Seasonal comparisons of leaf processing rates in two Mediterranean rivers with different nutrient availability

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 495, Issue , 2003, Pages 159-169

  Menéndez, Margarita ^a   Hernández, Oliver ^a   Comín, Francisco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leaf decomposition; Mediterranean rivers; Nutrients; Populus; Seasonally

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEAF DECOMPOSITION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS NIGRA; RIPARIA; SENIA;

EID: 0141674976     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025462708460     Document Type: Article

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