Physico-chemical characterization of channel types in a glacial floodplain ecosystem (Val Roseg, Switzerland)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-463

  Tockner, K ^a   Malard, F ^a   Burgherr, P ^a   Robinson, C T ^a   Uehlinger, U ^a   Zah, R ^a   Ward, J V ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL OUTWASH; RIVER CHANNEL;

SWITZERLAND; VAL ROSEG;

EID: 0031474470     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/140/1997/433     Document Type: Article

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