Influence of land use on stream ecosystem function in a Mediterranean catchment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2600-2612

  Von Schiller, D ^a   Marti E ^a   Riera, J L ^b   Ribot, M ^a   Marks, J C ^c   Sabater, F ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use; Mediterranean; Metabolism; Nutrient retention; Streams

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 55349097529     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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