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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3541-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3541-2015
Research article
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11 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 11 Aug 2015

Impacts of beaver dams on hydrologic and temperature regimes in a mountain stream

M. Majerova, B. T. Neilson, N. M. Schmadel, J. M. Wheaton, and C. J. Snow

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This study quantifies the impacts of beaver on hydrologic and temperature regimes, as well as highlights the importance of understanding the spatial and temporal scales of those impacts. Reach-scale discharge showed shift from losing to gaining. Temperature increased by 0.38°C (3.8%) and mean residence time by 230%. At the sub-reach scale, discharge gains and losses increased in variability. At the beaver dam scale, we observed increase in thermal heterogeneity with warmer and cooler niches.
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