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Book SynopsisRiparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology presents important new perspectives for the experimentalist, the field practitioner, the theorist, and the modeler, offering a synthesis of scientific advances along with discussions of unresolved problems and research opportunities. The volume is structured in five sections.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Part 1. Introduction
Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology: Problems and Opportunities
Andrew Simon, Sean d. Bennett, and Vincent S. Neary 1
Part 2. Experimental and Theoretical Studies
Flow, Turbulence, and Resistance in a Flume with Simulated Vegetation"
Marcelo H. Garcia, Fabian Lopez, Chad Dunn, and Carlos V. Alonso 11
Effects of Emergent Riparian Vegetation on Spatially Averaged and Turbulent Flow Within
an Experimental Channel
Sean d. Bennett 29
Riparian Vegetation as a Primary Control on Channel Characteristics in Multi-thread Rivers
Michal Tal, Karen Gran, A. Brad Murray, Chris Paola, and D. Murray Hicks 43
Transport Mechanics of Stream-Borne Logs
Carlos V. Alonso 59
The Role of Riparian Shrubs in Preventing Floodplain Unraveling along the Clark Fork of the Columbia
River in the Deer Lodge Valley, Montana
D. Dungan Smith 71
Part 3. Large Woody Debris
Spatial Pattern of Turbulence Kinetic Energy and Shear Stress in a Meander Bend
With Large Woody Debris
Melinda D. Daniels and Bruce L. Rhoads 87
Patterns of Wood and Sediment Storage Along Debris-flow Impacted Headwater Channels in
Old-Growth and Industrial Forests of the Western Olympic Mountains, Washington
Jeremy T. Bunn and David R. Montgomery 99
Part 4. Bank Erosion and Channel Stability
Root-Soil Mechanics and Interactions
Donald H. Gray and David Barker 113
Advances in Assessing the Mechanical and Hydrologic Effects of Riparian Vegetation on
Streambank Stability
Natasha Pollen, Andrew Simon, andAndrew Collison 125
The Influence of Trees on Stream Bank Erosion: Evidence from Root-Plate Abutments
Ian D. Rutherfors and James R. Grove 141
Effects of Riparian Vegetation on Stream Channel Stability and Sediment Budgets
Stanley W. Trimble 153
Flow, Sediment, and Nutrient Transport in a Riparian Mangrove
S. Ikeda, Y. Akamatsu, and Y. Toda 171
Part 5. Floodplains and Watershed Processes
Sedimentation in Floodplains of Selected Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
K. M. Ross, C. R. Hupp, and A. D. Howard 187
Vegetation Propagule Dynamics and Fluvial Geomorphology
A. M. Gurnell, J. M. Goodson, P. G. Angold, I. P. Morrissey, G. E. Petts, and J. Steiger 209
Floodplain Stabilization by Woody Riparian Vegetation During an Extreme Flood
Eleanor R. Griffin and J. Dungan Smith 221
Part 6. Numerical Studies
Flow and Boundary Shear Stress in Channels With Woody Bank Vegetation
Jason W. Kean and J. Dungan Smith 237
A Depth-Averaged Two-Dimensional Numerical Model of Flow and Sediment Transport in
Open Channels With Vegetation
Weiming Wu and Sam S. Y. Wang 253
Numerical Modeling of Bed Topography and Bank Erosion Along Tree-Lined Meandering Rivers
Marco J. Van De Wiel and Stephen E. Darby 267
