Consumer-Driven Nutrient Recycling in Arctic Alaskan Lakes: Controls, Importance for Primary Productivity, and Influence on Nutirient Limitation

• Main Author: Johnson, Cody R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@USU 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Fish; Nutrient Recycling; Zooplankton; Biology; Arctic Lake; Phytoplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/417; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1404&context=etd

In lakes, fish and zooplankton can be both sources and sinks of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) through the consumption of organic N and P, and subsequent excretion of bioavailable inorganic forms. These source/sink dynamics, known as consumer-driven nutrient recycling (CNR), may, in turn, control t...