Stream geomorphology, bank vegetation, and three-dimensional habitat hydraulics for fish in midwestern agricultural streams

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Rhoads, Bruce L ^a   Schwartz, John S ^b   Porter, Stacey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c Balance Hydrologics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish communities; Habitat hydraulics; Stream geomorphology; Stream habitat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

BANK VEGETATION; STREAM GEOMORPHOLOGY;

WATER RESOURCES;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CROSS SECTION; FISH; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542651754     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002294     Document Type: Article

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