Scales and frequencies of disturbances: Rock size, bed packing and variation among upland streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 625-639

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance models; Floods; Freshwater; Patchiness; Rock movement

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE EFFECT; STREAM BED;

EID: 0032435876     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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