Leaf litter decomposition and microbial activity in nutrient-enriched and unaltered reaches of a headwater stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-134

  Gulis, Vladislav ^a,b   Suberkropp, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Bacteria; Conidial production; Fungal biomass; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 0037235194     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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