Coarse particulate organic matter dynamics in small streams: Towards linking function to physical structure

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2116-2126

  Richardson, John S ^a   Hoover, Trent M ^a   Lecerf, Antoine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Université de Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Detritus; Geomorphology; Hydrology; Simulation model; Streams

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 70349128091     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02279.x     Document Type: Article

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