Effects of nutrient enrichment on boreal streams: Invertebrates, fungi and leaf-litter breakdown

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1618-1633

  Bergfur, Jenny ^a   Johnson, Richard K ^a   Sandin, Leonard ^a   Goedkoop, Willem ^a   Nygren, Kristiina ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asellus aquaticus; Decomposition; Ergosterol; Functional feeding groups; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ASELLUS AQUATICUS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447294513     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01770.x     Document Type: Article

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