Macroinvertebrate community response to natural and forest harvest gradients in western Oregon headwater streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 905-919

  Herlihy, Alan T ^a   Gerth, William J ^a   Li, Judith ^a   Banks, Janel L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest harvest; Headwater streams; Logging; Macroinvertebrates; Oregon

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; TIMBER HARVESTING;

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

BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PLECOPTERA; RIPARIA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 18044388555     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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