'Sticky business': The influence of streambed periphyton on particle deposition and infiltration

Geomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 350-363

  Salant, Nira L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biofilm; Expolysaccharides; Fine sediment; Hydraulics; Streambed clogging

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DEPOSITION; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; PERIPHYTON; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM BED; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79551701185     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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