Stream bed organic carbon and biotic integrity

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 761-779

  Shields Jr , F Douglas ^a   Knight, Scott S ^a   Stofleth, John M ^b  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PWA Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic organic matter; Carbon; Channel incision; Erosion; Fish; Index of biotic integrity; Indices; Large wood; streams

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONY; CHANNELIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETRITUS; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOD WEB; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM BED; TESTING METHOD; WARM WATER;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

IBIS;

EID: 50149118816     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.868     Document Type: Article

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