Ken M Fritz, Kate A Schofield, Laurie C Alexander, Michael G McManus, Heather E Golden, Charles R Lane, William G Kepner, Stephen D LeDuc, Julie E DeMeester, Amina I Pollard
Streams, riparian areas, floodplains, alluvial aquifers and downstream waters (e.g., large rivers, lakes, oceans) are interconnected by longitudinal, lateral, and vertical fluxes of water, other materials and energy. Collectively, these interconnected waters are called fluvial hydrosystems. Physical and chemical connectivity within fluvial hydrosystems is created by the transport of nonliving materials (e.g., water, sediment, nutrients, contaminants) which either do or do not chemically change (chemical and physical connections, respectively)...
April 2018: Journal of the American Water Resources Association