Data from: Wood equilibrium: A conceptual framework for assessing the wood regime

The wood regime describes the recruitment, transport, and retention of
wood in rivers. While there are data-intensive methods for understanding
these processes, such as wood budgeting and transport modeling, it remains
difficult to holistically assess the wood regime, especially over large
spatial and temporal scales. To address this difficulty, we present the
conceptual framework of wood equilibrium. Like sediment equilibrium, wood
equilibrium posits that wood load can be in equilibrium with supply, a
state characterized by a consistently positive correlation between wood
load and wood retention capacity (i.e., the capability of a reach to
retain wood). Likewise, there also exist transport-limited and
supply-limited states, in which wood retention is greater or less than
capacity, respectively. We apply the wood equilibrium framework to
understand the wood regime of two rivers in Washington, USA, by comparing
wood load to retention capacity and the spatial distribution of wood
recruitment. We find evidence for wood equilibrium state varying in both
space and time in response to changes in wood recruitment, transport, and
retention capacity. We discuss how the wood equilibrium framework can be
used to understand the wood regime and potential responses to wood
reintroduction and river restoration.