Thermal patterns in the surface waters of a glacial river corridor (Val Roseg, Switzerland)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 284-300

  Uehlinger, U ^a   Malard, F ^b   Ward, J V ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UMR5023 Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Floodplain; Flow pulse; Glacial stream; Temperature; Temperature pulse; Thermal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; GLACIER; HETEROGENEITY; MELTWATER; STREAM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037317579     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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