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Effects of canopy modification and accumulated sediment on stream communities.

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Title Effects of canopy modification and accumulated sediment on stream communities.
Creator Murphy, M. L. Hawkins, Charles P. Anderson, N. H.
Description The relative importance of surrounding riparian vegetation and substrate composition on invertebrate community structure was investigated in six streams in Oregon, USA. We found that canopy type was more important than substrate character in influencing total abundance and guild structure. Streams without shading had higher abundances of invertebrates than did shaded streams. Most guilds were influenced by qualitative differences in food availability rather than quantity of food or substrate...
Date 1981-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Identifier https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/838 info:doi/10.1577/1548-8659(1981)110<469:EOCMAA>2.0.CO;2
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Source Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications
Publisher Hosted by Utah State University Libraries
Subject Conopy modification accumulated sediment stream communities

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