Ecological Consequences of River Channel Management

Handbook of Catchment Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 77-106

  Friberg, Nikolai ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Channel management and legislation; Flow and drag forces; Flow refugia physical biological coupling; Physical river structure and biological community diversity; Reclaiming riparian areas and re instating natural processes; Restoration prioritized at catchment level and knowledge of reference conditions; River channel management ecological consequences; River channel management impact; River channel morphology and management; Streams and rivers freshwater network throughout landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889629669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307672.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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