Floodplain geomorphic processes and environmental impacts of human alteration along coastal plain rivers, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 413-429

  Hupp, Cliff R ^a   Pierce, Aaron R ^b   Noe, Gregory B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelization; Dams; Ecosystem services; Fluvial geomorphology; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CHANNELIZATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT LOSS; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

EID: 68149110729     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-169.1     Document Type: Article

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