Hydraulic dispersion and reach-averaged velocity as indicators of enhanced organic matter transport in small Puget Lowland streams across an urban gradient

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-159

  Roberts, Mindy L ^a,b   Bilby, Robert E ^a,c   Booth, Derek B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Washington Department of Ecology   (United States)

^c WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^d Stillwater Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Disturbance; Organic matter; Retention; Stream; Transport; Urban

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; RETENTION; RIFFLE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM; TRACER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET LOWLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 44849140227     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0171-0145     Document Type: Article

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