1. Do Alternate Stable States Occur in Streams? Assessing Community Changes in Biofilms along a Biogeochemcical Gradient Open Access Author: Scanlan, Andrew Michael Title: Do Alternate Stable States Occur in Streams? Assessing Community Changes in Biofilms along a Biogeochemcical Gradient Graduate Program: Ecology Keywords: Diatom AssemblagesAlterante Stable State HypothesisProductivity Threshold File: Download Scanlan_Thesis_12-9-09.pdf Committee Members: Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorHunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor