Leaf litter breakdown processing in the functional monitoring of a mountain stream

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 536-550

  Braioni, Maria Giovanna ^a   Dal Cortivo, Marialuisa ^a   Salmoiraghi, Gianpaolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonization processes; Functional monitoring; Leaf litter breakdown; Natural leaf packs

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LEAF LITTER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 11944261857     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200410773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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