Fish as sources and sinks of nutrients in lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-289

  Sereda, Jeff M ^a   Hudson, Jeff J ^a   Taylor, William D ^b   Demers, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish; Nitrogen; Nutrient Regeneration; Phosphorus; Plankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149072274     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01891.x     Document Type: Article

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