Reconstructing salmon abundance in rivers: An initial dendrochronological evaluation

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2971-2977

  Drake, Deanne C ^a   Naiman, Robert J ^a   Helfield, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Fertilization; Marine derived nutrients; Nutrient cycling; Onchorynchus spp.; Pacific Decadal Oscillation, PDO; Picea glauca; Picea sitchensis; Riparian forest; Salmon; Sitka spruce; White spruce

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); NUTRIENT CYCLING; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER; SALMONID;

ONCHORYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; RIPARIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0012054002     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2971:RSAIRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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