Leaf litter breakdown in a mountain stream impacted by a hypolimnetic release reservoir

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 479-490

  Nelson, S Mark ^a   Roline, Richard A ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; RESERVOIR;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0033662619     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2000.9663770     Document Type: Article

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