The development of hydraulic and geomorphic complexity in recently formed streams in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1331-1338

  Klaar, Megan J ^a,b   Maddock, Ian ^b   Milner, Alexander M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Habitat heterogeneity; Hydraulic diversity; Hydrosignature; Stream age

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; STREAM;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951197632     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1235     Document Type: Article

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