Forests fuel fish growth in freshwater deltas

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a,f   Szkokan Emilson, Erik J ^a   Kielstra, Brian W ^b   Arts, Michael T ^c,g   Yan, Norman D ^d,e   Gunn, John M ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Dorset Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS; DELTA; FISH; FOOD WEB; FOREST COVER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FISH; FISH GROWTH; FOOD WEB; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTECTION; REDUCTION; STREAM (RIVER); TROPHIC LEVEL; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FOREST; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTS; FRESH WATER; LAKES; RIVERS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84902352355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5077     Document Type: Article

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