Resource thresholds and stream ecosystem sustainability

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 410-424

  Stevenson, R Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Competition; Herbivory; Invertebrates; Light; Nutrients; Resources; S tress; Streams; Sustainability; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030992269     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468027     Document Type: Article

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