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Adding Nutrients to Enhance the Growth of Endangered Sockeye Salmon: Trophic Transfer in an Oligotrophic Lake
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Adding Nutrients to Enhance the Growth of Endangered Sockeye Salmon: Trophic Transfer in an Oligotrophic Lake |
| Creator | Budy, P. Luecke, C. Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A. |
| Description | Snake River sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka, listed under U.S. law as endangered in 1991 in response to a decline in anadromous adult numbers, spend their first 1–2 years in Redfish Lake, Idaho, before migrating to the sea. To determine how nutrient enhancement might influence phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish production, we performed fertilization experiments in large enclosures in this oligotrophic lake using juvenile kokanee (lacustrine O. nerka) as analogues for endangered sockeye... |
| Date | 1998-01-01T08:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Identifier | http://works.bepress.com/wayne_wurtsbaugh/6 |
| Source | Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh |
| Publisher | SelectedWorks |
| Subject | adding nutrients enhance growth production endangered sockeye salmon trophic transfer oligotrophic lake |
