Linking theory and practice for restoration of step-pool streams

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 645-661

  Chin, Anne ^a   Anderson, Shannah ^b   Collison, Andrew ^c   Ellis Sugai, Barbara J ^d   Haltiner, Jeffrey P ^c   Hogervorst, Johan B ^d   Kondolf, G Mathias ^b   O'Hirok, Linda S ^e   Purcell, Alison H ^f   Riley, Ann L ^g   Wohl, Ellen ^h  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Philip Williams & Associates Ltd   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Waterways Restoration Institute   (United States)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel design; Environmental management; Human impacts; River restoration; Step pools

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL DESIGN; CHANNEL FORMS; ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; HUMAN IMPACTS; LAND-USE CHANGES; LINKING THEORIES; NATIONAL FORESTS; POOL SEQUENCES; POOL SYSTEMS; POPULATION PRESSURES; PROJECT DESIGNS; REAL-WORLD; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RIVER RESTORATION; STEP-POOL STREAMS; STEP-POOLS; STREAM CHANNELS; STREAM HABITATS; STREAM RESTORATIONS; THEORY AND PRACTICES; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AVAILABILITY; CURRICULA; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RESTORATION;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; POOL; STREAM CHANNEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS;

FORESTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAKES; LAND USE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62549087791     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9171-x     Document Type: Article

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