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"The book describes a forty-year longitudinal study of the effects on river morphology and riparian vegetation communities of the regulation of Peace River, in northwestern Canada"--
List of contents
Contributing authors, vii
Preface, ix
1 On regulated rivers, 1
Michael Church
2 The regulation of Peace River, 13
Michael Church
3 Downstream channel gradation in the regulated Peace River, 39
Christopher P. Ayles and Michael Church
4 Tributary channel gradation due to regulation of Peace River, 67
Christopher P. Ayles and Michael Church
5 The hydraulic geometry of Peace River, 89
Michael Church
6 Ice on Peace River: effects on bank morphology and riparian vegetation, 115
Lars Uunila and Michael Church
7 Post-regulation morphological change on Peace River, 141
Michael Church and Jiongxin Xu
8 Studies of riparian vegetation along Peace River, British Columbia, 175
Margaret E. A. North and Michael Church
9 The response of riparian vegetation to flow regulation along Peace River, Alberta, 209
Michael Church, Lars Uunila and Margaret E. A. North
10 The floods of 1990 and 1996 on Peace River, 233
Michael Church, Christopher P. Ayles and Brett C. Eaton
11 The future state of Peace River, 251
Brett C. Eaton and Michael Church
12 Implications for river management, 267
Michael Church
Appendix: data files online, 273
Index, 275
About the author
Michael Church is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, where he taught geomorphology, hydrology and studies in resources and environment for 38 years. He researches river morphodynamics, with a major interest in sediment transport and sedimentation. He has focused much work on the large Fraser and Peace rivers in western Canada, the former an important salmon stream, the latter a regulated boreal river.
Summary
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the first longitudinal study of the downstream response of a major river to the establishment of a large hydropower facility and dams.
