Aquatic insects play a minor role in dispersing salmon-derived nutrients into riparian forests in southwestern Alaska

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2543-2552

  Francis, Tessa B ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^a   Moore, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; INSECT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PICK CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33846128818     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-144     Document Type: Article

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