The hydro-morphological index of diversity: A tool for describing habitat heterogeneity in river engineering projects

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 712, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-60

  Gostner, Walter ^a   Alp, Maria ^b   Schleiss, Anton J ^a   Robinson, Christopher T ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Geomorphic metrics; Gravel bed streams; Hydraulic variables; Hydromorphological diversity; Predictive tools

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; FIELDWORK; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HABITAT MOSAIC; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84877622465     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1288-5     Document Type: Article

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