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Title: Disturbance Regimes of Stream and Riparian Systems - a Disturbance-Cascade Perspective.

Authors: Nakamura, F., F. J. Swanson, and S. M. Wondzell.

Citation: Nakamura, F., F. J. Swanson, and S. M. Wondzell. 2000. Disturbance Regimes of Stream and Riparian Systems - a Disturbance-Cascade Perspective. Hydrological Processes 14, no. 16-17: 2849-60.

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Keywords: rivers, soil shift, sediment, stream systems, disturbance mosaic, riparian ecosystems, disturbance patches, debris flows, alluvium, riparian soil, vegetation, spatial pattern, fragmentation, resilience, management

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