Towards a budget of leaf litter decomposition in a first-order woodland stream

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 747-758

  Baldy, Virginie ^a,c   Gessner, Mark O ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Bacteria; Fungi; Leaf decomposition; Microbial productivity; Organic matter; Respiration; Stream

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER;

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; STREAM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HYPHOMYCETES; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RIVER;

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULACEAE; FUNGI; GAMMARUS PULEX; HYPHOMYCETES; PULEX;

EID: 0031235339     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(97)84824-X     Document Type: Article

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