The Blurred Line between Form and Process: A Comparison of Stream Channel Classification Frameworks

• Alan Kasprak ,

  * E-mail: akasprak@usgs.gov (AK); nate@natehough-snee.org (NH-S)

  Current address: U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States of America

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322–5210, United States of America

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• Nate Hough-Snee ,

  * E-mail: akasprak@usgs.gov (AK); nate@natehough-snee.org (NH-S)

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322–5210, United States of America, Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322–5210, United States of America

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• Tim Beechie ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliation Fish Ecology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98112, United States of America

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• Nicolaas Bouwes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliation Eco Logical Research, Providence, UT, United States of America

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• Gary Brierley ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliation School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Reid Camp ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322–5210, United States of America, Eco Logical Research, Providence, UT, United States of America

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• Kirstie Fryirs ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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• Hiroo Imaki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliation Pacific Spatial Solutions, Reston, VA, United States of America

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• Martha Jensen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322–5210, United States of America, Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322–5210, United States of America

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• Gary O’Brien ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322–5210, United States of America

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• David Rosgen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliation Wildland Hydrology, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States of America

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• Joseph Wheaton

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tim Beechie, Nicolaas Bouwes, Gary Brierley, Reid Camp, Kirstie Fryirs, Hiroo Imaki, Martha Jensen, Gary O’Brien, David Rosgen, Joseph Wheaton

  ¶‡ AK and NH-S are joint lead authors on this work. TB, NB, GB, RC, KF, HI, MJ, GO, DR and JW are presented alphabetically on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322–5210, United States of America, Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322–5210, United States of America

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