River Turbidity and Sediment Loads During Dam Removal
Warrick JA, Duda JJ, Magirl CS, Curran CA. 2012. River Turbidity and Sediment Loads During Dam Removal. Eos, Transactions. 93(43):425-426
Dam decomissioning has become an important means for removing unsafe or obsolete dams and for restoring natural fluvial processes, including discharge regimes, sediment transport and ecosystem connectivity [Doyle et al 2003]. The largest dam removal project in history began in September 2011 on the Elwha River of Washington State (Figure 1a). The project which aims to restore the river ecosystem and increase imperiled samon populations that once thrived there, provides a unique opportunity to better understand the implications of large-scale river restoration.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Warrick, Jonathan; Duda, Jeffrey; Magirl, Christopher; Curran, Chris
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- anadromous fishery, Dam Removal, Elwha River Watershed, river restoration, Salmon, Sediment Transport
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics