Comparison of methods for analysing salmon habitat rehabilitation designs for regulated rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 745-772

  Brown, Rocko A ^a   Pasternack, Gregory B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravel bed rivers; Physical habitat quality; River hydraulics; River modelling; River restoration; Sediment transport regime

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER SYSTEM; SALMONID; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 70149114575     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1189     Document Type: Article

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