Timber harvest intensifies spawning-salmon disturbance of macroinvertebrates in southeastern Alaskan streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Campbell, Emily Y ^a   Benbow, M Eric ^a,b   Tiegs, Scott D ^c,e   Hudson, John P ^d   Lamberti, Gary A ^c   Merritt, Richard W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d Oakland University ^*  (United States)

^e OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; benthic invertebrates; bioturbation; context dependency; ecosystem engineering; Interactive disturbance; Oncorhynchus spp.; watershed management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; CONTEST COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALMONID; SPAWNING; TIMBER HARVESTING; VOLUME; WATERSHED;

ALASKA; ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO; PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND [ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO]; UNITED STATES;

BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPEORUS LONGIMANUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; PLECOPTERA; SERRATELLA TIBIALIS; SIMULIIDAE; SUWALLIA; SWELTSA; ZAPADA CINCTIPES;

EID: 79952272748     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-040.1     Document Type: Article

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