Macroinvertebrate community response to large-woody debris additions in small warmwater streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 605, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-207

  Hrodey, Peter J ^a,b   Kalb, Bryan J ^a   Sutton, Trent M ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Half logs; Introduced substrate; Large woody debris; Macroinvertebrate colonization; Warmwater streams

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INTRODUCED SUBSTRATES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COLONIZATION; WARMWATER STREAMS;

DEBRIS;

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FLY; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; WOODY DEBRIS;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WABASH BASIN;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 41949131200     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9354-8     Document Type: Article

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