A morphological comparison of narrow, low-gradient streams traversing wetland environments to alluvial streams

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 831-856

  Jurmu, Michael C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Fond du Lac   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross section; Fluvial dynamics; Form ratio; Pools and riffles; Radius of curvature; Stream morphology; Thalweg

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; WETLANDS;

ALLUVIAL STREAMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALLUVIUM; MORPHOLOGY; STREAM; WETLAND;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MORPHOLOGY; STREAM; THALWEG; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATION; RESEARCH; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WETLAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036887026     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2681-z     Document Type: Article

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