Channel-floodplain geomorphology and connectivity of the lower paraguay hydrosystem

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-48

  Drago, Edmundo C ^a   Paira, Aldo R ^a   Wantzen, Karl M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floodplain ontogeny; Hydrological connectivity; Large river; Lentic water phases; Main channel; Riverine geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONNECTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; ONTOGENY;

PARAGUAY RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65649141940     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-009-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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