Fire and fish: A synthesis of observation and experience

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 290 GTR, 2012, Pages 159-175

  Rieman, Bruce ^a   Gresswell, Robert ^b   Rinne, John ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STREAMWATER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WILDFIRE; WOODY DEBRIS;

EID: 84867167450     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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