Responses in organic matter accumulation and processing to an experimental wood addition in three headwater streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1642-1657

  Entrekin, Sally A ^a   Tank, Jennifer L ^a   Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^a,b   Hoellein, Timothy J ^a   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris dams; Large wood; Leaf litter decomposition; Macroinvertebrate shredders; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; CAPNIIDAE; LEPIDOSTOMA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 47049094364     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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