Spatio-temporal sedimentation patterns in beaver ponds along the Chevral river, Ardennes, Belgium

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1602-1615

  De Visscher, M ^a   Nyssen, J ^a   Pontzeele, J ^a   Billi, P ^b   Frankl, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Castor fiber; Headwaters; Hydrograph; Sediment deposition; Suspended sediment; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HEADWATERS; HYDROGRAPHS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTATION PATTERN; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CATCHMENTS; DAMS; MAMMALS; PONDS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

LAKES;

DEPOSITION; POND; RODENT; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BELGIUM; CHEVRAL RIVER; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 84892445205     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9702     Document Type: Article

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