Artificial steps to stabilize mountain rivers: A post-project ecological assessment

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 639-659

  Comiti, F ^a   Mao, L ^a,b   Lenzi, M A ^a   Siligardi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c Agenzia Provinciale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bed incision; Check dams; Fluvial morphology; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

DAM; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER SYSTEM;

EID: 70049088848     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1234     Document Type: Article

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