Table 1.

Summary of the components of a selection of existing erosion indices (based on Connell, 2012)

ComponentBESIBEHIUSDoTEPINSEIBEPI
Bank erosion/condition  ✓✓✓ 
Bank height/bankfull ratio✓✓   ✓
Root depth/bank height ratio ✓    
Bank angle✓✓✓ ✓✓
Vegetation ✓✓✓✓✓
Surface protection✓     
Riparian diversity✓     
Bank material  ✓ ✓✓
Root density ✓   ✓
Velocity  ✓✓✓ 
Cause of erosion    ✓ 
Substrate materials  ✓✓  
Thalweg location  ✓ ✓ 
Degree of incision/constriction  ✓   
Deposition  ✓   
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