Litter decomposition in a Cerrado savannah stream is retarded by leaf toughness, low dissolved nutrients and a low density of shredders

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1440-1451

  Goncalves Jr J F ^a   Graca M A S ^b   Callisto, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Cerrado; Chemical composition; Litter breakdown; Shredders

Indexed keywords

HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA; PROTIUM;

EID: 34447302281     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01769.x     Document Type: Article

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