| Author(s) |
Thoms, Martin C
Parsons, Melissa
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| Publication Date |
2002
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| Abstract |
Eco-geomorphology is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of river systems that integrates hydrology, fluvial geomorphology and ecology. This approach facilitates a new understanding of river systems by bridging dominant paradigms from individual disciplines. Each discipline views river systems from a spatial and temporal perspective, but we suggest that one of the main impediments to further expansion of intterdisciplinary study is the mismatch of scales between disciplines. A hierarchical and integrative framework for interdisciplinary study is required and would overcomes scale issues by matching a problem with a river system process to identify causal explanations at the correct spatial and temporal scales. We use the example of enviromnental flows to demonstrate the utility of an eco-geomorphological approach for identification of characteristic scales of hydrological, geomorphological and ecological influence in the Condamine-Balonne River.
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| Citation |
The Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedimentary Systems, p. 113-119
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| ISBN |
9781901502961
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| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
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| Series |
IAHS publication
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| Title |
Eco-geomorphology: an interdisciplinary approach to river science
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| Type of document |
Conference Publication
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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