Range of variability of channel complexity in urban, restored and forested reference streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1076-1095

  Laub, Brian G ^a   Baker, Daniel W ^b   Bledsoe, Brian P ^c   Palmer, Margaret A ^d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel complexity; Channel morphology; Geomorphic survey; Restoration; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859435099     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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