Geomorphic and ecological disturbance and recovery from two small dams and their removal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Tullos, Desirée D ^a   Finn, Debra S ^a   Walter, Cara ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; DAM (BARRIER); DAM REMOVAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; SAND; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSECT; OREGON; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASON; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INSECTS; OREGON; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; SEASONS;

EID: 84907200742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108091     Document Type: Article

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