An Ecosystem Perspective of Riparian Zones
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Stanley V. Gregory, Frederick J. Swanson, W. Arthur McKee, Kenneth W. Cummins; An Ecosystem Perspective of Riparian Zones: Focus on links between land and
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Riparian plant communities can influence bank stability, moderate microclimates and water temperatures, cycle nutrients, and produce organic carbon important to food webs.
“Riparian plant communities can influence bank stability, moderate microclimates and water temperatures, cycle nutrients, produce organic carbon that is an essential component of food-webs for many terrestrial and aquatic organisms and others (Cummins, 1974;Gregory et al., 1991;Naiman and Decamps, 1997).”
From River channel dynamics following extirpation of wolves in northwestern Yellowstone National Park, USA (2006) · cites this paper as Gregory et al., 1991
Functional riparian plant communities can significantly influence the physical and biological attributes of riverine systems by moderating microclimates and water temperatures, stabilizing riverbanks, cycling nutrients, and producing organic carbon.
“Furthermore, functional riparian plant communities can significantly influence the physical and biological attributes of riverine systems by moderating microclimates and water temperatures, stabilizing riverbanks, cycling nutrients, and producing organic carbon, an essential component of food webs for both terrestrial and aquatic organisms (Gregory et al. 1991; Allan et al. 2021).”
From A Century of Overabundant Ungulates in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley: First Elk and Now Bison (2026) · cites this paper as Gregory et al. 1991
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“…and biological attributes of riverine systems by moderating microclimates and water temperatures, stabilizing riverbanks, cycling nutrients, and producing organic carbon, an essential component of food webs for both terrestrial and aquatic organisms (Gregory et al. 1991; Allan et al. 2021).”
- Authors
- Gregory, S. V., Swanson, F. J., McKee, W. A., & Cummins, K. W.
- Venue
- BioScience
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1991-09
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 540-551
- ISSN
- 0006-3568 (ISSN-L)
- 1525-3244
- OpenAlex
- W59689390
- Cited by
- 2,460
- References
- 56
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- FWCI
- 37.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BioScience (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Keywords
- riparian zones, land-water interactions, ecosystem ecology, riparian vegetation
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