Detritus processing and microbial dynamics of an aquatic macrophyte and terrestrial leaf in a thermally constant, spring-fed stream

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Schlickeisen, E ^a   Tietjen, T E ^b   Arsuffi, T L ^a   Groeger, A W ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STREAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; RIPARIA; SAGITTARIA; SAGITTARIA PLATYPHYLLA;

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARROWHEAD; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; SAGITTARIA; TREES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0038342833     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-1062-8     Document Type: Article

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