Biophysical-Regulatory Classification and Profiling of Streams Across Management Units and Ecoregions

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 386-407

  Caruso, Brian S ^a   Haynes, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Summit Technical Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Ephemeral; Headwaters; Intermittent; Perennial; Stream order

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EPHEMERAL; HEADWATERS; INTERMITTENT; PERENNIAL; STREAM ORDER;

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LANDFORMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

HYDRAULICS;

BIOPHYSICS; CATCHMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPHEMERAL STREAM; GIS; HEADWATER; HYDROGRAPHY; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953037040     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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