Fungal biomass and decomposition in Spartina maritima leaves in the Mondego salt marsh (Portugal)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 428, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 171-177

  Castro, Paula ^a   Freitas, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fungal biomass; Leaf decomposition; Litterfall; Salt marsh; Spartina maritima

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION RATE; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL GROWTH; LEAF FALL; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PORTUGAL; SALT MARSH; SEASONALITY;

DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; PRODUCTIVITY; SALTMARSH;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0034659158     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004083919450     Document Type: Article

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