Establishing spatial trends in water chemistry and stable isotopes (δ 15N and δ 13C) in the Elwha River prior to dam removal and salmon recolonization

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1169-1181

  Duda, J J ^a   Coe, H J ^b   Morley, S A ^b   Kloehn, K K ^b,c  

^a WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dam removal; Food webs; Marine derived nutrients; Salmon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DAM REMOVAL; FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERIPHYTON; RECOLONIZATION; RIVER WATER; SALMONID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

ELWHA RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CHLOROPERLIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; PLECOPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 81855166204     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1413     Document Type: Article

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