The regulation of Peace River : a case study for river management /

• Main Author: Church, Michael
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
• Subjects: Watershed management > Peace River Watershed (B.C. and Alta.); Riparian ecology > Peace River Watershed (B.C. and Alta.); SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology.; Ecology.; Riparian ecology.; Watershed management.; Peace River (B.C. and Alta.) Watershed > Environmental conditions.; Canada > Peace River.; Canada > Peace River Watershed.; Electronic books.

"The book describes a forty-year longitudinal study of the effects on river morphology and riparian vegetation communities of the regulation of Peace River, in northwestern Canada"--

Table of Contents:

• 1 On regulated rivers / Michael Church
• 2 The regulation of Peace River / Michael Church
• 3 Downstream channel gradation in the regulated Peace River/ Christopher P. Ayles and Michael Church
• 4 Tributary channel gradation due to regulation of Peace River / Christopher P. Ayles and Michael Church
• 5 The hydraulic geometry of Peace River / Michael Church
• 6 Ice on Peace River: effects on bank morphology and riparian vegetation / Lars Uunila and Michael Church
• 7 Post-regulation morphological change on Peace River / Michael Church and Jiongxin Xu
• 8 Studies of riparian vegetation along Peace River, British Columbia / Margaret E. A. North and Michael Church
• 9 The response of riparian vegetation to flow regulation along Peace River, Alberta / Michael Church, Lars Uunila and Margaret E. A. North
• 10 The floods of 1990 and 1996 on Peace River / Michael Church, Christopher P. Ayles and Brett C. Eaton
• 11 The future state of Peace River / Brett C. Eaton and Michael Church
• 12 Implications for river management /Michael Church
• Appendix: data files online.