Land use controls nutrient excretion by stream invertebrates along a gradient of agriculture

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 523-531

  James, Leah A H ^a,b   Xenopoulos, Marguerite A ^a   Wilson, Henry F ^a   Frost, Paul C ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Ecological stoichiometry; Excretion; Mayflies; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BODY CONDITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EXCRETION; FLY; LAND USE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERIPHYTON; STOICHIOMETRY; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547654096     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/06-101.1     Document Type: Article

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