Process-based principles for restoring river ecosystems

BioScience

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-222

  Beechie, Timothy J ^a   Sear, David A ^c   Olden, Julian D ^d   Pess, George R ^a   Buffington, John M ^e   Moir, Hamish ^f   Roni, Philip ^b   Pollock, Michael M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Northwest Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem dynamics; Ecosystem processes; River restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949275544     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.3.7     Document Type: Article

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