Interregional comparisons of sediment microbial respiration in streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-222

  Hill, B H ^a   Hall, R K ^a   Husby, P ^a   Herlihy, A T ^b   Dunne, M ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

EMAP; Microbial respiration; Probability based sampling; Regional scale; Streams

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RESPIRATION; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034088177     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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