The influence of introduced trout on the benthic communities of paired headwater streams in the Sierra Nevada of California

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1324-1342

  Herbst, David B ^a   Silldorff, Erik L ^b,c   Cooper, Scott D ^b  

^a Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Delaware River Basin Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Headwater stream communities; Introduced trout; Stream conservation and management; Stream invertebrates; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 65549100107     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02187.x     Document Type: Article

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