Alteration of leaf decomposition in copper-contaminated freshwater mesocosms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 637-644

  Roussel, Helene ^a,b,d   Chauvet, Eric ^b   Bonzom, Jean Marc ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b Université de Toulouse   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Aquatic mesocosms; Copper; Leaf litter decomposition; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COPPER; DECOMPOSITION; WATER;

AQUATIC HYPHOMYCETES; AQUATIC MESOCOSMS; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COPPER;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; COPPER; DECOMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; STREAM;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORE; FUNGAL BIOMASS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; HYPHOMYCETES; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; MYCELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATES; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS;

ACER; ALNUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 40949117192     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-168.1     Document Type: Article

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