Fungal biomass and diversity in sediments and on leaf litter in heavy metal contaminated waters of Central Germany

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-74

  Sridhar, Kandikere R ^b   Bärlocher, Felix ^c   Wennrich, Rainer ^a   Krauss, Gerd Joachim ^d   Krauss, Gudrun ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Coarse particulate organic matter; Ergosterol; Fine particulate matter; Heavy metal pollution; Leaf litter; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGUS; HEAVY METAL; LEAF LITTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SPORE; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 44849109714     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0171-0063     Document Type: Article

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