Variation in reciprocal subsidies between lakes and land: Perspectives from the mountains of California

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1691-1701

  Piovia Scott, Jonah ^a   Sadro, Steven ^b   Knapp, Roland A ^c   Sickman, James ^d   Pope, Karen L ^e   Chandra, Sudeep ^f  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY FLOW; LAKE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RECIPROCITY; SALMONID; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; HEXAPODA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84992378403     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0549     Document Type: Article

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