Role of the fish astyanax aeneus (Characidae) as a keystone nutrient recycler in low-nutrient neotropical streams

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 386-397

  Small, Gaston E ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^b   Pyron, Mark ^c   Duff, John H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astyanax aeneus; Atherinidae; Characidae; Cichlidae; Costa Rica; Ecological stoichiometry; Fish; La Selva Biological Station; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus; Poecilidae; Streams

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; EXCRETION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAMFLOW; TELEOST; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

ANIMALIA; ASTYANAX AENEUS; ATHERINIDAE; CHARACIDAE; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 79955532001     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0081.1     Document Type: Article

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