The effects of riparian forest disturbance on stream temperature, sedimentation, and morphology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 686, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-117

  Studinski, Jered M ^a   Hartman, Kyle J ^a   Niles, Jonathan M ^b   Keyser, Patrick ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Morphology; Riparian; Sedimentation; Stream; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; HEADWATER; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WOODY DEBRIS;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858615674     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1002-7     Document Type: Article

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