Predicting river floodplain and lateral channel migration for salmon habitat conservation

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 786-797

  Hall, Jason E ^a   Holzer, Damon M ^a   Beechie, Timothy J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Fluvial processes; Geomorphology; Geospatial analysis; Lateral channel migration; Rivers streams

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

FLOODPLAINS; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; LATERAL CHANNEL MIGRATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

CHANNEL; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MIGRATION; RIVER; SALMONID;

COLUMBIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34347383804     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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