The expansion of woody riparian vegetation, and subsequent stream restoration, influences the metabolism of prairie streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1138-1150

  Riley, Alyssa J ^a   Dodds, Walter K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroalgae; Microalgae; Primary production; Restoration; Streams

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84860457260     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02778.x     Document Type: Article

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