Quantifying the importance of marine-derived nutrients atlantic coast streams using stable isotopes : prospects and challenges.

• Main Authors: Jardine, T., Roussel, Jean-Marc, Gray, M., Mitchell, S., Cunjak, R.A.
• Other Authors: Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick (UNB), Écologie et santé des écosystèmes (ESE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), University of Manitoba Winnipeg
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: NUTRIMENT MARIN; ESPECE ANADROME; RIVIERE ATLANTIQUE; RESEAU TROPHIQUE; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Orleans; Pacific; Atlantic salmon; Cottus cognatus; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01453636

Ecologists have long recognized the importance of essential elements, particularly nitrogen, delivered by anadromous fishes to nutrient poor streams of the Pacific coast. On the Atlantic coast, this process is less widespread but still potentially important. Due to distinct gradients in stable isoto...