Invasive Fishes Generate Biogeochemical Hotspots in a Nutrient-Limited System

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Capps, Krista A ^a,b   Flecker, Alexander S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL HOTSPOT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATFISH; EXCRETION; NIGHT; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; POPULATION DISPERSION; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

LORICARIIDAE; PISCES; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS;

EID: 84872478315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054093     Document Type: Article

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