Spatial variability of stable isotopes and fossil pigments in surface sediments of Alaskan coastal lakes: Constraints on quantitative estimates of past salmon abundance

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1637-1647

  Brock, Curtis S ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^b   Johnson, Susan P ^b   Moore, Jonathan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PIGMENT; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; LAKE NERKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 33747022007     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.4.1637     Document Type: Article

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