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Declines in benthic macroinvertebrate community metrics and microphytobenthic biomass in an estuarine lake following enrichment by hippo dung

Hippos transfer massive quantities of trophic resources from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems through defecation. The ramifications of the latter for the functioning of benthic ecosystems are unknown, but are dependent ultimately on rates of utilisation relative to inputs. Low input and high utilis...

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Autores principales: Dawson, Jessica, Pillay, Deena, Roberts, Peter Jean, Perissinotto, Renzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37359