Publications by authors named "Bradley S Williams"
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- River systems are made up of hydrogeomorphic patches that vary in shape and function across space and time.
- Functional process zones are key areas within river valleys that help guide research and management strategies for entire watersheds.
- The RESonate tools and FLDPLN model allow for efficient and cost-effective analysis of river networks by automatically extracting key data from geospatial datasets and simulating flood impacts.
River science and management can be conducted at a range of spatiotemporal scales from reach to basin levels as long as the project goals and questions are matched correctly with the study design's spatiotemporal scales and dependent variables. These project goals should also incorporate information on the hydrogeomorphically patchy nature of riverine macrosystems which is only partially predictable in type and location from a river's headwaters to its terminus. This patchiness significantly affects a river's habitat template, and thus community structure, ecosystem function, and responses to perturbations.
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