Biomass versus biodiversity: The relative contribution of population attributes to consumer nutrient loading in aquatic systems

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 705-723

  Tuckett, Quenton M ^a,c   Simon, Kevin S ^b   Saros, Jasmine E ^a   Coghlan, Stephen M ^a   Kinnison, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Biomass; Ecological stoichiometry; Harvest; Nutrient excretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949195029     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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