Herbivores' Direct and Indirect Effects on Algal Populations
- 7 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 231 (4738) , 605-607
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.231.4738.605
Abstract
The increase in algal reproductive rates caused by nitrogen regeneration from herbivorous zooplankton approximately equaled the zooplankton-caused mortality. This result demonstrates that nutrient regeneration by herbivores is at least sometimes a strong indirect effect in natural communities.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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