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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Field Studies of Channel Chane:e & Sediment TransRQ!! <br /> <br />· underlying premise: <br /> <br /><> fish prefer habitats found in 'complex' channel reaches <br /> <br /><> complex channel =} bank erosion & bar deposition <br /> <br /><> bank erosion requires significant gravel transport, 't > 2'tc <br /> <br />· approach: <br /> <br /><> develop relations between discharge (Q) and shear stress ('t) <br />at specific sites <br /> <br /><> examine downstream trends in bankfull width b, depth h, <br />and dimensionless shear stress, 't* (hydraulic geometry) <br />