Breakdown rates of wood in streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-197

  Spänhoff, Bernd ^a,b   Meyer, Elisabeth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

CPOM; Decomposition; Ecological application; Lowland streams; Organic matter processing; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STREAMWATER; WOODY DEBRIS;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; ILEX VERTICILLATA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 2942555476     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0189:BROWIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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