Long-term patterns in leaf breakdown in streams in response to watershed logging

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 467-474

  Benfield, E F ^a   Webster, J R ^a   Tank, J L ^b   Hutchens, J J ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Leaf breakdown; Long term; Stream response

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LEAF LITTER; LOGGING; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034908592     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200107)86:4/5<467::AID-IROH467>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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