Mobile scavengers create hotspots of freshwater productivity

Oikos

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-80

  X Payne, Laura ^a   W Moore, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIRD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUTRIENT; SALMONID; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AVES; GASTROPODA; LARUS; ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 33749485362     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14899.x     Document Type: Article

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