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From continua to patches : longitudinal patterns in the Middle Fork of the John Day River, Oregon

Creator:

Wright, Kristopher Keith

Abstract:

The Middle Fork John Day River is composed of low gradient, alluvial valley segments separated by constrained, canyon-like reaches, and has a history of multiple land-uses. These factors can alter the physical and biological structure of streams, and disrupt the longitudinal river continuum. I examined habitat, fish, macroinvertebrates, and primary...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

River Continuum Concept (from Vaimote et al. 1980). 3 2.1 Theoretical distributions of continuous and