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dc.contributor.authorStout, Justin C
dc.contributor.authorRutherfurd, Ian
dc.contributor.authorGrove, James
dc.contributor.authorWebb, J Angus
dc.contributor.authorKitchingman, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorTonkin, Zeb
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-21T04:50:19Z
dc.date.available2019-03-21T04:50:19Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0197-9337
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/esp.4006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/123888
dc.description.abstractReporting uncertainty in environmental measurements and estimates is important for cross‐comparison and inter‐comparison of sites and other spatial units. One such measure is the load of large in‐stream wood in river systems. In this paper we propose the use of the Weibull distribution to describe the central tendency and variability of wood loads along a river reach. We illustrate the link between the average wood load and the central tendency or scale parameter of the Weibull distribution. The shape of the Weibull distribution is strongly related to the ability of rivers to transport and rearrange the wood in a reach. We use six Victorian rivers to test the fit of the Weibull distribution, showing that the Weibull is a useful and flexible distribution that provides common reporting metrics useful for future studies. Using common reporting metrics provides a stronger tool for comparisons of wood loads between rivers and with reaches. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto10
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEarth Surface Processes and Landforms
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical geography and environmental geoscience
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3705
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3709
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode370999
dc.subject.keywordsLarge woody debris
dc.subject.keywordsRestoration
dc.subject.keywordsSpatial distribution
dc.subject.keywordsIn‐stream wood
dc.subject.keywordsWeibull
dc.titleUsing the Weibull distribution to improve the description of riverine wood loads
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Australian Rivers Institute
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorStout, Justin


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