The ecology of terrestrial invertebrates on Pacific salmon carcasses

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1091-1100

  Hocking, Morgan D ^a,b   Ring, Richard A ^a,c   Reimchen, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological role; Invertebrate assemblage; Salmon ecosystems; Spatial and temporal variation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; MEAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ALTICOLA; ALYSIA; ATRACTODES; CALLIPHORA TERRAENOVAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; DRYOMYZA ANILIS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NICROPHORUS INVESTIGATOR; ONCORHYNCHUS; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 77951091902     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0586-5     Document Type: Article

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