An ecological perspective on floods in Canada

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 288-306

  Peters, D L ^a   Caissie, D ^b,f   Monk, W A ^c   Rood, S B ^d   St Hilaire, A ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^f CWRA ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; HABITAT COMPLEXITY; HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; UPLAND VEGETATIONS; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

FLOODS;

EID: 84939167740     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2015.1070694     Document Type: Review

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