Impacts of timber harvesting on stream macroinvertebrate communities at different spatial scales in Ontario's boreal forest

• Main Author: Challen, Laura Diane
• Other Authors: Mackereth, Robert, Hecnar, Stephen, Deacon, Ken
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Freshwater invertebrates Effect of logging on Ontario; Northwestern; Stream animals Effect of logging on Ontario; Freshwater insects Effect of logging on Ontario; Timber harvesting; Stream ecology; Mackenzie River; Thunder Bay; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/3199

Study area: Wolf River, Mackenzie River, Spruce River and Nipigon 10 burn zone watersheds. These are tributaries of Lake Superior and lie within the northwestern Ontario boreal forest near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Sites were classified according to catchment size and disturbance adjacent to the stream....