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- noun The
particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas. It applies to all particulates, includingplankton , organicdetritus , and inorganicmaterial .
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Our results also revealed an equal coefficient of variation of C: N: P ratio and lack of imbalance in C: P and N: P ratios between seston and mussels, suggesting that
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Particulate C and particulate N of seston were measured using the same methods as for tissue nutrient analyses.
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The lack of imbalance in C: P and N: P ratios between seston and mussels along with high tissue C: P ratio of the mussel allow them to tolerate potential P limitation and maintain high growth rate.
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Van Donk E, Gulati R (2005) Seasonal seston stoichiometry: effects on zooplankton in cyanobacteria dominated lakes.
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But to understand how the zebra mussel, as a successful invader, handle this stoichiometric constraints, we concurrently analyzed the elemental composition of the food (seston) and tissue of the mussels collected from a sampling site in Lake Erken in which nutrient composition of food and mussels varied over time.
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To address how mussel tissue C: N: P stoichiometry vary in relation to seston nutrient composition and Chl
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Comparison of descriptive statistics for molar ratios of C: P, N: P, and C: N from zebra mussel and seston sampled from the sampling site at the eastern part of Lake Erken (site G) during June-November 2005. doi: 10.1371 / journal. pone.0005345.t002
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They have been documented to filter 53 tons of seston per hour in the Szczecin Gulf (Poland) and reduce the concentration of seston 2. 3-6.9 times in Narochanskie lake system (Belarus) and threefold in Lukomskoe Lake (Belarus)
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rahmat Naddafi et al. 2009
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Particulate C and particulate N of seston were measured using the same methods as for tissue nutrient analyses.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rahmat Naddafi et al. 2009
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Dreissena are not restricted in the range of their body mass stoichiometry and may not be P limited if they graze on seston (supporting our second hypothesis).
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