Fluxes of dissolved organic carbon, other nutrients and microbial communities in a water-filled treehole ecosystem

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 596, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-30

  Verdonschot, Ralf C M ^a   Febria, Catherine M ^b   Williams, D Dudley ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Carbon cycling; Nutrient dynamics; Phytotelmata; Temporary waters; Treehole food webs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOACCUMULATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON;

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLING; CYCLIC SUCCESSION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; TEMPORARY WATERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMMONIUM; BEETLE; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; TREEHOLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 37749049539     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9054-9     Document Type: Article

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