Conservation from the bottom up: Forecasting effects of global change on dynamics of organic matter and management needs for river networks

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-68

  Kominoski, John S ^a   Rosemond, Amy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon; Climate; Detritus; DOC; Food webs; Land use; Nutrients; POC

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; FORECASTING METHOD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER SYSTEM;

EID: 84878315363     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-160.1     Document Type: Article

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