Assessment of freshwater ecosystem services in  the Beas River Basin, Himalayas region, India

Ncube, Sikhululekile; Beevers, Lindsay; Adeloye, Adebayo J.; Visser, Annie

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-67-2018

Articles | Volume 379

https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-67-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-67-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 379

Pre-conference publication

|

05 Jun 2018

Pre-conference publication |

| 05 Jun 2018

Assessment of freshwater ecosystem services in the Beas River Basin, Himalayas region, India

Sikhululekile Ncube, Lindsay Beevers, Adebayo J. Adeloye, and Annie Visser

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-67-2018-supplement

Data sets

Ecology of some selected hillstreams of the river Beas in the vicinity of the upper Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh K. Manesh http://hdl.handle.net/10603/82916

Model code and software

Evaluation of macrobenthic fauna in hill stream environment of Western Himalaya, India I. Sharma and R. Dhanze http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/790/1415

Short summary

The aim of this study is to understand the impact of flow regulation on supporting ecosystem services in the Beas Basin in India, using macroinvertebrates as an indicator. Findings show that both river flows and macroinvertebrate abundance have decreased overtime in the Beas Basin. Consequently, this could have a detrimental impact on instream supporting ecosystem services delivery. Such an understanding is important in future water resources management in the Beas River Basin.