The role of marsh-derived macrodetritus to the food webs of juvenile chinook salmon in a large altered estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 984-998

  Maier, Greer O ^a,b   Simenstad, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia River estuary; Detritus; Food webs; Isotopes; Juvenile Chinook

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DETRITUS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; MARSH; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

COLUMBIA ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 70350041750     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9197-1     Document Type: Article

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