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Linking Geomorphological and Ecological Responses in Restored Urban Pool-Riffle Streams

Anne Chin, Frances Gelwick, David Laurencio, Laura R. Laurencio, Morgan S. Byars and Mateo Scoggins
Ecological Restoration, December 2010, 28 (4) 460-474; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.28.4.460
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