Hydraulic characteristics and habitat suitability in presence of woody debris: A flume experiment

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1304-1319

  Bocchiola, D ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Habitat suitability; Large woody debris; River hydraulics; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

BED ROUGHNESS; BULK FLOW; DISTRIBUTED LOADS; FISH SPECIES; FLOW DEPTH; FLOW PROPERTIES; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONDITIONS; HABITAT SUITABILITY; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LARGE WOODY DEBRIS; LOCAL CLUSTERING; LUMPED LOADS; RIVER HYDRAULICS; SIMPLE APPROACH; STREAM RESTORATION; WOOD DOWELS; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEBRIS; DRILLING; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULICS;

WOOD;

BED ROUGHNESS; COLONIZATION; FISH; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WOODY DEBRIS;

DRILLING; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTATION; FIBER DEBRIS; HYDRAULICS; ROUGHNESS; WOOD;

EID: 80052869317     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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