A comparative study of beech leaf breakdown, energetic content, and associated fauna in acidic and non-acidic streams

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-39

  Dangles, O ^a,b   Guerold F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Equipe d'Ecotoxicologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FAUNA; LEAF; PH; STREAM;

GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; LEUCTRA;

EID: 0032436167     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/144/1998/25     Document Type: Article

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