Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dale, Virginia H. (Editor), Swanson, Frederick J. (Editor), Crisafulli, Charles M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geophysics.; Geobiology.; Ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Life Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, had a momentous impact on the fungal, plant, animal, and human life from the mountain to the far reaches of the explosion's ash cloud and mudflows. Although this intense natural event caused loss of substantial life and property, it also created...