Environmental heterogeneity and community structure of the Kobuk River, Alaska, in response to climate change

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Durand, J R ^a   Lusardi, R A ^a   Nover, D M ^b   Suddeth, R J ^a   Carmona Catot, G ^a   Connell Buck, C R ^a   Gatzke, S E ^a   Katz, J V ^a   Mount, J F ^a   Moyle, P B ^a   Viers, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Climate change; Ecosystem function; Fish biology; Flow pulse; Food webs; Hydro geomorphology; Permafrost; Sub Arctic; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875341145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00111.1     Document Type: Article

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