An extension of the flood pulse concept

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 16-17, 2000, Pages 2861-2883

  Tockner, K ^a   Malard, F ^b   Ward, J V ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Contraction; Ecosystem process; Expansion; Floodplain; Flow pulse; Landscape; River; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY;

AUTOGENIC PROCESSES; BIODIVERSITY; EPISODIC FLOW;

RIVERS;

FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER FLOW;

EID: 0034314884     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1085(200011/12)14:16/17<2861::AID-HYP124>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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