Nutrient cycling by fish supports relatively more primary production as lake productivity increases

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1696-1709

  Vanni, Michael J ^a   Bowling, Anna M ^a,d   Dickman, Elizabeth M ^a   Hale, R Scott ^b   Higgins, Karen A ^a,e   Horgan, Martin J ^a   Knoll, Lesley B ^a   Renwick, William H ^a   Stein, Roy A ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Division of Water Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use vs. forest watersheds; Dorosoma cepedianum; Gizzard shad; Lakes and reservoirs; Nitrogen and phosphorus flux; Nutrient limitation and cycling; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRANSLOCATION; WATER COLUMN; WATERSHED;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE;

EID: 33746486129     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1696:NCBFSR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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