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Post-eruption recovery and secondary production of grazing insects in two streams near Mt. St. Helens

Creator:

Meyerhoff, Richard Dietrich

Abstract:

The eruption of Mt. St. Helens provided the opportunity to study secondary production of grazing insects in the context of disturbance. Two stream sites were chosen that significantly differed in how their watersheds were impacted by the eruption. Clearwater Creek was catastrophically disturbed (physical alteration of habitat, loss of riparian...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

catastrophically disturbed (physical alteration of habitat, loss of riparian vegetation, and abundant ashfall