The role of observer variation in determining Rosgen stream types in northeastern Oregon mountain streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 417-427

  Roper, Brett B ^a   Buffington, John M ^b   Archer, Eric ^c   Moyer, Chris ^d   Ward, Mike ^e  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^e Terraqua Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankfull; Monitoring; Quality control quality assurance; Restoration; Rosgen; Stream classification

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTORATION; SUBSTRATES;

ROSGEN APPROACH; STREAM CLASSIFICATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTORATION; SUBSTRATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN STREAM; QUALITY CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149166376     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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