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mass-specific excretion rate

Scope: biogeochemistry

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Definition

the rate of nutrient excretion per unit body mass of an organism

Related Terms (2)

N excretion ratemass-specific excretion rate

Publications (3)

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

2019measured variable

Nutrient excretion rates of common aquatic taxa in high elevation ponds at the Mexican Cut

Macroinvertebrate excretion rates and their contribution to nutrient cycling in a rocky mountain stream

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nutrient spiraling

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pond hydroperiod

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Baetis bicaudatus

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Oncorhynchus mykiss

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Myxobolus cerebralis

Tubifex tubifex

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Epeorus longimanus

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Rhithrogena hageni

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Megarcys signata

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Gasteromermis

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