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Our studies have focused on carbon and nutrient dynamics, primary productivity and decomposition, and abundance and life histories of the macroconsumers in the Kuparuk River in arctic Alaska. The overall objective of these studies is to understand the processes controlling primary and secondary productivity, nutrient dynamics, and trophic structure.
Our dear friend and colleague. J. Robie Vestal passed away prior to completion of the final draft of this chapter. We miss him much.
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Hershey, A.E. et al. (1997). The Kuparuk River: A Long-Term Study of Biological and Chemical Processes in an Arctic River. In: Milner, A.M., Oswood, M.W. (eds) Freshwaters of Alaska. Ecological Studies, vol 119. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0677-4_4
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