Hydraulic geometry and microtopography of tidal freshwater forested wetlands and implications for restoration, Columbia River, U.S.A.

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 339-361

  Diefenderfer, Heida L ^a,b   Coleman, André M ^a   Borde, Amy B ^a   Sinks, Ian A ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Stewardship Team   (United States)

Author keywords

Dike; Ecological restoration; Geomorphology; Large woody debris; Picea sitchensis; Roughness index; Tidal channel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FIELD SURVEY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDRAULICS; LIDAR; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CHANNEL; WETLAND; WOODY DEBRIS;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 70349221246     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/V10104-009-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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