Benthic Filter Feeding: A Natural Eutrophication Control
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Benthic Filter Feeding: A Natural Eutrophication Control
The importance of the benthic filter feeding community as a natural control on eutrophication is considered. The important environmental factors favorable for such a control are relatively shallow water depths and a dense benthic filter feeding commmunity of small animals. The criteria are summarized in the equivalence of the water recycling time, t, for the benthic community and the time const...
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عنوان ژورنال: Marine Ecology Progress Series
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0171-8630,1616-1599
DOI: 10.3354/meps009203