Salmon subsidies alleviate nutrient limitation of benthic biofilms in southeast Alaska streams

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-287

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CHLOROPHYLL A; FISHERY ECONOMICS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SALMONID; STREAMWATER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUBSTRATE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551676903     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-145     Document Type: Article

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