Pacific salmon, nutrients, and the dynamics of freshwater and riparian ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-417

  Naiman, Robert J ^a   Bilby, Robert E ^b   Schindler, Daniel E ^a   Helfield, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadromous fishes; Aquatic productivity; Lake; Marine nutrients; Oncorhynchus; Pacific salmon; Resource management; Riparian ecosystems; Stable isotopes; Stream

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RIPARIAN ZONE; SALMONID;

ONCORHYNCHUS; PISCES; RIPARIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036625959     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-001-0083-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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