Effects of benthivorous fish on biogeochemical processes in lake sediments

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1298-1309

  Persson, Anders ^a   Svensson, Jonas M ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Benthivorous fish; Biogeochemical processes; Bream Abramis brama; Denitrification; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Tench; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FISH; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; INVERTEBRATA; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 33745166660     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01569.x     Document Type: Article

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