Nutrient recycling by two phosphorus-rich grazing catfish: The potential for phosphorus-limitation of fish growth

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-257

  Hood, James M ^a,b   Vanni, Michael J ^a   Flecker, Alexander S ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer driven nutrient cycling; Ecological stoichiometry; Fish; Loricariidae; Streams

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EXCRETION; FISH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; STREAM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATFISH; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CATFISHES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONS;

ALGAE; ANCISTRUS; CHAETOSTOMA (CATFISH); LORICARIIDAE; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 27544505559     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0202-5     Document Type: Article

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