Influences of high-flow events on a stream channel altered by construction of a highway bridge: A case study

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-394

  Hedrick, Lara B ^a   Welsh, Stuart A ^a   Anderson, James T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76349087891     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.n306     Document Type: Article

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