Landscape heterogeneity and the biodiversity of Arctic stream communities: A habitat template analysis

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1905-1919

  Huryn, Alexander D ^a   Slavik, Karie A ^b,e   Lowe, Rex L ^c   Parker, Stephanie M ^a   Anderson, Dennis S ^d   Peterson, Bruce J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FREEZING; ORDINATION; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744573479     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-100     Document Type: Article

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