Colonization and development of stream communities across a 200-year gradient in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, U.S.A.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Milner, Alexander M, Knudsen, E Eric, Soiseth, Chad, Robertson, Anne L, Schell, Don, Phillips, Ian T, Magnusson, Katrina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2000
• Subjects: Glacier Bay; Varden; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f00-212; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f00-212

In May 1997, physical and biological variables were studied in 16 streams of different ages and contrasting stages of development following glacial recession in Glacier Bay National Park, southeast Alaska. The number of microcrustacean and macroinvertebrate taxa and juvenile fish abundance and diver...