Phosphorus Excretion and Body Size in Marine Animals: Microzooplankton and Nutrient Regeneration
- 13 November 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 146 (3646) , 923-924
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.146.3646.923
Abstract
In marine animals the rate of excretion of dissolved phosphorus per unit weight increases as body weight decreases. As a consequence microzooplankton may play a major role in planktonic nutrient regeneration.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- UPTAKE AND RELEASE OF PHOSPHORUS BY A BENTHIC MARINE AMPHIPOD2Limnology and Oceanography, 1964
- EXCRETION OF PHOSPHATE AND SOLUBLE ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS BY ZOOPLANKTON1Limnology and Oceanography, 1963
- The free-living unarmored dinoflagellataPublished by Biodiversity Heritage Library ,1921