Detrital processing in streams exposed to acidic precipitation in the Central Appalachian Mountains

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 101-110

  Meegan, Sean K ^a   Perry, Sue A ^a   Perry, William B ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; INVERTEBRATA; MONONGAHELA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

ACID PRECIPITATION; DETRITIVORY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SHREDDER;

USA, WEST VIRGINIA, MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 0030299146     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00008918     Document Type: Article

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