Qualitative differences in interstitial organic matter and their effect on hyporheic colonisation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 344, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Lenting, Niels ^a,b   Williams, D Dudley ^a   Fraser, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cedar leaves; Chironomids; FPOM; Hyporheos; Maple leaves

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DENSITY; DETRITUS; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LEAF SUBSTRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA, ONTARIO, SPEED RIVER;

ACER; ACERACEAE; CEDRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; ELMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; PINACEAE; TANYPODINAE;

EID: 0030617093     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002989824532     Document Type: Article

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