Scale-dependent determinants and consequences of benthic algal heterogeneity

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 248-262

  Stevenson, R Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

algae; benthic; complexity; disturbance; diversity; heterogeneity; hydrology; nutrients; pools; productivity; riffles; scale; stability; stress

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 0030999072     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468255     Document Type: Article

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