Nutrient addition accelerates leaf breakdown in an alpine springbrook

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 258-263

  Robinson, Christopher T ^a   Gessner, Mark O ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine springbrook; Aquatic hyphomycetes; Leaf breakdown; Macroinvertebrates; Nutrient addition

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; STREAM;

EID: 0033976095     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008854     Document Type: Article

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