Leaf breakdown rates: A measure of water quality?

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 407-416

  Pascoal, Cláudia ^a   Cássio, Fernanda ^a   Gomes, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Leaf breakdown; Lotic systems; Macroinvertebrates; Organic pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER QUALITY;

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EID: 0034904664     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200107)86:4/5<407::AID-IROH407>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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