Ecoregion and land-use influence invertebrate and detritus transport from headwater streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1205-1218

  Binckley, Christopher A ^a   Wipfli, Mark S ^a   Medhurst, Bruce ^a   Polivka, Karl ^b   Hessburg, Paul ^b   Brion Salter, R ^b   Kill, Joshua Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrate; Ecoregion; Headwater stream; Logging; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77953943568     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02344.x     Document Type: Article

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