Benthic secondary production in eight oligotrophic arctic Alaskan lakes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 465-479

  Northington, Robert M ^a,b   Keyse, Matthew D ^c   Beaty, Steven R ^d   Whalen, Stephen C ^e   Sokol, Eric R ^b   Hershey, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Division of Water Quality   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Arctic lake; Benthos; Lake productivity model; Secondary production; Size frequency method

Indexed keywords

BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; GRENSIA PRAETERITA;

EID: 84855870868     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-026.1     Document Type: Article

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