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Headwater Capture

Headwater Capture is a geomorphological process in which the upper reaches of one river system are diverted into an adjacent river system due to erosion or tectonic activity, thereby altering drainage patterns and influencing the biogeographic distribution of freshwater organisms.

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138

Authors

75

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Variants

River CaptureRiver Piracy

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Publications

39

Export of invertebrates and detritus from fishless headwater streams in southeastern Alaska: implications for downstream salmonid production

Mark S. Wipfli, David P. Gregovich · Freshwater Biology · 2002 · 203 citations · Full text

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Acetate retention and metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a mountain stream

Michelle A. Baker, Clifford N. Dahm, H. Maurice Valett · Limnology and Oceanography · 1999 · 133 citations · Full text

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Lateral Dispersal of Adult Aquatic Insects (Plecoptera, Trichoptera) following Emergence from Headwater Streams in Forested Appalachian Catchments

Michael B. Griffith, Edward M. Barrows, Sue A. Perry · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 1998 · 85 citations

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Across the Southern Alps by river capture? Freshwater fish phylogeography in South Island, New Zealand

Jonathan M. Waters, Graham P. Wallis · Molecular Ecology · 2000 · 83 citations

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A Model of Seston Capture by Net-Spinning Caddisflies

Theodore J. Georgian, J. Bruce Wallace · Oikos · 1981 · 81 citations

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Authors

138

  1. DH
    Deanna H. Olson

    Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  2. SM
    Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  3. GG
    GJ Glova

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. JC
    John C. Avise

    University of Georgia, United States

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. HL
    Henrique Lazzarotto

    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 publications · 41 citations

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Institutions

75

  1. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    106 citations

  2. Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Maringá, Brazil

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    165 citations

  3. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

    Natal, Brazil

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    133 citations

  4. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

    São Paulo, Brazil

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  5. Pacific Northwest Research Station

    Portland, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    435 citations

  6. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    346 citations

  7. Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  8. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Freshwater Biology

    3 publications · 264 citations

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  2. Journal of Biogeography

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  4. Canadian Journal of Forest Research

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  5. Limnology and Oceanography

    1 publications · 133 citations

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