The evolving legacy of disturbance in stream ecology: Concepts, contributions, and coming challenges

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-83

  Stanley, Emily H ^a   Powers, Stephen M ^a   Lottig, Noah R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Disturbance regime; Regime shift; Resilience; Resistance; Restoration; Review; River; Stream

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849084926     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-027.1     Document Type: Article

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