Effects of pulsed and pressed disturbances on the benthic invertebrate community following a coal spill in a small stream in northeastern USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 241-247

  Harper, Matthew P ^a   Peckarsky, Barbara L ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cayuga Inlet; Channelization; Coal spill; Human disturbance; Long term recovery; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

COAL; ECOSYSTEMS; INTAKE SYSTEMS;

CHANNELIZATION; COAL SPILL; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; LONG-TERM RECOVERY; STREAM INVERTEBRATES;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS;

COAL; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; STREAM; ZOOBENTHOS;

CAYUGA INLET; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HYDROPSYCHE; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 24644492358     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0862-5     Document Type: Article

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