Major flood disturbance alters river ecosystem evolution

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-141

  Milner, Alexander M ^a,b   Robertson, Anne L ^c   McDermott, Michael J ^c   Klaar, Megan J ^a   Brown, Lee E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; CHANNEL CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEIOFAUNA; RAINFALL; RECOLONIZATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER SYSTEM; SALMONID; SPAWNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM CHANNEL; SUCCESSION;

ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 84873131329     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1665     Document Type: Article

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