Direct and indirect effects of fish on pelagic nitrogen and phosphorus availability in oligotrophic Arctic Alaskan lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1635-1648

  Johnson, Cody R ^a,d   Luecke, Chris ^a   Whalen, Stephen C ^b   Evans, Mary Anne ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEAN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC FISH; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA;

EID: 77958050203     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-085     Document Type: Article

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