Influence of marine-derived nutrients from spawning salmon on aquatic insect communities in southeast Alaskan streams

Oikos

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 334-343

  Lessard, JoAnna L ^a   Merritt, Richard W ^b  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMERELLIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 33646890390     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14512.x     Document Type: Article

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