Incorporation of nitrogen and carbon from spawning coho salmon into the trophic system of small streams: Evidence from stable isotopes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 164-173

  Bilby, Robert E ^a   Fransen, Brian R ^a   Bisson, Peter A ^a  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMADINA FASCIATA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; RIPARIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0000709154     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-159     Document Type: Article

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