AMPHIPODS ARE STRONG INTERACTORS IN THE FOOD WEB OF A BROWN-WATER SALMON RIVER

• Main Author: Thompson, Audrey Marie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Montana 2007
• Subjects: amphipod; food web; marine-derived nutrients; Pacific Rim; salmon carcass; Salmon river; Pacific; Utkholok; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1309; https://scholarworks.umt.edu/context/etd/article/2328/viewcontent/01_ThompsonThesis_2007.pdf; https://scholarworks.umt.edu/context/etd/article/2328/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/UpstreamMigrationAMT.AVI

Marine derived biomass from salmon carcasses is incorporated into coastal Pacific Rim salmon river systems via the organisms and structures of the freshwater foodweb. In brown water rivers of Western Kamchatka, the foodweb is dominated by ubiquitous benthic amphipods (Anisogammarus kygi) that consum...