Scale-dependence of natural variability of flow regimes in a forested landscape

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Sanford, S E ^a   Creed, I F ^a   Tague, C L ^b   Beall, F D ^c   Buttle, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; FLOW RATE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FLOW REGIME; FLOW VARIABILITY; MEDIAN BASIN RESIDENCE TIME;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOW RATE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER FLOW;

BATCHAWANA RIVER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 34848867549     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005299     Document Type: Article

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