Aquatic hyphomycetes in Catamaran Brook: Colonization dynamics, seasonal patterns, and logging effects

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-41

  Garnett, Heather ^a   Bärlocher, Felix ^a   Giberson, Donna ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Leaf decomposition; New Brunswick; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002991609     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761447     Document Type: Article

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