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Table 2
Summary of habitat descriptors for the channel, banks and riparian vegetation based on principal component analysis (PCA), axis loadings in parentheses.
| Chan 1 | Bnks 1 | Rip 1 |
| (74.0%) | (51.5%) | (98.0%) |
| Cobbles (+0.75) | Undercut banks (+0.41) | Deciduous shade (+1.00) |
| Pebbles (+0.65) | Bank top width (+0.25) | Veg. complexity –1 m (+0.53) |
| Gravel (+0.44) | Veg. complexity – 5 m (+0.26) | |
| Veg. complexity – face (+0.21) | ||
| Depth (–0.22) | ||
| Submerged roots (–0.24) | ||
| Emergent rocks (–0.31) | Bank top height (–0.50) | |
| Boulder Cover (–0.42) | Substrate size (–0.80) | |
| Bedrock (–1.00) | Bank profile index (–0.84) | Herbaceous shade (–0.19) |
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