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hydraulic refugia

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Definition

Areas of low velocity and reduced hydraulic stress that provide shelter for aquatic organisms from strong flow forces

Publications (1)

article

Hydraulic and geomorphic effects on mayfly drift in high-gradient streams at moderate discharges

2008Ecohydrologyframework

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Shields number

measurement2 shared papers

invertebrate drift

process1 shared paper

Reynolds number

measurement1 shared paper

drift propensity

metric1 shared paper