Naturally acid freshwater ecosystems are diverse and functional: Evidence from boreal streams

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-155

  Dangles, Olivier ^a,b   Malmqvist, Björn ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BENTHOS; DECOMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LEAF LITTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0942278772     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12360.x     Document Type: Article

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