Lake abundance, potential water storage, and habitat distribution in the Mackenzie River Delta, western Canadian Arctic

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Emmerton, Craig A ^a,b   Lesack, Lance F W ^a   Marsh, Philip ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

FLOODWATER STORAGE; RIVER WATER FLOWING;

WATER RESOURCES;

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

CHANNEL; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAKE LEVEL; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE; WETLAND;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BEAUFORT SHELF; CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 34347234783     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005139     Document Type: Article

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