Producer-decomposer co-dependency influences biodiversity effects

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6771, 2000, Pages 762-764

  Naeem, Shahid ^a   Hahn, Daniel R ^a   Schuurman, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT USE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE, GREEN; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0034677513     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35001568     Document Type: Article

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