Impacts of Small Scale Flow Regulation on Sediment Dynamics in an Ecologically Important Upland River

Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 671-686

  Quinlan, E ^a   Gibbins, C N ^a   Batalla, R J ^b,c,d   Vericat, D ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^d Forest Science Centre of Catalonia   (Spain)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed disturbance; Flow regulation; In channel sediment storage; Margaritifera margaritifera; River Ehen; Sediment supply; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; LANDFORMS; MOLLUSCS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WEIRS;

BED DISTURBANCE; FLOW REGULATION; IN-CHANNELS; MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

RIVER DIVERSION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOW; MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SMALL SCALE FLOW REGULATION; STORAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENGLAND; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84925483704     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0423-7     Document Type: Article

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