Light as a first-order control on ecosystem structure in a temperate stream

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 422-432

  Julian, Jason P ^a   Seegert, Sarah Z ^b   Powers, Stephen M ^c   Stanley, Emily H ^c   Doyle, Martin W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecogeomorphology; Forested versus grassed streams; Light regimes; Stream ecology; Submerged aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

ECOGEOMORPHOLOGY; FORESTED VERSUS GRASSED STREAMS; LIGHT REGIMES; STREAM ECOLOGY; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 79956210314     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.144     Document Type: Article

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