Subsurface hydrology and degree of burial affect mass loss and invertebrate colonisation of leaves in a woodland stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-107

  Tillman, Danielle C ^a   Moerke, Ashley H ^a   Ziehl, Carrie L ^a   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Detritus processing; Hyporheic zone; Meiofauna; Michigan stream

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037233134     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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