Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures of decomposing tropical macrophytes

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-375

  Fellerhoff, Claudia ^a,b   Voss, Maren ^b   Wantzen, Karl Matthias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesocosm experiment; Pantanal; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; WETLAND;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

CABOMBA; CABOMBA FURCATA; CAESALPINIA CILIATA; CYPERACEAE; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; INVERTEBRATA; LANCEOLATA; LUEHEIA; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA AMAZONUM; PASPALUM; PASPALUM FLUITANS; PONTEDERIA; PONTEDERIA CORDATA; SALVINIA; SALVINIA AURICULATA;

EID: 1642484940     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000007049.25535.12     Document Type: Article

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