N:P stoichiometry of sedimentation in lakes of the Canadian shield: relationships with seston and zooplankton elemental composition

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-63

  Elser, James J ^a   Foster, Dean K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTATION; SESTON; STOICHIOMETRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0031667965     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682440     Document Type: Article

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