Landscape filters and species traits: towards mechanistic understanding and prediction in stream ecology

NLR Poff - Journal of the north american Benthological …, 1997 - journals.uchicago.edu
A heuristic framework for understanding and predicting the distribution and categorical
abundance of species in stream communities is presented. The framework requires that …

Stream restoration in urban catchments through redesigning stormwater systems: looking to the catchment to save the stream

CJ Walsh, TD Fletcher… - Journal of the North …, 2005 - journals.uchicago.edu
Restoration of streams degraded by urbanization has usually been attempted by
enhancement of instream habitat or riparian zones. Such restoration approaches are …

Spawning habitat of Atlantic salmon and brown trout: general criteria and intragravel factors

P Louhi, A Mäki‐Petäys… - River research and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Generalized habitat criteria for spawning sites of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown
trout (Salmo trutta) using depth, water velocity and substrate size were created based on …

Anticipated climate warming effects on bull trout habitats and populations across the interior Columbia River basin

BE Rieman, D Isaak, S Adams, D Horan… - Transactions of the …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
A warming climate could profoundly affect the distribution and abundance of many fishes.
Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus may be especially vulnerable to climate change given that …

Spatial heterogeneity reduces temporal variability in stream insect communities

BL Brown - Ecology letters, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Although all natural systems are heterogeneous, the direct influence of spatial heterogeneity
on most ecological variables is unknown. In many systems, spatial heterogeneity is …

Impacts of rotational grazing and riparian buffers on physicochemical and biological characteristicsof southeastern Minnesota, USA, streams

LA Sovell, B Vondracek, JA Frost… - Environmental …, 2000 - Springer
We assessed the relationship between riparian management and stream quality along five
southeastern Minnesota streams in 1995 and 1996. Specifically, we examined the effect of …

A gap analysis and comprehensive conservation strategy for riverine ecosystems of Missouri

SP Sowa, G Annis, ME Morey… - Ecological …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
North America harbors an astounding proportion of the world's freshwater species, but it is
facing a freshwater biodiversity crisis. A first step to slowing the loss of biodiversity involves …

Stream corridor restoration research: a long and winding road

FD Shields, CM Cooper Jr, SS Knight, MT Moore - Ecological engineering, 2003 - Elsevier
Stream corridor restoration research and practice is presented as an example of the
application of ecology and engineering to solve a class of environmental problems. Interest …

Considerations of scale in habitat conservation and restoration

CA Lewis, NP Lester, AD Bradshaw… - Canadian Journal of …, 1996 - cdnsciencepub.com
Space and time function together to shape communities and ecosystems. As a result, the
definition of scale of observation is critical to the design of successful habitat conservation …

Multi-scale determinants of secondary production in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) streams

NLR Poff, AD Huryn - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and …, 1998 - cdnsciencepub.com
Il est primordial de comprendre la variation dans la production dulcicole du saumon
atlantique dans son aire de répartition pour assurer la conservation, le rétablissement et la …