Effect of nutrients on the sporulation and diversity of aquatic hyphomycetes on submerged substrata in a Mediterranean stream

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Artigas, J ^a   Romani A M ^a   Sabater, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycete; Nutrient; Sporulation rate; Substrata

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPORULATION; STREAMWATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ALATOSPORA ACUMINATA; CLAVARIOPSIS AQUATICA; CLAVATOSPORA LONGIBRACHIATA; HELISCELLA STELLATA; HYPHOMYCETES; LEMONNIERA; PLATANUS X ACERIFOLIA; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 36049020258     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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