Density of red alder (Alnus rubra) in headwaters influences invertebrate and detritus subsidies to downstream fish habitats in Alaska

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 520, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 153-163

  Wipfli, Mark S ^a,b   Musslewhite, Jake ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alder; Detritus; Headwater stream; Invertebrate; Riparian forest management; Salmonid; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; STREAM FLOW;

DENSITY GRADIENTS; INVERTIBRATES; SOIL DISTURBANCES;

FORESTRY;

DETRITUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SALMONID; STREAM; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 2442444624     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027734.95586.24     Document Type: Article

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