Suspended Sediment Concentrations Downstream of a Harvested Peat Bog: Analysis and Preliminary Modelling of Exceedances Using Logistic Regression

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-156

  St Hilaire, André ^a   Courtenay, Simon C ^b,d   Diaz Delgado, Carlos ^c   Pavey, Bronwyn ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a   Boghen, Andrew ^d   Bobée, Bernard ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

LOGISTIC REGRESSION; OPTICAL BACK SCATTEROMETERS (OBS); PEATLANDS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION (SSC);

SEDIMENTS;

CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 33750994941     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3103139     Document Type: Article

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