Periphyton responds differentially to nutrients recycled in dissolved or faecal pellet form by the snail grazer Theodoxus fluviatilis

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1997-2008

  Liess, Antonia ^a   Haglund, Ann Louise ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic bacteria; Egestion; Excretion; Periphyton; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GASTROPODA; THEODOXUS FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 34548515709     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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