Phenology of benthic detritus input, storage and processing in an Alaskan subarctic stream

dc.contributor.author	Cowan, Cathy A.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-03-31T21:26:57Z
dc.date.available	2015-03-31T21:26:57Z
dc.date.issued	1983-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5214
dc.description	Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1983	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Allochthonous leaf litter input, storage of benthic detritus, processing rates of leaf litter, and macroinvertebrate standing crop were measured in Monument Creek, a second-order stream in interior Alaska. Litter input and storage of benthic detritus were very low in comparison to temperate streams. Processing rates of 5 g experimental leaf packs of birch and willow were moderate, while alder was processed very rapidly. Insect densities on leaf packs were relatively high, and approached domination by shredders (consumers of whole leaf tissue) as processing progressed. Associations between size classes of benthic detritus and standing crop of invertebrate feeding groups were generally positive but very weak, despite high shredder densities and low detritus storage. Productive capacities of high latitude streams may be fundamentally limited by low allochthonous input.	en_US
dc.title	Phenology of benthic detritus input, storage and processing in an Alaskan subarctic stream	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.identifier.department	Biology Department
refterms.dateFOA	2020-03-05T10:17:50Z

Name:

Cowan.Cathy.1983.pdf

Size:

30.14Mb

Format:

PDF

Biological Sciences
Includes WIldlife Biology and other Biological Sciences. For Marine Biology see the Marine Sciences collection.