Using wavelet analysis to detect changes in water temperature regimes at multiple scales: Effects of multi-purpose dams in the Willamette River basin

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-359

  Steel, E Ashley ^a   Lange, Ian A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi scale; River regulation; Time series; Variability; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE RIVER;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34248590036     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.985     Document Type: Article

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