The effects of low pH and palliative liming on beech litter decomposition in acid-sensitive streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 571, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 373-381

  Merrix, Faye L ^a   Lewis, Beth R ^a   Ormerod, S J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Allochthonous detritus; Decomposition; Invertebrates; Leaf litter

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; LIME; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVERS;

ACIDIFICATION; ALLOCHTHONOUS DETRITUS; INVERTEBRATES; LEAF LITTER;

PH EFFECTS;

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAF LITTER; LIMING; PH; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE; WYE RIVER [ENGLAND-WALES];

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748902216     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0269-y     Document Type: Article

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