Effects of salmon-derived nitrogen on riparian forest growth and implications for stream productivity

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2403-2409

  Helfield, James M ^a   Naiman, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Fertilization; Forest growth; Marine derived nutrients; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Picea sitchensis; Riparian forest; River; Salmon; Sitka spruce; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; PICEA SITCHENSIS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0034800741     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2403:EOSDNO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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