Initial colonization, nutrient supply, and fungal activity on leaves decaying in streams

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1114-1119

  Sridhar, K R ^a   Bärlocher, Felix ^b  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPOROGENESIS;

ECOSYSTEM; ERGOSTEROL; FRESH WATER; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TREES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACER; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343851635     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1114-1119.2000     Document Type: Article

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