Salmon and alder as nitrogen sources to riparian forests in a boreal Alaskan watershed

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 573-582

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus crispa; Marine derived nutrients; Oncorhynchus; Picea glauca; Riparian; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIPARIAN FOREST; SALMONID;

UNITED STATES;

ALNUS CRISPA; BETULACEAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; PICEA GLAUCA; RIPARIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036938046     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1070-x     Document Type: Article

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