Invasive aquarium fish transform ecosystem nutrient dynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1769, 2013, Pages

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

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarium trade; Invasive species; Loricariidae; Nutrient; Phosphorus; Remineralization

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REMINERALIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAMWATER; TELEOST;

LORICARIIDAE; PISCES;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; CATFISH; CHEMISTRY; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CATFISHES; FISHES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEXICO; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; SEASONS;

EID: 85052489006     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1520     Document Type: Article

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