Nutrient excretion by fish in wetland ecosystems and its potential to support algal production

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 197-207

  Zimmer, Kyle D ^a,d   Herwig, Brian R ^b   Laurich, Leah M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCRETION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WETLAND;

ALGAE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 32944459851     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0197     Document Type: Article

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