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| Villeger, Sebastien; Fouilland, Eric; Argenty, Jeremy; Bouvier, Corinne; Carre, Claire; Bouvier, Thierry. |
| The productivity of most marine ecosystems is limited by the availability of dissolved nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Nutrient recycling is therefore a key process for ecosystem functioning. Fish recycle nutrients through the excretion of ammonia and phosphate and can influence the abundance and community structure of primary producers such as phytoplankton. However, the effect of fish on other plankton compartments, and whether all fish species have similar effects, is largely unknown. We used a tank experiment to test how 2 Mediterranean fish species, gilthead seabream Sparus aurata and golden mullet Chelon auratus, with distinctly different N and P excretion rates, can affect the abundance and community structure of 3 plankton compartments:... |
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Palavras-chave: Marine fish; Nutrient excretion; Protozooplankton; Phytoplankton; Bacteria. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00584/69659/67585.pdf |
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