Effects of riparian woody vegetation encroachment on prairie stream structure and function with emphasis on whole-stream metabolism

Doctor of Philosophy === Department of Biology === Walter K. Dodds === Much of the North American tallgrass prairie ecosystem has been converted to cropland or urbanized. One threat to the remaining prairie ecosystems, and the streams within, is woody vegetation encroachment. Stream productivity, me...

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Main Author: Riley, Alyssa J.
Language:en_US
Published: Kansas State University 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8545