Nutrient recycling by fish in streams along a gradient of agricultural land use

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-139

  Wilson, Henry F ^a   Xenopoulos, Marguerite A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage structure; Fish excretion; Land use; Nutrient cycling; Temperate streams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; EXCRETION; FISH; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; STREAM;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78649780385     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02284.x     Document Type: Article

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