The role of canopy cover on the recovery of periphyton and macroinvertebrate communities after a month-long flood

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-57

  Fuller, Randall L ^a   Lafave, Christine ^a   Anastasi, Matthew ^a   Molina, Jennifer ^a   Salcedo, Hector ^a   Ward, Sophia ^a  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Baetidae; Canopy cover; Chironomidae; Flood effects; Periphyton; Stream disturbance

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; FLOODS; FORESTRY;

BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; FLOOD EFFECTS; PERIPHYTON; STREAM DISTURBANCE;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; FLASH FLOOD; FLY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAYFLY; PERIPHYTON; STREAMWATER;

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FLOODS; FORESTRY;

ALGAE; BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ULOTHRIX;

EID: 37549015942     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9139-5     Document Type: Article

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