Transportation infrastructure, river confinement, and impacts on floodplain and channel habitat, Yakima and Chehalis rivers, Washington, U.S.A.

Geomorphology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-65

  Blanton, Paul ^a   Marcus, W Andrew ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Floodplains; Fluvial geomorphology; Human impacts on rivers

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW PATTERN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

CHEHALIS RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA RIVER;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84875897134     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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