Temporary streams: The hydrology, geography, and ecology of non-perennially flowing waters

River Ecosystems: Dynamics, Management and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 259-290

  McDonough, Owen T ^a,b   Hosen, Jacob D ^a,b   Palmer, Margaret A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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