Trophic linkages between headwater forests and downstream fish habitats: Implications for forest and fish management

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 205-213

  Wipfli, Mark S ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternatives to clearcutting; Aquatic invertebrates; Forest management; Headwater streams; Riparian; Salmonids; Terrestrial invertebrates; Trophic linkages

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; HARVESTING; SAMPLING; WATERSHEDS;

FISH HABITAT; HEADWATER FORESTS; TAXA; TROPHIC LINKAGES;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEADWATER; SALMONID;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SAMPLING; WATER SHEDS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844321296     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.025     Document Type: Article

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