Seasonal changes in fungal production and biomass on standing dead Scirpus lacustris litter in a northern prairie wetland

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1043-1050

  Verma, Brij ^a   Robarts, Richard D ^a   Headley, John V ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; FUNGI; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; ERGOSTEROL;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; MACROPHYTE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DRY MASS; FUNGAL BIOMASS; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT STEM; PRAIRIE; SCIRPUS LACUSTRIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

BIOMASS; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; FUNGI; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRAXINUS; FUNGI; SCIRPUS;

EID: 0347297595     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.1043-1050.2003     Document Type: Article

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