Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:371–381, 2003 � Copyright by the American Fisheries Society 2003 Marine Subsidies in Freshwater Ecosystems: Salmon Carcasses Increase the Growth Rates of Stream-Resident Salmonids

• Main Authors: Mark S. Wipfli, John P. Hudson, John, P. Caouette, Dominic T. Chaloner
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Varden; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.217.9067; http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/journals/wipfli-marine-subsidies.pdf

Abstract.—We tested the hypotheses that marine-derived resource subsidies (salmon carcasses) increase the growth rates of stream-resident salmonids in southeastern Alaska and that more carcasses translate into more growth. Five carcass treatments of pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (0, 1, 2, 3, an...