Ecosystem expansion and contraction in streams: Desert streams vary in both space and time and fluctuate dramatically in size

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 427-435

  Stanley, Emily H ^a   Fisher, Stuart G ^b   Grimm, Nancy B ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030999554     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313058     Document Type: Article

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