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Flooding, as the result of Hurricane Agnes, and its effect on a macrobenthic community in an infertile headwater stream in central Pennsylvania
Author(s) -
Hoopes Rickalon L.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1974.19.5.0853
Subject(s) - benthic zone , flooding (psychology) , oceanography , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , geotechnical engineering , psychology , psychotherapist
Hurricane Agnes in June 1972 resulted in a 150‐fold increase in the discharge of Burns Run, Pennsylvania. A 22.7 m 3 sec −1 peak discharge severely depressed the benthic community, which had however recovered by October 1972.