Planktivorous damselfish support significant nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes to Mediterranean reefs

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1089-1099

  Pinnegar, John K ^a   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERCIFORM; REEF;

CHROMIS; CHROMIS CHROMIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 33344462820     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0141-z     Document Type: Article

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