Calibrating the data logger…

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory · Gothic, Colorado · founded 1928. A non-profit field station for long-term ecological research.

Tools

Data Hub Spatial Data Platform Browser Weather and Climate Dashboard Gothic webcam billy barr’s snow records pySDP rSDP RMBL Compute Hub Bloom Forecast

Connect

GitHub · rmbl-sdp RMBL main site ikb@rmbl.org

P.O. Box 519 Crested Butte, CO 81224 · (970) 349-7231 · RMBL is a Colorado non-profit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status. RMBL is an equal opportunity service provider and employer and operates under permit from the USDA Forest Service, Gunnison National Forest. Support for the Knowledge Commons provided by the Clark Family Foundation.

Shields number — RMBL Knowledge Commons

← Back to Conceptsmeasurement

Shields number

Scope: hydrology

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 36 entities)

Loading graph...

Knowledge graph centered on Shields number with 36 nodes and 119 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Mayflies, Baetidae, Baetis bicaudatus, Baetis.

Definition

A dimensionless ratio quantifying stream competence or a stream flow's capacity to mobilize bed particles of a given size

Related Terms (1)

τ*

Publications (1)

article

Hydraulic and geomorphic effects on mayfly drift in high-gradient streams at moderate discharges

2008Ecohydrology

Shields number

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 36 entities)

Definition

Related Terms (1)

Publications (1)

Hydraulic and geomorphic effects on mayfly drift in high-gradient streams at moderate discharges

Related Concepts (4)

invertebrate drift

Reynolds number

drift propensity

hydraulic refugia

Frequently Associated Species

Baetis bicaudatus

Salvelinus fontinalis

Baetis

Baetidae

Simuliidae

Potamophylax latipennis

Simulidae

Simulium

benthic invertebrates

Mayflies