Rehabilitation of warmwater stream ecosystems following channel incision

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-116

  Shields Jr , F D ^a   Knight, S S ^a   Cooper, C M ^a  

^a National Sedimentation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel incision; Channelization; Erosion; Fish; Physical habitat; Sediment; Stream restoration; Streambank protection

Indexed keywords

CENTRARCHIDAE; PISCES; SALIX;

BANK PROTECTION; CHANNEL INCISION; CHANNELIZATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; PHYSICAL HABITAT; STREAM ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0030616587     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(97)81671-0     Document Type: Article

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