Litter in a first-order stream of a temperate deciduous forest (Margaraça Forest, central Portugal)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 386, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Abelho, Manuela ^a   Graca M A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coarse benthic organic matter; Forest stream; Inputs; Litterfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032418868     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003532921432     Document Type: Article

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