Simple measures of channel habitat complexity predict transient hydraulic storage in streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 685, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-95

  Kaufmann, Philip R ^a   Faustini, John M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Habitat complexity; Hydraulic retention; LWD; Physical habitat; Streams; Thalweg profiles; Transient storage; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COMPLEXITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM CHANNEL; THALWEG; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME; WOODY DEBRIS;

EID: 84857644528     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0841-y     Document Type: Article

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