Terrestrial invertebrates as salmonid prey and nitrogen sources in streams: Contrasting old-growth and young-growth riparian forests in southeastern Alaska, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1259-1269

  Wipfli, Mark S ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; NITROGEN SOURCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PREY; RIPARIAN HABITAT; STREAM; TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATE;

ALASKA; USA;

AMADINA FASCIATA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PISCES; RIPARIA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS MALMA;

EID: 0030767248     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-034     Document Type: Article

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