Biomass selection by floods and related timescales: Part 1. Experimental observations

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-96

  Perona, P ^a   Molnar, P ^b   Crouzy, B ^a   Perucca, E ^c   Jiang, Z ^b   McLelland, S ^d   Wuthrich D ^a   Edmaier, K ^a   Francis, R ^e   Camporeale, C ^c   Gurnell, A ^f  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass selection; Flow vegetation interaction; Fluvial ecomorphology; Laboratory experiment; Riparian vegetation; Vegetation roots

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT MAGNITUDE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLOW-VEGETATION INTERACTION; FLUVIAL ECOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH STAGES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENT; MORPHOLOGIC ANALYSIS; PERIODIC DISTURBANCES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BED; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; TIME-SCALES; VEGETATION GROWTH;

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; FLOODS; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LABORATORY METHOD; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BED; TIMESCALE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84858161627     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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