Leaf-litter breakdown in 3 streams in temperate, Mediterranean, and tropical Cerrado climates

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 344-355

  Gonçalves Jr , José F ^a   Graça, Manuel A S ^b   Callisto, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Cerrado; Decomposition; Leaf litter; Litter breakdown; Savannah stream

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; STREAM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

APPALACHIANS; BRAZIL; EURASIA; EUROPE; MINAS GERAIS; NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744803179     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[344:LBISIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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