Recovery of three arctic stream reaches from experimental nutrient enrichment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1077-1089

  Benstead, Jonathan P ^a,d   Green, Adrian C ^a,e   Deegan, Linda A ^a   Peterson, Bruce J ^a   Slavik, Karie ^a,f   Bowden, William B ^b   Hershey, Anne E ^c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Before after control impact; Bryophytes; Disturbance; Nitrogen; Nutrient enrichment; Phosphorus; Recovery; Restoration; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMERELLA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; ORTHOCLADIUS RIVULORUM; THYMALLUS ARCTICUS;

EID: 34248667002     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01723.x     Document Type: Article

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