Mechanisms influencing community composition and succession in mountain stream periphyton: Interactions between scouring history, grazing, and irradiance

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 528-541

  Wellnitz, Todd ^a   Rader, Russell B ^b,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bedload scouring; Biotic and abiotic controls; Chamaesiphon; Community structure; Disturbance; Herbivory; Hydrurus; Irradiance; Mountain streams; Periphyton; Rhithrogena

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; IRRADIANCE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PERIPHYTON; SCOUR; SUCCESSION;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAMAESIPHON; CHAMAESIPHON INCRUSTANS; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; FRAXINUS; HEPTAGENIIDAE; HYDRURUS; HYDRURUS FOETIDUS; RHITHROGENA; RHITHROGENA ROBUSTA;

EID: 0345357911     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468350     Document Type: Article

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