Phosphorus flux due to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in an oligotrophic upland stream: Effects of management and demography

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2401-2410

  Nislow, Keith H ^a   Armstrong, John D ^b   McKelvey, Simon ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Aultgowrie Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; SALMONID; STREAM;

BRAN RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 18544374887     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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