Measuring the surface roughness of stream stones

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Bergey, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Roughness measurement; Surface texture

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; POROSITY; RIVERS;

FINE-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; REPLICATE STONES; SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE TEXTURE;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALGA; BIOMASS; ROCK; STREAM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALGAE;

EID: 33646685249     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0016-4     Document Type: Article

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