Geomorphic status of regulated rivers in the Iberian Peninsula

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 508, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-114

  Lobera, G ^a   Besne P ^b   Vericat, D ^a,c,d   Lopez Tarazon J A ^a,e   Tena, A ^a   Aristi, I ^b   Diez J R ^b   Ibisate, A ^b   Larranaga A ^b   Elosegi, A ^b   Batalla, R J ^a,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dams; Flow regulation; Geomorphic Status; Iberian rivers

Indexed keywords

DAMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STABILIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHANNEL FLOW CAPACITY; CHANNEL STABILIZATION; CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW REGULATION; GENERALIZED REDUCTION; GEOMORPHIC STATUS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT;

RIVERS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FLOW CONTROL; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER BED; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; FLOW RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SPAIN; WATER FLOW;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84913583049     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.058     Document Type: Article

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