Inter-annual variation in responses of water chemistry and epilithon to Pacific salmon spawners in an Alaskan stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 478-490

  Chaloner, Domonic T ^a   Lamberti, G A ^a   Cak, A D ^a   Blair, N L ^a   Edwards, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilithon; Pacific salmon; Salmon derived nutrients; Southeastern Alaska; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; ANNUAL VARIATION; EPILITHON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALMONID; SPAWNING POPULATION; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALASKA; FISH CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 33846934442     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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