Decomposing leaf litter: The effect of allochthonous degradation products on the antioxidant fitness and photosynthesis of Vesicularia dubyana

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 541-545

  Nimptsch, Jorge ^a   Pflugmacher, Stephan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Degradation; Leaf litter; Oxidative stress; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LEAF LITTER; MOSS; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; VESICULARIA DUBYANA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BRYOPHYTA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; PEROXIDASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

BRYOPHYTES; FAGUS; VESICULARIA DUBYANA;

EID: 39749141709     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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