Robert C. Wissmar

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define disturbance in stream ecosystems to be: any relatively discrete event in time that is characterized by a frequency, intensity, and severity outside a predictable range, and that disrupts ecosystem, community, or population structure and changes resources or the physical environment.

TL;DR: The importance of riparian zones as sources and sinks of matter and energy was examined in context of structural and functional attributes, such as sequestering or cycling of nutrients in sediments, retention of water in vegetation, and retention, diffusion or dispersal of biota as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors distinguish between predictable and unpredictable events and suggest that predictable discharge events are not disturbances, while the most frequently and predictably disturbed sites can be expected to demonstrate the highest resilience.

TL;DR: In this article, spatial and temporal patterns in the organic carbon load (< 1 millimeter) of the Amazon River indicate that oxidation was constant throughout the river at any one time but was much greater at rising water than at high water, whereas transport was constant.

TL;DR: The possibility that otolith microstructure recapitulates juvenile chum growth histories during estuarine residence is illustrated by the result that growth was positively correlated with ration, and food conversion efficiency was much higher for fish fed the harpacticoid copepod.