Bank erosion as a desirable attribute of rivers

BioScience

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 519-529

  Florsheim, Joan L ^a   Mount, Jeffrey F ^a   Chin, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Bank erosion; Fluvial geomorphology; Riparian ecology; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 45849098738     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B580608     Document Type: Review

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