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Body size has primacy over stoichiometric variables in nutrient excretion by a tropical stream fish community

Ecological Stoichiometry (ES) and the Metabolic Theory of Ecology (MTE) are the main theories used to explain consumers’ nutrient recycling. ES posits that imbalances between an animal’s body and its diet stoichiometry determine its nutrient excretion rates, whereas the MTE predicts that excretion r...

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Autores principales: Oliveira-Cunha, Priscila, McIntyre, Peter B., Neres-Lima, Vinicius, Caliman, Adriano, Moreira-Ferreira, Beatriz, Zandonà, Eugenia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36050417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19149-w