Ecosystem expansion and contraction dynamics along a large Alpine alluvial corridor (Tagliamento River, Northeast Italy)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1693-1704

  Doering, Michael ^a,c   Uehlinger, U ^a   Rotach, A ^a,d   Schlaepfer, D R ^b   Tockner, K ^a,b,e,f  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS REINSURANCE COMPANY   (Switzerland)

^d OePlan GmbH   (Switzerland)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Braided river; Ecosystem process; Floodplain; Flow regime; Hydraulic exchange; Mediterranean; Temporary river

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; FLOW PATTERNS; ITALY; LINEAR REGRESSION; WATER LEVELS;

CONTRACTION DYNAMICS; RIVERINE FLOODPLAINS; SURFACE-SUBSURFACE EXCHANGE PATTERNS;

RIVERS;

AQUIFERS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; FLOW PATTERNS; ITALY; LINEAR REGRESSION; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

AQUIFER; BRAIDED RIVER; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 35348953672     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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