Influences of wildfire and channel reorganization on spatial and temporal variation in stream temperature and the distribution of fish and amphibians

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-346

  Dunham, Jason B ^a,c   Rosenberger, Amanda E ^a,b   Luce, Charlie H ^a   Rieman, Bruce E ^a  

^a USDA Forest Service Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaphus montanus; Debris flows; Disturbance; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Solar radiation; Stream heating; Stream shading; Stream temperature; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIS FLOW; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISTURBANCE; FROG; LARVA; NATIVE SPECIES; SALMONID; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTEBRATE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WILDFIRE;

BOISE RIVER; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCAPHUS MONTANUS; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447515768     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9029-8     Document Type: Article

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