Stream channels are narrower in pasture than in forest

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 599-608

  Davies Colley, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitat; Channel morphology; Light climate; Riparian zone; Stream banks; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000792222     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516792     Document Type: Article

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