Influences of logging history and riparian forest characteristics on macroinvertebrates and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in headwater streams (New Hampshire, U.S.A.)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 388-397

  Nislow, Keith H ^a   Lowe, Winsor H ^b,c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brook trout; Disturbance; Food webs; Forest succession; Salvelinus fontinalis; Small watersheds; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SALMONID;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33645086361     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01492.x     Document Type: Article

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