Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2321-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2321-2017
Research article
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05 May 2017
Research article |  | 05 May 2017

Flood risk reduction and flow buffering as ecosystem services – Part 1: Theory on flow persistence, flashiness and base flow

Meine van Noordwijk, Lisa Tanika, and Betha Lusiana

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (30 May 2016) by Jan Seibert
AR by Meine van Noordwijk on behalf of the Authors (19 Jul 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Jul 2016) by Jan Seibert
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Aug 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Aug 2016)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Aug 2016) by Jan Seibert
AR by Meine van Noordwijk on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2016)  Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Oct 2016) by Jan Seibert
RR by David Le Maitre (28 Oct 2016)
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (29 Oct 2016) by Jan Seibert
AR by Meine van Noordwijk on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (12 Nov 2016) by Jan Seibert
AR by Meine van Noordwijk on behalf of the Authors (13 Nov 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (14 Nov 2016) by Jan Seibert
AR by Meine van Noordwijk on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2016)  Author's response 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Nov 2016) by Jan Seibert
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (20 Dec 2016)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (20 Dec 2016) by Jan Seibert
AR by Meine van Noordwijk on behalf of the Authors (31 Jan 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (31 Jan 2017) by Jan Seibert
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (01 Mar 2017)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (14 Mar 2017) by Jan Seibert
AR by Meine van Noordwijk on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (04 Apr 2017) by Jan Seibert
AR by Meine van Noordwijk on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2017)  Author's response 
Short summary
Deforestation is commonly understood to increase and reforestation to reduce flood risk, but scientific evidence at the relevant landscape scale is scarce and contested. A measure of day-to-day flow persistence is defined here. It is proposed as simple performance indicator for watershed health that can respond to changes in climate and land cover quality, quantity and spatial pattern. Data for four watersheds show decrease or increase in flow persistence in degradation and restoration phases.