Potential effects of climate change on streambed scour and risks to salmonid survival in snow-dominated mountain basins

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 750-765

  Goode, Jaime R ^a,b   Buffington, John M ^b   Tonina, Daniele ^a   Isaak, Daniel J ^b   Thurow, Russell F ^b   Wenger, Seth ^c   Nagel, David ^b   Luce, Charlie ^b   Tetzlaff, Doerthe ^d   Soulsby, Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Trout Unlimited   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Morphologic adjustment; Salmon spawning habitat; Streambed scour

Indexed keywords

BANKFULL; BASIN SCALE; BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; BURIAL DEPTHS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNEL RESPONSE; FLOOD-PLAINS; GRAIN SIZE; IN-CHANNELS; INCUBATION PERIODS; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MORPHOLOGIC ADJUSTMENT; MOUNTAIN BASINS; NORTHERN LATITUDES; NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; OVERBANK FLOW; PHYSICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; POTENTIAL SHIFT; RAIN-ON-SNOW; RELATIVE RISKS; SALMON SPAWNING HABITAT; SALMONIDS; SNOWMELT-DOMINATED BASINS; STREAM NETWORKS; STREAMBED SCOUR; TEMPORAL SHIFTS;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; LIFE CYCLE; LITHOLOGY; MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALMONID; SCOUR; SNOW; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84874193085     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9728     Document Type: Article

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