Hydrological and biological event based variability in the fine-grained sediment structure of a small undisturbed catchment

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 288, 2004, Pages 459-465

  McConnachie, J L ^a   Petticrew, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Canada; Effective density; Floc factor; Flocculation; Image analysis; Organic matter quality; Shear stress; Spawning salmon; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BIOLOGY; CATCHMENTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FLOCCULATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SHEAR STRESS;

EFFECTIVE DENSITY; FLOC FACTORS; ORGANIC MATTER QUALITY; SPAWNING SALMON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

FLOCCULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 4043137964     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. Bouillon, S., Chandra Mohan, P., Sreenivas, N. & Dehairs, F. (2000) Sources of suspended organic matter and selective feeding by zooplankton in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem as traced by stable isotopes. Maine, Ecol. Prog. Series 208, 79-92.
2. Droppo, I. G. (2001) Rethinking what constitutes suspended sediment. Hydrol. Processes 15, 1551-1564.
3. Droppo, I. G., Leppard, G. G., Flannigan, D. T. & Liss, S. N. (1997) The freshwater floc: a functional relationship of water and organic and inorganic floc constituents affecting suspended sediment properties. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 99, 43-45.
4. Gordon, N. D., McMahon, T. A. & Finlayson, B. L. (1992) Stream Hydrology: An Introduction for Ecologists. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK.
5. Kranck, K., Petticrew, E. L., Milligan, T. G. & Droppo, I. G. (1993) In situ particle size distributions resulting from flocculation of suspended sediment. Coastal and Estuarine Study Series 42, 60-74.
6. Namer, J. & Ganczarczyk, J. J. (1993) Settling properties of digested sludge particle aggregates. Water Res. 27, 1285-1294.
7. Newcombe, C. P. & MacDonald, D. D. (1991) Effects of suspended sediment on aquatic ecosystems. North Am. J. Fish. Management 11, 72-82.
8. Nicholas, A. P. & Walling, D. E. (1996) The significance of particle aggregation in the overbank deposition of suspended sediment on river floodplains. J. Hydrol. 186, 275-293.
9. Owens, P. N., Walling, D. E. & Leeks, G. J. L. (1999) Deposition and storage of fine-grained sediment within the main channel system of the River Tweed, Scotland. Earth Surf Processes Landf. 24, 1061-1076.
10. Petticrew, E. L. (1996) Sediment aggregation and transport in northern interior British Columbia streams. In: Erosion and Sediment Yield: Global and Regional Perspectives (ed. by. D. E. Walling & B. W. Webb) (Proc. Exeter Symp., July 1996), 313-319. IAHS Publ. 236. IAHS Press, Wallingford, UK.
11. Petticrew, E. L. (1998) Influence of aggregation on storage of fine-grained sediments in salmon-bearing streams. In: Proceedings of the Forest-Fish Conference: Land Management Practices Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems (Tech. coords. M. K. Brewin & D. M. A. Monita), 241-247. AB, Calgary, Canada.
12. Petticrew, E. L. & Arocena, J. M. (2003) Organic matter composition of gravel-stored sediments from salmon bearing streams. Hydrobiologia 494, 17-24.
13. Petticrew, E. L. & Biickert, S. L. (1998) Characterization of sediment transport and storage in the upstream portion of the Fraser River (British Columbia, Canada). In: Modelling Soil Erosion, Sediment Transport and Closely Related Hydrological Processes (ed. by W. Summer, E. Klaghofer & W. Zhang) (Proc. Vienna Symp., July 1998), 383-391. IAHS Publ. 249. IAHS Press, Wallingford, UK.
14. Petticrew, E. L. & Droppo, I. G. (2000) The morphology and settling characteristics of fine-grained sediment from a selection of Canadian rivers, In: Contributions to the Hydrological Programme-V by Canadian Experts, 111-126. Tech. Documents in Hydrology no. 33. UNESCO, Paris, France.
15. Soulsby, C., Youngson, A. F., Moir, H. J. & Malcolm, I. A. (2001) Fine sediment influence on salmonid spawning habitat in a lowland agricultural stream: a preliminary assessment. Science Total Environ. 265, 295-307.
16. Wold, A. K. F. & Hershey, A. E. (1999) Effects of salmon carcass decomposition on biofilm growth and wood decomposition. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 56, 767-773.
17. Woodward, J. C., Porter, P. R., Lowe, A. T., Walling, D. E. & Evans, A. J. (2002) Composite suspended sediment particles and flocculation in glacial meltwaters: preliminary evidence from Alpine and Himalayan basins. Hydrol. Processes 16, 1735-1744.