Chemical changes to leaf litter from trees grown under elevated CO 2 and the implications for microbial utilization in a stream ecosystem

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Rier, Steven T ^a,b,d   Tuchman, Nancy C ^a,b   Wetzel, Robert G ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

ACER SACCHARUM; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALIX ALBA;

EID: 20644458534     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-148     Document Type: Article

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