A geochemical trophic cascade in Yellowstone's geothermal environments

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 659-666

  Garrott, Robert A ^a   Eberhardt, L Lee ^a   Otton, James K ^b   White, Patrick J ^c   Chaffee, Maurice A ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Fluoridosis; Food web; Population dynamics; Senescence; Silica; Snowpack; Survival; Toxicology; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; SNOWPACK; TROPHIC CASCADE; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036864475     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0211-8     Document Type: Article

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