Linking geomorphological and ecological responses in restored urban pool-riffle streams

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 460-474

  Chin, Anne ^a   Gelwick, Frances ^b   Laurencio, David ^c   Laurencio, Laura R ^b   Byars, Morgan S ^d   Scoggins, Mateo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Redundancy analysis; Riffle pool; Steps; Stream restoration; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 78649850960     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.28.4.460     Document Type: Article

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