Riparian forest harvesting and its influence on benthic communities of small streams of subboreal British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 907-918

  Melody, K Jill ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; SEASONS;

HARVESTING;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; LEAF LITTER; LOGGING (TIMBER); MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERIPHYTON; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

BENTHIC DEPOSITS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; INVERTEBRATES; LOGGING; RIVERS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547768679     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-286     Document Type: Article

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