Effects of forest fire on headwater stream macroinvertebrate communities in eastern Washington, U.S.A.

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2331-2343

  Mellon, Cassie D ^a,c   Wipfli, Mark S ^a   Li, Judith L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Wildlife Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Headwater stream; Macroinvertebrate; Prey subsidy; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 53249124854     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02039.x     Document Type: Article

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