Effects of nutrient recycling by zooplankton and fish on phytoplankton communities

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Attayde, José Luiz ^a   Hansson, Lars Anders ^a  

^a Inst of Ecology/Limnology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algal diversity; Food chain; Nutrient excretion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 0032695124     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050906     Document Type: Article

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