Assessing geomorphological and ecological responses in restored step-pool systems

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 451, Issue , 2009, Pages 199-214

  Chin, Anne ^a   Purcell, Alison H ^b   Quan, Jennifer W Y ^c   Resh, Vincent H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL METRICS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; STREAM RESTORATION;

RESTORATION;

BENTHOS; CHANNEL CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POOL; STREAM;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 74949095800     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2451(13)     Document Type: Article

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