Are large‐scale flow experiments informing the science and management of freshwater ecosystems?

JD Olden, CP Konrad, TS Melis… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Greater scientific knowledge, changing societal values, and legislative mandates have
emphasized the importance of implementing large‐scale flow experiments (FEs) …

A systematic analysis of eight decades of incipient motion studies, with special reference to gravel‐bedded rivers

JM Buffington, DR Montgomery - Water resources research, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Data compiled from eight decades of incipient motion studies were used to calculate
dimensionless critical shear stress values of the median grain size,. Calculated. values were …

Revisiting the morphological approach: Opportunities and challenges with repeat high‐resolution topography

D Vericat, JM Wheaton… - Gravel‐bed rivers …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent technological developments in geodesy, surveying and remote sensing present new
opportunities to quantify the rate and distribution of fluvial processes in gravel bed rivers …

[BOOK][B] Mountain rivers

EE Wohl - 2013 - books.google.com
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph
Series, Volume 14. I wrote this book in response to a need expressed by one of my Ph. D …

[PDF][PDF] A geological framework for interpreting downstream effects of dams on rivers

GE Grant, JC Schmidt, SL Lewis - Water Science and …, 2003 - 2bh2.pbworks.com
Because dams influence the two primary factors—water and sediment—that determine the
shape, size, and overall morphology of a river, they represent fundamental interventions in …

Partial transport of a sand/gravel sediment

PR Wilcock, BW McArdell - Water Resources Research, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Grains of a single size within a mixed‐size bed are entrained over a range of flows. Within
this range some grains exposed on the bed surface are active (entrained at least once over …

Estimating local bed shear stress from velocity observations

PR Wilcock - Water Resources Research, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Replicate velocity observations using conventional equipment under typical field conditions
are used to evaluate the precision of different methods for estimating local boundary shear …

Central Valley salmon: a perspective on Chinook and steelhead in the Central Valley of California

JG Williams - San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 2006 - escholarship.org
This monograph presents an extensive review of the biology and management of Chinook
salmon and steelhead in the Central Valley of California. Relevant data and publications on …

Toward a practical method for estimating sediment‐transport rates in gravel‐bed rivers

PR Wilcock - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Estimates of sediment transport rates in gravel‐bed rivers are typically developed from
formulae or from a sampling campaign. The former are notoriously inaccurate; the latter …

Two-fraction model of initial sediment motion in gravel-bed rivers

PR Wilcock - Science, 1998 - science.org
The prediction of sediment transport in gravel-bed rivers is essential to the management of
land, water, and ecological resources in mountain regions. Dividing the bed sediment into …