Yeast and macroinvertebrate communities associated with leaf litter decomposition in a second order stream

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 453-466

  Sampaio, Ana ^a   Cortes, Rui ^b   Leão, Cecília ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ergosterol; Invertebrates; Leaf litter; Yeast

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; YEAST;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; DEBARYOMYCES; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; ILEX VERTICILLATA; INVERTEBRATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; RHODOTHORULA COLOSTRI; RHODOTHORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 12144264084     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200410764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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