Ecology of Streams of the Toolik Region

Alaska's Changing Arctic: Ecological Consequences for Tundra, Streams, and Lakes

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bowden, William B ^a   Peterson, Bruce J ^b   Deegan, Linda A ^b   Huryn, Alex D ^c   Benstead, Jonathan P ^c   Golden, Heidi ^d   Kendrick, Michael ^c   Parker, Stephanie M ^c   Schuett, Elissa ^a   Vallino, Joseph J ^b   Hobbie, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Hyporheic processes; Microheterotrophs; Permafrost; Stream ecosystems; Thermokarst; Toolik region; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908285807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199860401.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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