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Ecological Applications | 2008

TIMBER HARVEST TRANSFORMS ECOLOGICAL ROLES OF SALMON IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA RAIN FOREST STREAMS

Scott D. Tiegs; Dominic T. Chaloner; Peter S. Levi; Janine Rüegg; Jennifer L. Tank; Gary A. Lamberti

Although species commonly modify habitats and thereby influence ecosystem structure and function, the factors governing the ecological importance of these modifications are not well understood. Pacific salmon have repeatedly been shown to positively influence the abundance of benthic biota by annually transferring large quantities of nutrients from marine systems to the nutrient-poor freshwaters in which they spawn. Conversely, other studies have demonstrated that salmon can negatively influence the abundance of freshwater biota, an effect attributed to bioturbation during upstream migration and nest construction. The factors determining which of these contrasting ecological effects predominates are unknown, including how human activities, such as land use, influence ecological responses to salmon. We sampled a key basal food resource, sediment biofilm, in seven southeast Alaskan streams impacted to varying degrees by timber harvest. Biofilm abundance (measured as chlorophyll a and ash-free dry mass) was positively related to timber-harvest intensity prior to salmon arrival. However, during the salmon run, an inverse relationship emerged of more abundant biofilm in less-harvested watersheds. Among-stream variability in biofilm response to salmon was largely explained by sediment particle size, which was larger in less-harvested watersheds. Collectively, these results suggest that, by altering stream sediment size, timber harvest transformed the dominant effect of salmon from nutrient enrichment to physical disturbance, thus modifying nutrient linkages between marine and freshwater ecosystems.


Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | 2011

Salmon subsidies alleviate nutrient limitation of benthic biofilms in southeast Alaska streams

Janine Rüegg; Scott D. Tiegs; Dominic T. Chaloner; Peter S. Levi; Jennifer L. Tank; Gary A. Lamberti

Using nutrient-diffusing substrata (NDS) in seven streams in southeast Alaska, USA, we tested whether (i) nutrient limitation of autotrophic and heterotrophic biofilms was alleviated by salmon resource subsidies, and (ii) whether the degree of alleviation could be predicted by environmental variables. Before salmon spawners arrived, autotrophic biofilms were nitrogen (N)-limited, or co-limited by N and phosphorus (P), whereas heterotrophic biofilms were either P-limited, or co-limited by N and P. Combined N and P amendments resulted in a 2.6-fold increase in biofilm chlorophyll a, and a 3.2-fold increase in community respiration. After salmon arrived, autotroph nutrient limitation was alleviated in six of the seven streams. Heterotrophs still exhibited nutrient limitation in six streams, but most streams shifted from co-limitation to P-limitation. Nutrient-diffusing substrata amended with salmon tissue indicated that salmon could also be an important source of organic carbon for biofilms. Autotrophs respo...


Ecosystems | 2011

Ecological Effects of Live Salmon Exceed Those of Carcasses During an Annual Spawning Migration

Scott D. Tiegs; Peter S. Levi; Janine Rüegg; Dominic T. Chaloner; Jennifer L. Tank; Gary A. Lamberti


Freshwater Biology | 2009

Separating physical disturbance and nutrient enrichment caused by Pacific salmon in stream ecosystems

Scott D. Tiegs; Emily Y. Campbell; Peter S. Levi; Janine Rüegg; Mark Eric Benbow; Dominic T. Chaloner; Richard W. Merritt; Jennifer L. Tank; Gary A. Lamberti


Ecosystems | 2013

Whole-Stream Metabolism Responds to Spawning Pacific Salmon in Their Native and Introduced Ranges

Peter S. Levi; Jennifer L. Tank; Janine Rüegg; David J. Janetski; Scott D. Tiegs; Dominic T. Chaloner; Gary A. Lamberti


Freshwater Biology | 2012

Environmental variability and the ecological effects of spawning Pacific salmon on stream biofilm

Janine Rüegg; Dominic T. Chaloner; Peter S. Levi; Jennifer L. Tank; Scott D. Tiegs; Gary A. Lamberti


Biogeochemistry | 2013

Biogeochemical transformation of a nutrient subsidy: salmon, streams, and nitrification

Peter S. Levi; Jennifer L. Tank; Scott D. Tiegs; Dominic T. Chaloner; Gary A. Lamberti


Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | 2011

Does timber harvest influence the dynamics of marine-derived nutrients in Southeast Alaska streams?

Peter S. Levi; Jennifer L. Tank; Scott D. Tiegs; Janine Rüegg; Dominic T. Chaloner; Gary A. Lamberti; John S. Richardson


Journal of Geophysical Research | 2013

Nonnative Pacific salmon alter hot spots of sediment nitrification in Great Lakes tributaries

Peter S. Levi; Jennifer L. Tank


Archive | 2009

Separating physical disturbance and nutrient enrichment caused by Pacific salmon in stream ecosystems. Freshw Biol

Scott D. Tiegs; Emily Y. Campbell; Peter S. Levi; Janine Rüegg; Mark Eric Benbow; Dominic T. Chaloner; Richard W. Merritt; Jennifer L. Tank; Gary A. Lamberti

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Janine Rüegg

University of Notre Dame

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John S. Richardson

University of British Columbia

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