Addressing the urban stream disturbance regime

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 278-292

  Hawley, R J ^a,b   Vietz, G J ^c  

^a Sustainable Streams   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic habitat; Channel stability; Ecohydrology; Flow regime; Fluvial geomorphology; Hydromodification; Sediment transport; Stormwater management; Streambed sediment; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PEAK DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM BED; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMWATER; URBAN REGION; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84960909500     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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