Stream macroinvertebrate communities in paired Hemlock and deciduous watersheds

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-112

  Willacker Jr , James J ^a,b   Sobczak, William V ^c   Colburn, Elizabeth A ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77649312568     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.0108     Document Type: Article

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