Metabolic stoichiometry and the fate of excess carbon and nutrients in consumers

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Andersen, Thomas R ^a   Hessen, Dag O ^b   Elser, James J ^c   Urabe, Jotaro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Food quality; Metabolism; Nutrient cycling; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DAPHNIA; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARBON; DAPHNIA; FOOD; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 13444292148     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426598     Document Type: Article

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