Influence of large woody debris on channel morphology in native forest and pine plantation streams in the Nelson region, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 763-774

  Baillie, Brenda R ^a   Davies, Tim R ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Large woody debris; Moutere Gravels; Native forest; Nelson; Pine plantation; Pools; Streams

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; PLANTATION; STREAM; WOODY DEBRIS;

NELSON; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0036926422     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2002.9517129     Document Type: Article

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