A perspective on leaf litter breakdown in streams

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 377-383

  Gessner, Mark O ^a   Chauvet, Eric ^b   Dobson, Mike ^c  

^a Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; DRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE; PHOSPHATE;

LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; STREAM;

EID: 0033027446     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546505     Document Type: Article

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