The role of fungi in carbon and nitrogen cycles in freshwater ecosystems

Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 404-435

  Gulis, Vladislav ^a   Kuehn, Kevin ^b   Suberkropp, Keller ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511550522.018     Document Type: Chapter

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