Interspecific comparisons and the potential importance of nutrient excretion by benthic fishes in a large reservoir

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 260-270

  Gido, Keith B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; EXCRETION; FISH; NUTRIENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RESERVOIR;

AVES; BUBALUS; CARPIODES; CARPIODES CARPIO; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; ICTIOBUS BUBALUS; PISCES;

EID: 0036214214     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<0260:ICATPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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