Late-successional riparian forest structure results in heterogeneous periphyton distributions in loworder streams

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2343-2354

  Stovall, Jeremy P ^a,b   Keeton, William S ^a   Kraft, Clifford E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; GAP DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; MATURE FOREST; MICROHABITATS; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; NEW YORK , USA; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PERIPHYTONS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND AGE; STREAM HABITATS;

CHLOROPHYLL; HYDRAULICS; PORPHYRINS;

FORESTRY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROHABITAT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PERIPHYTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SHADING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; SUCCESSION;

CHLOROPHYLLS; FORESTS; HYDRAULICS; RIVERS;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CONIUM;

EID: 72649106325     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-137     Document Type: Article

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