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River ecology

the view of a river as a continuous gradient from headwaters to mouth along which energy sources and biological communities change predictably.

In river ecology, river continuum concept refers to the view of a river as a continuous gradient from headwaters to mouth along which energy sources and biological communities change predictably. This meaning comes from Vannote (1980) in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.[1]

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Vannote, R. L., Minshall, G. W., Cummins, K. W., Sedell, J. R., & Cushing, C. E. (1980). The River Continuum Concept. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 37(1), 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1139/f80-017

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