Appendix A. Physical characteristics of the study rivers.
TABLE A1. Physical characteristics of the study rivers. A high river disturbance index (RDI) score (Pfankuch 1975) indicates a river more disturbed by floods. Grid references refer to Infomap 260 published by the Department of Survey and Land Information, New Zealand.
River |
Grid ref. |
RDI |
Mean (± 1SE) proportion |
Mean (± 1SE) bank |
Proportion of |
Width |
Porter River‡ |
K34:065728 |
60 |
0.03 (0.01) |
108 (6) |
0.44 |
8.2 |
Dry Stream |
K34:055714 |
82 |
0.12 (0.05) |
88 (5) |
0.21 |
2.1 |
Thomas River |
K34:056776 |
65 |
0.14 (0.03) |
75 (6) |
0.44 |
1.9 |
Coralyn Spring†‡ |
K34:036972 |
53 |
0.0 |
95 (10) |
0.58 |
8.2 |
Broken River‡ |
K34:070783 |
60 |
0.04 (0.01) |
107 (7) |
0.22 |
6.5 |
Cave Stream‡ |
K34:064801 |
52 |
0.01 (0.01) |
93 (5) |
0.83 |
3.0 |
Craigieburn |
K34:085845 |
55 |
0.2 (0.01) |
112 (11) |
0.93 |
5.0 |
Waimakariri River |
K34:075994 |
110 |
0.6 (0.11) |
74 (7) |
0.0 |
20.0 |
Ribbonwood Stream |
K34:102910 |
91 |
0.36 (0.09) |
68 (5) |
0.0 |
2.1 |
Cass River |
K34:079970 |
67 |
0.3 (0.05) |
63 (5) |
0.01 |
4.1 |
RJ Spring†‡ |
L34:134979 |
50 |
0.0 |
71 (4) |
0.72 |
1.9 |
Broad Stream |
K34:003964 |
99 |
0.35 (0.10) |
82 (7) |
0.0 |
2.8 |
Bruce Stream |
K34:985966 |
99 |
0.47 (0.09) |
92 (8) |
0.0 |
5.9 |
† unofficial name
‡ used in habitat manipulation experiment
LITERATURE CITED
Pfankuch, D. J. 1975. Stream reach inventory and channel stability evaluation. USDA Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, USA.