Flood pulse dynamics of an unregulated river floodplain in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2730-2741

  Benke, Arthur C ^a   Chaubey, Indrajeet ^a   Ward, G Milton ^a   Dunn, E Lloyd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Flood pulse; Floodplain; Hydrologic model; Hydrology; Inundation; Landwater interactions; Long term research; River swamp; Unregulated river; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN;

OGEECHEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033786269     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2730:FPDOAU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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