Relation between floodplain land use and river hydromorphology on different spatial scalesa case study from two lower-mountain catchments in Germany

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-73

  Kail, Jochem ^a   Jähnig, Sonja C ^a   Hering, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eder; Lahn; LAWA Vor Ort; Spatio temporal scale

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CATCHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EDER RIVER; GERMANY; LAHN RIVER;

EID: 70049106195     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0174-0063     Document Type: Article

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