Organic matter dynamics in small streams of the Pacific Northwest

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 921-934

  Richardson, John S ^a   Bilby, Robert E ^b   Bondar, Carin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Detritus; Food webs; Headwaters; Nutrients; Particulate organic matter; Rivers streams

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CHANNEL FLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RIVERS;

AQUATIC ECOLOGY; DETRITUS; FOOD WEBS; HEAD WATERS; NUTRIENTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RIVERS/STREAMS;

STREAM FLOW;

FORESTED CATCHMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 23944440866     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03777.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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