Similarity of stream width distributions across headwater systems.
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SUBMITTER: Allen GH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5807321 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
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Similarity of stream width distributions across headwater systems.
Allen George H GH Pavelsky Tamlin M TM Barefoot Eric A EA Lamb Michael P MP Butman David D Tashie Arik A Gleason Colin J CJ
Nature communications 20180209 1
The morphology and abundance of streams control the rates of hydraulic and biogeochemical exchange between streams, groundwater, and the atmosphere. In large river systems, the relationship between river width and abundance is fractal, such that narrow rivers are proportionally more common than wider rivers. However, in headwater systems, where many biogeochemical reactions are most rapid, the relationship between stream width and abundance is unknown. To constrain this uncertainty, we surveyed ...[more]
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