Nutrient limitation in red alder (Alnus rubra) and conifer forested streams of western Washington State, U.S.A.

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 190-199

  Volk, Carol J ^a   Kiffney, Peter M ^b   Edmonds, Robert L ^c  

^a Volk Consulting   (United States)

^b Building B NOAA Fisheries ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ALGAE; ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 39549117374     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[190:NLIRAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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