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Table of Contents - Special Paper 451

Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts

edited by L. Allan James, Sara L. Rathburn, and G. Richard Whittecar

Introduction: Managing rivers with broad historical changes and human impacts L. Allan James, Sara L. Rathburn, and G. Richard Whittecar		v
Large-Scale, Long-Term Sediment and Geomorphic Changes
1.	Sediment regime constraints on river restoration—An example from the Lower Missouri River Robert B. Jacobson, Dale W. Blevins, and Chance J. Bitner	1
2.	Channel, floodplain, and wetland responses to floods and overbank sedimentation, 1846–2006, Halfway Creek Marsh, Upper Mississippi Valley, Wisconsin Faith A. Fitzpatrick, James C. Knox, and Joseph P. Schubauer-Berigan	23
3.	Persistence of effects of high sediment loading in a salmon-bearing river, northern California Mary Ann Madej and Vicki Ozaki	43
4.	Historical channel changes in the lower Yuba and Feather Rivers, California: Long-term effects of contrasting river-management strategies L. Allan James, Michael B. Singer, Subhajit Ghoshal, and Mary Megison	57
5.	Channel adjustments in northern and central Italy over the last 200 years Nicola Surian, Massimo Rinaldi, Luisa Pellegrini, Chiara Audisio, Franca Maraga, Liliana Teruggi, Ornella Turitto, and Luca Ziliani	83
6.	Bank erosion along the dam-regulated lower Roanoke River, North Carolina Cliff R. Hupp, Edward R. Schenk, Jean M. Richter, Robert K. Peet, and Philip A. Townsend	97
7.	Planform change and stream power in the Kishwaukee River watershed, Illinois: Geomorphic assessment for environmental management Inci Güneralp and Bruce L. Rhoads	109
8.	Geomorphic evolution of the Le Sueur River, Minnesota, USA, and implications for current sediment loading Karen B. Gran, Patrick Belmont, Stephanie S. Day, Carrie Jennings, Andrea Johnson, Lesley Perg, and Peter R. Wilcock	119
Hydrologic Considerations for River Restoration
9.	Vanishing riverscapes: A review of historical channel change on the western Great Plains Ellen Wohl, Dena Egenhoff, and Kelly Larkin	131
10.	Characterizing environmental flows for maintenance of river ecosystems: North Fork Cache la Poudre River, Colorado Sara L. Rathburn, David M. Merritt, Ellen E. Wohl, John S. Sanderson, and Heather A.L. Knight	143
11.	Testing the linear relationship between peak annual river discharge and drainage area using long-term USGS river gauging records Joshua C. Galster	159
River Management and Restoration
12.	Geomorphic changes resulting from floods in reconfigured gravel-bed river channels in Colorado, USA John G. Elliott and Joseph P. Capesius	173
13.	Assessing geomorphological and ecological responses in restored step-pool systems Anne Chin, Alison H. Purcell, Jennifer W.Y. Quan, and Vincent H. Resh	199
14.	River restoration strategies in channelized, low-gradient landscapes of West Tennessee, USA Douglas P. Smith, Timothy H. Diehl, Leslie A. Turrini-Smith, Jason Maas-Baldwin, and Zachary Croyle	215
Index		231
About the Contributors		241