Significance of zooplankton grazing activity as a source of dissolved organic nitrogen, urea and dissolved free amino acids in a eutrophic shallow lake : Experiments using outdoor continuous flow pond systems

Japanese Journal of Limnology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Goma, Rokaya H ^a   Aizaki, Morihiro ^b   Fukushima, Takehiko ^b   Otsuki, Akira ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissolved free amino acids; Specific urea excretion rate; Urea; Zooplankton grazing activity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BLOOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EUTROPHIC LAKE; GRAZING; LAKE WATER QUALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC LAKE; UREA; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; MOINA MICRURA;

EID: 0030482981     PISSN: 00215104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.57.1     Document Type: Article

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