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Title: The relationship between geomorphic river structure and coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) storage along the Kangaroo River, New South Wales, Australia
Related: Australian geographer, Vol. 37, Issue 3, p.285-311
DOI: 10.1080/00049180600954757
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 2006
Author/Creator: Gorecki, Vanessa I
Author/Creator: Fryirs, Kirstie A
Author/Creator: Brierley, Gary J
Description: Fluvial landforms provide a physical template upon which to appraise biophysical relationships along river courses. In this study, the spatial pattern of organic matter storage along the Kangaroo River, NSW, is related to geomorphic controls that operate at a range of scales within a nested hierarchy. This snapshot study of CPOM storage found that at the catchment scale the longitudinal pattern of coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) storage is dependent on the type and downstream pattern of River Styles. At the reach scale, CPOM storage is dependent on the geomorphic unit structure and physical heterogeneity of the river, and associated energy conditions along the reach. At the geomorphic unit scale, CPOM storage capacity is related to the position of geomorphic units relative to the thalweg (i.e. flow characteristics) and associated roughness attributes. At the hydraulic unit scale, CPOM storage capacity is related to local flow velocity and substrate characteristics (clast size and distribution).
Description: 27 page(s)
Subject Keyword: coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM)
Subject Keyword: geomorphic template
Subject Keyword: River Styles
Subject Keyword: geomorphic units
Subject Keyword: hydraulic units
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Physical Geography

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/7112
Identifier: ISSN:1465-3311
Identifier: mq-rm-2006001224
Language: eng
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