Naturalization of the flood regime in regulated rivers: The case of the upper Mississippi River

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 706-720

  Sparks, Richard E ^a,b   Nelson, John C ^c   Yin, Yao ^d,e  

^a River Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Great Rivers Field Station   (United States)

^d Environ Management Technical Center   (United States)

^e US Geological Survey

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EID: 0031854692     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313334     Document Type: Article

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