Seston quality drives feeding, stoichiometry and excretion of zebra mussels
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HENRY A. VANDERPLOEG*, ORLANDO SARNELLE , JAMES R. LIEBIG* , NANCY R. MOREHEAD*, SANDER D. ROBINSON , THOMAS H. JOHENGEN ‡ AND GEOFFREY P. HORST *NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A. Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
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