10 years after the largest river restoration project in Northern Europe: Hydromorphological changes on multiple scales in River Skjern

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-149

  Kristensen, E A ^a   Kronvang, B ^a   Wiberg Larsen, P ^a   Thodsen, H ^a   Nielsen, C ^a   Amor, E ^a   Friberg, N ^a   Pedersen, M L ^b   Baattrup Pedersen, A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Long term; Low land rivers; Physical condition; River restoration

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; LAKES; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

CROSS SECTIONAL PROFILES; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION; FLOOD PLAINS; LONG-TERM; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; RIVER RESTORATION; RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS; SPONTANEOUS DEVELOPMENT;

RIVERS;

FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEANDER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER ENGINEERING; WETLAND;

DENMARK; MIDTJYLLAND; SKJERN RIVER;

EID: 84900547050     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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