Spatial and temporal variation of microbial respiration rates in a blackwater stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 339-349

  Fuss, Carolyn L ^a   Smock, Leonard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACKWATER STREAM; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION;

USA, VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030304864     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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