Placing global stream flow variability in geographic and geomorphic contexts

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-166

  Poff, N LeRoy ^a   Olden, Julian D ^a   Pepin, David M ^a   Bledsoe, Brian P ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Flow regime; Hierarchy; Hydroecology; Hydrologic variability

Indexed keywords

GAUGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; STREAM; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 33644585036     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.902     Document Type: Article

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