Marine subsidies in freshwater ecosystems: salmon carcasses increase the growth rates of stream resident salmonids
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 gor-buscha (0, 1, 2, 3, a...
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2002
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.484.6429 http://fisheries.btc.ctc.edu/Enhancement/marine_subsidies.pdf |