of dry river beds. This article also explores how human manipulation of seasonal water sources for land use disrupts the natural cycle necessary to sustain and function for local biodiversity.

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Primary or BEN resource type	Assignment/activity (non-laboratory)
Secondary resource type	Press release
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Format	html
Is Part Of	This press release is associated with the article When The River Runs Dry: Human and Ecological Values of Dry Riverbeds published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 10, Issue 4 (May 2012). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/110136)
Ecological Core Concept	Ecosystems Landscapes and larger scales Individuals
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This press release and associated article can be used in lectures dealing with ecosystems, conservation, hydrology, and land use. To promote active learning, this can be used as reading material to introduce ecological concepts and begin a class discussion of human impacts on the environment. This can also be used to discuss evolutionary adaptations of plants and animals for survival in a specific environment.
Keywords	dry river bed, water, seasonal rivers, press release
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology Hydrology & Water Resources Environmental Sciences
Primary Author Controlled Name	Liza Lester
Primary Author Affiliation	Ecological Society of America
Primary Author email	llester@esa.org
Submitter Email	education@esa.org
Rights	ESA
Review Status	Accepted
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Review A Submission Status	Review Not Submitted
Reviewer B	Unknown
Review B Submission Status	Review Not Submitted
Date Of Record Submission	2012-05-11

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