Forestry affects food webs in northern Swedish coastal streams

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-294

  Göthe, Emma ^a   Lepori, Fabio ^a   Malmqvist, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Heterotrophic autotrophic energy sources; Riparian logging; Stable isotope analysis; Trophic shifts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CLEARCUTTING; COASTAL WATER; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MAYFLY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OMNIVORY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RIPARIAN FOREST; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SWEDEN;

ALGAE; BAETIS RHODANI; HEXAPODA; LEUCTRA HIPPOPUS;

EID: 77954607050     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0175-0281     Document Type: Article

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