River ecosystem response to bushfire disturbance: Interaction with flow regulation

Australian Forestry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 153-161

  Peat, Michael ^a   Chester, Heath ^a   Norris, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic; Disturbance; Fire; Flow regulation; Macroinvertebrates; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CATCHMENTS; DAMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RIVERS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; DISTURBANCE; FLOW REGULATION; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PERIPHYTON;

FIRES;

ALGAE; DAMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; RIVERS;

ALGAE;

EID: 26444579395     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2005.10674961     Document Type: Article

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