| Title | Riparian Litter Inputs to Streams in the Central Oregon Coast Range |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2006 |
| Authors | Hart, Stephanie K. |
| Academic Department | College of Forestry, Forest Science |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 102 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea River Basin, Big Elk Creek (Yaquina), carbon, Douglas fir = Pseudotsuga menziesii, ecosystem health, food webs, habitats, Lake Creek (Siuslaw), Lobster Creek (Alsea), Lower Alsea River, nitrogen, Red alder = Alnus rubra, Siuslaw River, terrestrial |
| Notes | “Riparian zone vegetation can influence terrestrial and aquatic food webs through variations in the amounts, timing, and nutritional content of leaf and other litter inputs. Differences in vegetation composition and density, as well as riparian topography, may modulate the strength and quality of these inputs. Changes in inputs to small order streams affect the processes and condition of adjacent and downstream reaches based on the amount of particulate organic matter that is intercepted, retained, or exported. The central Oregon Coast Range provides an ideal opportunity to study how deciduous dominated and coniferous dominated riparian forests influence small streams within a matrix of managed riparian forests.” (from the Abstract) Co-major professors were David E. Hibbs and Steven S. Perakis. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/k930c156g |
