How do macrophyte distribution patterns affect hydraulic resistances?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 529-533

  Bal, Kris ^a   Struyf, Eric ^a   Vereecken, Hans ^b   Viaene, Peter ^b   De Doncker, Liesbet ^c   de Deckere, Eric ^a   Mostaert, Frank ^b   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hydraulic resistance; Mowing; Scattered vegetation; Water level

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; EUTROPHIC RIVER; FRICTION VALUES; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MACROPHYTE DISTRIBUTION; MACROPHYTE PLANTS; MACROPHYTES; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MOWING; SCATTERED VEGETATION; VEGETATION PATCHES; WASH OUT; WATER MANAGERS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; MANAGEMENT; STREAM FLOW; TRIBOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; DRAINAGE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MOWING; REEDBED; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER LEVEL;

CALLITRICHE PLATYCARPA; INVERTEBRATA; POTAMOGETON NATANS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS PENICILLATUS; SPARGANIUM ERECTUM; STUCKENIA PECTINATA;

EID: 79551647867     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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