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Changes to the Productivity and Trophic Structure of a Sockeye Salmon Rearing Lake in British Columbia
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Changes to the Productivity and Trophic Structure of a Sockeye Salmon Rearing Lake in British Columbia |
| Creator | Brahney, Janice Routedge, Richard Bos, Darren G. Pellatt, Marlow G. |
| Description | In the 1990s, the returns of sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka to Long Lake in Smith Inlet, British Columbia, declined substantially. In 1997 the commercial fishery was closed, and it will not be reopened until the population shows signs of sustained recovery. We examined paleolimnological and geochemical variables from a sediment core extracted from Long Lake in 2002. The nitrogen isotope concentration (δ15N), which is associated with salmon production, declined to unprecedented levels in... |
| Date | 2011-01-08T08:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/1046 info:doi/10.1577/M09-183.1 |
| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Contributor | John Wiley & Sons, Ltd |
| Subject | Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka Long Lake Trophic Structure British Columbia Earth Sciences Physical Sciences and Mathematics |
