Diatoms and sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) population dynamics: Reconstructions of salmon-derived nutrients over the past 2,200 years in two lakes from Kodiak Island, Alaska

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-53

  Gregory Eaves, Irene ^a,b   Smol, John P ^a   Douglas, Marianne S V ^c   Finney, Bruce P ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Nutrients; Oncorhynchus; Paleolimnology; Phosphorus; Sockeye salmon; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONID;

UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0043023640     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024792831385     Document Type: Article

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