Shoreline hardening alters freshwater shoreline ecosystems

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 764-777

  Wensink, Stacey M ^a   Tiegs, Scott D ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amynthas; Cotton strip assay; Decomposition; Ecosystem functioning; Invasive species; Lake St Clair; Lyngbya; Phragmites; Riprap; Shoreline armoring; Spatial subsidy; Wrack

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; GRASS; HARDENING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ORGANIC MATTER; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIPRAP; SHORELINE CHANGE; SNAIL;

LAKE SAINT CLAIR; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

AMYNTHAS; COLEOPTERA; CYANOBACTERIA; EARTHWORMS (SP.); FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INVERTEBRATA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA WOLLEI; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 84986181790     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/687279     Document Type: Article

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