Spatial variation in the force required to initiate rock movement in 4 upland streams: Implications for estimating disturbance frequencies

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-220

  Downes, Barbara J ^a,b   Glaister, Alena ^a   Lake, P S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; disturbance; rock movement; scale; shear stress; spatial variation; upland streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030967220     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468252     Document Type: Article

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