Elevated atmospheric CO2 alters leaf litter quality for stream ecosystems: An in situ leaf decomposition study: Decomposition of elevated CO2-altered leaf litter

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 495, Issue , 2003, Pages 203-211

  Tuchman, Nancy C ^a,b   Wahtera, Kirk A ^a,b   Wetzel, Robert G ^c   Teeri, James A ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Decomposition; Invertebrates; Leaf chemistry; Leaf litter; Microbes

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEAF DECOMPOSITION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; STREAM;

INVERTEBRATA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0141452018     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025493018012     Document Type: Article

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