Biogeochemical transformation of a nutrient subsidy: Salmon, streams, and nitrification

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 643-655

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Nitrate; Nitrogen cycle; Nutrient subsidy; Pacific salmon; Southeast Alaska

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXCRETION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALMONID; TRANSFORMATION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 84876291763     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9794-0     Document Type: Article

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