Short-term effects of defoliation by gypsy moth larvae on Appalachian headwater streams in Virginia
This field study investigated the short-term effects of riparian defoliation by gypsy moth larvae on three aspects of headwater stream ecology, water quality, benthic macroinvertebrate community structure, and benthic macroinvertebrate function (expressed as secondary production). The experimental d...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42426 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05022009-040749/ |