A functional approach to the ecology of Atlantic Basque streams

Limnetica

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 123-134

  Elosegi, Arturo ^a   Basaguren, Ana ^a   Pozo, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque streams; Leaf breakdown and metabolism processes; Structural and functional properties

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LEAF LITTER; METABOLISM; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33747050907     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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