Spatial Identification of Tributary Impacts in River Networks

River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-181

  Torgersen, Christian E ^a   Gresswell, Robert E ^b   Bateman, Douglas S ^c   Burnett, Kelly M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Identifying tributary impacts; Locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (LOWESS); Longitudinal data set graphical analysis; River network ecological condition spatial pattern; River networks tributary impact spatial identification; Sampling, mapping and automated analysis techniques; Spatial variation extensive survey design; Spatial variation measurement data collection methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889459816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470760383.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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