Impacts of channel reconstruction on invertebrate assemblages in a restored river

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-638

  Albertson, Lindsey K ^a   Cardinale, Bradley J ^a   Zeug, Steven C ^a   Harrison, Lee R ^a   Lenihan, Hunter S ^a   Wydzga, M Aleksandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Gravel augmentation; Heterogeneity; Macroinvertebrates; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; GRAVEL; HETEROGENEITY; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DECLINE; RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; SPAWNING;

CALIFORNIA; MERCED RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BAETIS; EPHEMEROPTERA; HYDROPSYCHE; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 80052599313     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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