Flow dynamics and bedload sediment transport around paired deflectors for fish habitat enhancement: A field study in the Nicolet River

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 761-769

  Carré, David M ^a   Biron, Pascale M ^b   Gaskin, Susan J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedload transport; Deflectors; Fieldwork; Fish habitat; Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags; Pool; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VELOCITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BEDLOAD TRANSPORT; PASSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER TAGS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RIFFLE-POOL SEQUENCE;

RIVERS;

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VELOCITY; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEDLOAD; FLOW FIELD; OVERTOPPING; POOL; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP;

CANADA; NICOLET RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 34848826886     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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