Effects of solar spectral irradiance (visible to UV) on a prairie stream epilithic community

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-169

  Denicola, Dean M ^a   Hoagland, Kyle D ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivores; Light; Periphyton; Spectral irradiance; Streams; UV

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000210368     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467945     Document Type: Article

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