Effects of common carp on nutrient dynamics and littoral community composition: Roles of excretion and bioturbation

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-38

  Matsuzaki, Shin Ichiro S ^a,b   Usio, Nisikawa ^b   Takamura, Noriko ^b   Washitani, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catastrophic regime shifts; Ecosystem engineers; Enclosure experiment; Phytoplankton; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; EXCRETION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34047135615     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2007/0168-0027     Document Type: Article

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