Microbial biomass and production associated with decaying leaf litter of the emergent macrophyte Juncus effusus

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 862-870

  Kuehn, K A ^a,b   Lemke, M J ^a,c   Suberkropp, K ^a   Wetzel, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

JUNCUS EFFUSUS;

EID: 0034094409     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.4.0862     Document Type: Article

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