Salmon-derived nutrients drive diatom beta-diversity patterns

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-301

  Chen, Guangjie ^a   Saulnier Talbot, Emilie ^a   Selbie, Daniel T ^a,b   Brown, Erika ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^c   Bunting, Lynda ^d   Leavitt, Peter R ^d   Finney, Bruce P ^e   Gregory Eaves, Irene ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cultus Lake   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^e Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Diatoms; Migratory animal; Pacific salmon; Paleolimnology; Salmon derived nutrient (SDN)

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 78650925673     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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