Marine nitrogen in central Idaho riparian forests: Evidence from stable isotopes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 518-526

  Koyama, Akihiro ^a   Kavanagh, Kathleen ^a   Robinson, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIPARIAN FOREST; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 21344443683     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-220     Document Type: Article

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