Decomposition of Eucalyptus globulus leaves and three native leaf species (Alnus glutinosa, Castanea sativa and Quercus faginea) in a Portuguese low order stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Canhoto, Cristina ^a   Graça, Manuel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus globulus; Leaf decomposition; microbial colonization; nitrogen; polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CASTANEA SATIVA; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; QUERCUS FAGINEA; BETULACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; MYRTACEAE; QUERCUS;

LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; STREAM;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0030303124     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00017570     Document Type: Article

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