Timber harvest transforms ecological roles of salmon in southeast Alaska rain forest streams

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-11

  Tiegs, Scott D ^a   Chaloner, Dominic T ^a   Levi, Peter ^a   Rüegg, Janine ^a   Tank, Jennifer L ^a   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska, USA; Context dependency; Disturbance; Epilithon; Oncorhynchus spp.; Resource subsidy; Salmon derived nutrients; Stream ecosystem; Tongass National Forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; BIOTURBATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EPILITHON; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RAINFOREST; SALMONID; SPAWNING; STREAM; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMON; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SALMON;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 42149150419     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0655.1     Document Type: Article

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