Carbon and nitrogen fluxes in decomposing leaf litter with microbial-detritivore interactions: Model simulations compared to microcosm ecotoxicity tests

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 175-189

  Van Wensem, Joke ^a   Van Straalen, Nico M ^a   Kooijman, Sebastiaan A L M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Technical Soil Protection Committee   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparison; Decomposition; Ecotoxicity tests; Isopods; Microcosms; Model simulations

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOTOXICITY TEST; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL-DETRITIVORE INTERACTION; MICROCOSM; MODELLING; NUTRIENT FLUX;

ISOPODA;

EID: 0030619538     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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