Hydromorphological alteration of a large Mediterranean river: Relative role of high and low flows on the evolution of riparian forests and channel morphology

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-387

  Magdaleno, Fernando ^a   Fernández, J Anastasio ^b  

^a Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro river; Ecohydrology; Fluvial geomorphology; Low flows; Meander dynamics; Regulation; Riparian forests

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COLONIZATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW FIELD; FLOW REGULATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; MEANDER; RIPARIAN FOREST;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 79952300406     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1368     Document Type: Article

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