Litter decomposition of Scirpus maritimus L. in a Mediterranean coastal marsh: Importance of the meiofauna during the initial phases of detached leaves decomposition

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-226

  Sanmarti, Neus ^a   Menéndez, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro delta; Emergent macrophytes; Ergosterol; Scirpus maritimus

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTE TREATMENT;

DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; ERGOSTEROL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LEAF LITTER; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEDGE; WETLAND;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

NEMATODA; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 34250746283     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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