Leaf litter breakdown, microbial respiration and shredder production in metal-polluted streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 380-390

  Carlisle, Daren M ^a   Clements, William H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf breakdown; Metals; Secondary production; Species richness; Streams

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HEAVY METAL; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESPIRATION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STREAM;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TAENIONEMA; TAENIONEMA PALLIDUM; TAENIOPTERYGIDAE;

EID: 13444283957     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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