Palatability of leaves conditioned in streams affected by mine drainage: A feeding experiment with Gammarus pulex (L.)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 445-452

  Schlief, Jeanette ^a   Mutz, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Water Conservation ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Fungal biomass; Leaf litter; Microbial colonization; Respiration rate; Shredder

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DRAINAGE; FOOD PRODUCTS; FUNGI; PH; RIVERS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; FUNGAL BIOMASS; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; RESPIRATION RATE; SHREDDER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DECOMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IRON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINE; STREAM;

GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 33646686159     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0028-0     Document Type: Article

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