Mass loss and macroinvertebrate colonisation of Pacific salmon carcasses in south-eastern Alaskan streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 263-273

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcasses; Decomposition; Invertebrate colonisation; Mass loss; Pacific salmon

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

BAETIDAE; BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CHLOROPERLIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMOURIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PLECOPTERA; RIPARIA; SWELTSA; ZAPADA;

EID: 0036187070     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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