Landscape context and the biophysical response of rivers to dam removal in the United States.

Landscape context and the biophysical response of rivers to dam removal in the United States.

Dams have been a fundamental part of the U.S. national agenda over the past two hundred years. Recently, however, dam removal has emerged as a strategy for addressing aging, obsolete infrastructure and more than 1,100 dams have been removed since the 1970s. However, only 130 of these removals had an...

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Main Authors: Melissa M Foley, Francis J Magilligan, Christian E Torgersen, Jon J Major, Chauncey W Anderson, Patrick J Connolly, Daniel Wieferich, Patrick B Shafroth, James E Evans, Dana Infante, Laura S Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5503210?pdf=render

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