Intra- and interspecific differences in nutrient recycling by European freshwater fish

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2330-2341

  Villéger, Sébastien ^a   Grenouillet, Gaël ^a   Suc, Virginie ^b   Brosse, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Excretion; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phylogenetic conservatism; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866887370     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12009     Document Type: Article

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