Ecological Archives E087-040-A2

Florian Malard, Urs Uehlinger, Rainer Zah, and Klement Tockner. 2006. Flood-pulse and riverscape dynamics in a braided glacial river. Ecology 87:704–716.

Appendix B. Compositional and configurational characteristics of the riverscape.

 
Year
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
River discharge (m3/s)  
1997
0.2
0.3
0.5
1.5
5.5
7.6
5.7
5.9
3.0
0.7
0.5
0.1
1999
0.1
0.1
0.5
4.1
8.9
11.0
7.5
6.5
3.7
1.4
0.5
0.1
Surface hydrological connectivity (%)  
1997
19
20
18
26
50
59
59
66
54
27
16
18
1999
9
10
46
39
63
62
52
58
49
32
30
10
Total channel length (km)  
1997
7.2
7.4
12.4
18.5
22.5
23.4
23.9
24.0
20.6
16.7
11.1
7.1
1999
5.6
5.1
8.3
21.3
26.7
25.5
25.4
25.0
22.5
18.8
13.6
7.0
Total length of clear water channels (km)  
1997
6.9
7.1
11.3
14.1
9.7
7.3
7.8
6.3
6.7
12.1
9.1
6.8
1999
5.4
5.0
6.7
10.3
9.0
6.9
7.0
5.9
8.8
11.7
11.7
6.6
Total length of turbid water channels (km)  
1997
0.3
0.3
1.1
4.4
12.8
16.1
16.1
17.7
13.8
4.7
2.0
0.3
1999
0.1
0.1
1.6
11.0
17.7
18.6
18.5
19.1
13.7
7.1
1.9
0.4
Relative change (%)  
1997
na
2
40
42
40
18
6
13
21
48
51
44
1999
na
8
39
74
37
19
18
46
29
43
49
51
Number of clear water patches 
1997
4
4
5
9
23
18
20
16
21
11
13
3
1999
3
3
5
19
20
19
17
21
20
19
16
9
Patchiness of clear water habitats  
1997
0.58
0.57
0.44
0.64
2.38
2.47
2.56
2.53
3.12
0.91
1.42
0.44
1999
0.55
0.60
0.74
1.85
2.23
2.74
2.45
3.58
2.28
1.62
1.37
1.37


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