River stage response to alteration of Upper Mississippi River channels, floodplains, and watersheds

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 640, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-47

  Theiling, Charles H ^a   Nestler, John M ^b  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain river; Hydrologic indicators; Impact analysis; Multivariate analysis; Predictability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CLIMATE PATTERNS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN RIVER; HUMAN IMPACT; IMPACT ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REFERENCES; NESTED HIERARCHY; RATE OF CHANGE; REFERENCE CONDITION; RIVER RESTORATION; RIVER SYSTEMS; SEASONALITY; UPPER MISSISSIPPI;

AGRICULTURE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FLOODPLAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERSHED;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75849121692     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0066-5     Document Type: Article

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