Influence of salmon carcasses on stream productivity: Response of biofilm and benthic macroinvertebrates in southeastern Alaska, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1503-1511

  Wipfli, Mark S ^a   Hudson, John ^a   Caouette, John ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAETIS; BIOFILM GROWTH; CINYGMULA; FRESH WATER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SALMON; STREAM; UNITED STATES; ZAPADA;

BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARRION; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BAETIDAE; BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CINYGMULA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; NEMOURIDAE; PLECOPTERA; ZAPADA;

EID: 0031736873     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-031     Document Type: Article

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