Evolution of a stream ecosystem in recently deglaciated terrain

• Published in: Ecology
• Main Authors: Milner, AM, Robertson, AL, Brown, LE, Sonderland, SH, McDermott, M, Veal, AJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ecological Society of America 2011
• Subjects: Glacier Bay; Varden; glacier; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/76075/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/76075/12/Evolution%20of%20a%20stream%20ecosystem_LBrown_with_coversheet.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1890/10-2007.1

Climate change and associated glacial recession create new stream habitat that leads to the assembly of new riverine communities through primary succession. However, there are still very few studies of the patterns and processes of community assembly during primary succession for stream ecosystems....