Influence of salmon spawner densities on stream productivity in Southeast Alaska

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1600-1611

  Wipfli, Mark S ^a   Hudson, John P ^a   Chaloner, Dominic T ^b   Caouette, John P ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPAWNER DENSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ABUNDANCE; BIOFILM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PRODUCTIVITY; SALMONID;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033304491     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-087     Document Type: Article

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