Carbon:phosphorus stoichiometry and food chain production

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 146-150

  Sterner, R W ^a   Clasen, J ^b   Lampert, W ^c   Weisse, T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbon; Energy; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Trophic level; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0001783652     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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