Effective discharge analysis of ecological processes in streams

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Doyle, Martin W ^a   Stanley, Emily H ^b   Strayer, David L ^c   Jacobson, Robert B ^d   Schmidt, John C ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d US Geological Survey ^*  (United States)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES;

ALGAL GROWTH; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT RETENTION; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS;

STREAM FLOW;

DISCHARGE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 29944437552     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004222     Document Type: Article

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