Shade effects on stream periphyton and invertebrates: An experiment in streamside channels

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 665-683

  Quinn, John M ^a   Cooper, A Bryce ^a   Stroud, Morag J ^a   Burrell, Gregory P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon; Phosphorus; Photopigments, nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Riparian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001286488     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516797     Document Type: Article

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