The role of riparian vegetation and woody debris in the development of macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams

River Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-420

  Milner, Alexander M ^a,b   Gloyne Phillips, Ian T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Debris; Glacier Bay; Macroinvertebrate; Riparian; Stability; Wood; Xylophage

Indexed keywords

RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM; VEGETATION;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FALLAX; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; POLYPEDILUM FALLAX; RIPARIA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 19144365644     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.815     Document Type: Article

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