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Longitudinal River Continuum

The Longitudinal River Continuum is a conceptual model in river ecology that characterizes the continuous, downstream gradient of physical, chemical, and biological processes along a river's course, differentiating itself from discrete or segmented river models by emphasizing the interconnected and predictable changes in ecosystem structure and function from headwaters to mouth.

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Fluvial landscape ecology: addressing uniqueness within the river discontinuum

Geoffrey C. Poole · Freshwater Biology · 2002 · 610 citations

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Longitudinal Patterns of Ecosystem Processes and Community Structure in a Subarctic River Continuum

Robert J. Naiman, Jerry M. Melillo, Maurice A. Lock et al. · Ecology · 1987 · 314 citations

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Species Richness in Streams of Different Size from the Same Drainage Basin

G. Wayne Minshall, Robert C. Petersen, Curtis F. Nimz · The American Naturalist · 1985 · 211 citations

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Testing the tectonic significance of some parameters of longitudinal river profiles: the case of the Ardenne (Belgium, NW Europe)

Alain Demoulin · Geomorphology · 1998 · 181 citations

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Longitudinal Structure of an Agricultural Prairie River System and its Relationship to Current Stream Ecosystem Theory

M. J. Wiley, Lewis L. Osborne, R. Weldon Larimore · Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 1990 · 161 citations

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    J. V. Ward

    Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland

    3 publications · 114 citations

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  2. JA
    Jack A. Stanford

    University of Montana, United States

    3 publications · 106 citations

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  3. FF
    Francisco Fonseca Ribeiro de Oliveira

    Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  4. NB
    Nicole B. Richoux

    Rhodes University, South Africa

    2 publications · 28 citations

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    Sydney Moyo

    Rhodes University, South Africa

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  1. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    766 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    697 citations

  3. Rhodes University

    Grahamstown, South Africa

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    132 citations

  4. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    611 citations

  5. Idaho State University

    Pocatello, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    156 citations

  6. Biologie des Organismes et Écosystèmes Aquatiques

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    611 citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    17 publications

    615 citations

  8. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    441 citations

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  2. Freshwater Biology

    3 publications · 673 citations

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  3. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010

    3 publications · 60 citations

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  4. Hydrobiologia

    3 publications · 118 citations

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  5. Ecography

    2 publications · 224 citations

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