Wetlands serve as natural sources for improvement of stream ecosystem health in regions affected by acid deposition

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2720-2728

  Pound, Katrina L ^a   Lawrence, Gregory B ^b   Passy, Sophia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Aluminum; Biodiversity; Biofilm; Brownification; Diatoms; Ecological guilds; Stream restoration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALUMINUM;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAM; TROPHIC LEVEL; WETLAND;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; BROWNIFICATION; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL GUILDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; STREAM RESTORATION; WETLAND;

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; BROWNIFICATION; DIATOMS; ECOLOGICAL GUILDS; STREAM RESTORATION; WETLANDS;

ACIDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; WETLANDS;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84881556464     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12265     Document Type: Article

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