Feces in aquatic ecosystems

BioScience

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 537-544

  Wotton, R S ^a   Malmqvist, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034904198     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0537:FIAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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