Microbial utilization of dissolved organic carbon leached from riparian litterfall

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1668-1676

  McArthur, Michael D ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST; LEACHATE; LITTERFALL; MICROORGANISM;

ABIES; ACER; ACER CIRCINATUM; ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULACEAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RIPARIA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0036433644     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-135     Document Type: Article

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