Restoration of an Indiana, USA, stream: Bridging the gap between basic and applied lotic ecology

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 647-660

  Moerke, Ashley H ^a,b   Gerard, Kerry J ^a   Latimore, Jo A ^a,c   Hellenthal, Ronald A ^a   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic recovery; Fish; Macroinvertebrates; Periphyton; Sedimentation; Stream habitat

Indexed keywords

CHANNELIZATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; RECOVERY; STREAM;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; PISCES;

EID: 4944236519     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0647:ROAIUS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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